Working in the US

Well in short everything you have heard about working the US is true. They work long hours, the pay is average but livable, days off and holidays are not so many and they like ordering tests. When talking to international medical graduates coming to the US about their reason for coming, the answer is universal answer  – training. There is a culture of teaching and learning. Every day there is one to four hours of teaching, rotations are one month long to give more exposure in a condense program length. Services are intern-led with senior residents providing supervision along with Attendings (consultants). The health system is a story of two tales.