Attempting To Align Philippine Undergraduate Medical Education With California Requirements

Pebble Beach, California

This blogpost is a continuation of my attempts to dissect the Medical Board of California's licensing requirements for International Medical Graduates (IMGs).

I called the Medical Board up this morning and was redirected to someone's voicemail, twice. According to the recording, I should hear back from them within two business days.

So, I decided to do my own research to try and understand California law to the best of my ability.

The following screen shot caused me to wonder how IMGs can remediate their undergraduate medical education in the event that their curriculum does not meet California's physician licensing requirements, specifically the requirements stated in the Business and Professions Code Section 2089(b).

The Road To Our Application To A Philippine Medical School

A glimpse of the Philippines while aboard Philippine Airlines
during one of its descents in September 2011

We've hit a huge milestone, by God's grace! With His help, we have passed the preliminary stage of our journey into attending medical school in the Philippines: that is, the application process.

From considering the possibility of going to medical school in our 30s (with kids in tow), to researching and agreeing that going to a Philippine medical school is a viable option, to seeing that this is where God is leading our family, to preparing and sitting for the Philippine National Medical Achievement Test (NMAT) in Los Angeles, to compiling our documents to complete our medical school application process, to conducting our interview via Skype, and finally...to progressing to the next stage: getting accepted into medical school!