Practicing medicine in the UAE- at your wit’s end!
After graduation, the selection of an international exam and to begin a medical career at any foreign platform always remains a preference but a tough job for a medical student. The more options we have worldwide, the more strains we get in fulfilling their requirements. Many doctors avidly choose any path which has comparatively less traffic and more easiness in getting settled but its tragic if there’s no availability of any core resource to get yourself familiarized with the entire process before opting for it for future. This is one of the things that I can utter from my experience when I chose the UAE to serve as a medical practitioner.
UAE seemed to be one of the toughest choices; surely not in visiting the state but definitely in commencing a medical career. Like many, I tried my fortune of practicing as a physician/resident in one of the states of the UAE. However, tracing information for that was one of the grueling tasks that I took on my shoulders but at last, after 6months of focused research of me and my husband, we solved that Chinese puzzle and collected every necessary piece of information one can need to proceed with the process.
I attempted EMREE in March 2020 and cleared the exam with a percentile of 75% but due to limited seats, I didn't manage to get an induction in the residency program. Hence, I have now switched myself to a GP ship which appears an apt decision to me. Therefore, this blog is written to steer my co-fellows in the right direction and to save them from such cumbersome mistakes that I made. However, a healthy suggestion to the readers is that even after being determined for one path, one should keep the ways open to get a second bite at the cherry whenever required!Required emails to contact:
DRTP: drtp@dha.gov.ae
TANSEEQ: tanseeq@doh.gov.ae
MOHAP: internship.tdc@mohap.gov.ae
DHA: medicalinternship@dha.gov.ae regulation@dha.gov.ae regulaltion@dha.gov.ae
3 comments:
Good effort Dr Pooja , may ur dreams come true.
This is a very insightful post. I am pretty sure this will help many people in the field to pursue a career in UAE.
Goodluck Dr. Pooja.
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