Months? How terrible.
Also, where in the article does it say they are Muslim?
It doesn't explicitly say that, but when even Mahatma Gandhi couldn't work out a way to live with møøslimbs, he divided the country into India for the Hindus, and East and West Pakistan for the møøselimbs.
East Pakistan became Bangladesh.
They're from Bangladesh.
Learn to connect the dots dude, your life will depend on it sooner than you would like to think.
Bangladesh = Muslim
Non-Muslims who leave Bangladesh tend to not want to go back there.
She has no license in the United States to practice medicine and would need months to study and take the board exams to secure one.
Let us get real here. She's in a bind. I think I'd sell the kids and use the money to get certification here and then to hire a killer to get some of the cash back. Three kids should sell easily and quickly. Hired killers in Bangladesh don't cost much.
Over the years, I have come to know many foreign resident doctors.
It is not uncommon for male doctors from many countries not to allow their wives to practice medicine or work out of the house.
No feminist hand wringing in the world will change thousands of year’s worth of traditions.
Women in many countries are treated like chattel and are no more valuable than goats or cattle.
OK a short synopsis of the situation:
You are a foreigner just came to America to get your medical license
Someone said months to get a license.
Actually, it would probably take at least four to seven or more years to get a license to practice medicine here in the United States.
I am also presuming that she is an American citizen.
The cost associated with receiving a license to practice medicine is not inexpensive and can run from more than $20,000 to $40,000 dollars depending on many circumstances such as fees, travel, lodging, meals, exam costs, translations, time away from work.
She would have to apply to, take, and pass her TOEFL EXAM (Test Of English Foreign Language).
She would then need to check the World Health Organization to see if her medical school is on the approved list of the WHO book.
If her school were not listed, she would not be eligible for licensing here in the United States.
She would then need to gather up graduation documents from her medical school. That could take several months depending on various factors (lazy secretaries, communications, mail, etc).
The documents would then need to be translated into English by a certified English translator.
When this part of the process is complete, she would then apply to the ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates).
The ECFMG would evaluate all of her documents and then assign her an identification number.
Using her identification number, she would then be required to take a series of exams the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam).
Since she graduated some years ago, she would probably need at least two to six months of extensive study time on each exam.
Cost of each exam $645.00 dollars.
That is lots of money in a foreign country where many doctors earn less than $300.00 dollars a month.
http://www.usmle.org/step1/default.htm
STEP 1 assesses whether you understand and can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine, with special emphasis on principles and mechanisms underlying health, disease, and modes of therapy. Step 1 ensures mastery of not only the sciences that provide a foundation for the safe and competent practice of medicine in the present, but also the scientific principles required for maintenance of competence through lifelong learning.
STEP 2 assesses whether you can apply medical knowledge, skills, and understanding of clinical science essential for the provision of patient care under supervision and includes emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Step 2 ensures that due attention is devoted to principles of clinical sciences and basic patient-centered skills that provide the foundation for the safe and competent practice of medicine.
Clinical Skills (CS) examination only given in Philadelphia or Atlanta. CIS performance is assessed by the standardized patients who provide a global rating of these skills using a series of generic rating scales. The domains included in these scales are, in part, based upon the scales used in the former Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, with enhancements based upon national consensus statements on essential communication skills and upon review of other commonly used rating forms.
After taking and passing her USMLE examination, she would then apply to the NRMP.
http://www.nrmp.org/
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. Five organizations sponsor the NRMP:
• American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• American Hospital Association (AHA),
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
Most future resident doctors including AMG’s and FMG’s are matched once a year to approved hospital residency programs
Because of her graduation date from medical school, she would probably be considered an old graduate. Old graduates have a harder time being chosen to enter a residency.
. Usually some 35,000 to 39,000 medical school graduates vie for the 21,000 residency positions.
Residency programs are anywhere from three to seven years depending on the specialty chosen.
After being chosen for a residency program a future doctor must then apply for a residency in training license.
In California, they require a PTAL letter or Post Training Authorization License, which takes from 90 to 120 days depending on the availability of documents. Cost for the letter is $790.00 dollars.
Usually during the end of the first or second year residents, take the USMLE Step Three.
http://www.nrmp.org/
STEP 3 assesses whether you can apply medical knowledge and understanding of biomedical and clinical science essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine, with emphasis on patient management in ambulatory settings. Step 3 provides a final assessment of physicians assuming independent responsibility for delivering general medical care.
All State medical boards in the United States require this exam.
After all this is done, the resident graduates from the program and applies for a formal state license.