US Medical System Training program

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Program Summary

American Medical Academy (AMA) is offering US Medical System Training for the qualified foreign medical graduates (for qualified junior doctors); this program is for candidates who have completed his/her Medical degree from outside of US Medical Universities/Schools. This program is offering with the cooperation of AMA’s teaching partner hospitals and partner healthcare organizations and the program include 22 weeks of observation and training. The 12 months of US medical system preparatory program will be conducted at AMA’s s facility in Atlanta and other healthcare training locations and hospitals throughout USA.

The program consists of 500 hours of theories, including Medical communication skills, US medical terminology and other relevant medical subjects (review courses and theory classes are as per the US Medical system; these include the Medical ethics, American medical laws related treatment and Patient care, and general US healthcare regulations, etc.,) and up to 22 weeks of practical training at the US teaching hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities.

This program also allows the candidate to lean & improve the medical skills by observing the methods of US clinical care and can also become more familiar with the cultures of the American Medical environment. Upon completion of the program, candidates would receive certificates. The AMA’s US training and the program completion certificates would also improve the chances for the candidate to get the US residency opportunity, for those qualified candidates.

American Medical Academy offers the program throughout the year and qualified candidates can start the program every other month (six times per year):

Program Overview:

1. 500 hours of lessons

The program is designed for candidates who have graduated from the non-US Medical universities and would like to acquire the necessary US medical & healthcare technical skills and (field) linguistic knowledge for the exercise of the medical occupation.

Contents:

  • Introduction to the US health system

  • Enlargement of the general linguistic competence and Technical language medicine

  • Analyzation technics, investigation, X-ray picture description

  • Communication typical for field doctor –  patient / doctor  –  doctor

  • Understanding and for handing over medical protocols

  • Preparation of medical reports

  • Understanding of professional talks and professional discussions

  • Communication theory and communication technologies

  • Intercultural training

2. Practical training:

  • Benefits of AMA’s US Medical System and its Practical training:

  • Experience the United States Healthcare Systems

  • Receive Clinical Performance Evaluations

  • Can earn Letters of Recommendation from United States Physicians, if needed for the future US training and or for the US residency opportunities

  • Learn How to Communicate With:

    • Other Medical Staff (i.e., insurance billing personnel)

    • Nurses

    • Laboratory Personnel

    • Other Physicians

    • Patients and Their Families

  • Learn Effective Patient/Physician Communication Skills

  • Learn how to Prepare and Present:

    • Patient Cases

    • Medical Presentations

    • Medical PowerPoint Presentations

  • Learn Examination Room Etiquette

  • Learn How To Write Admitting and Discharge Orders

  • Learn How To Write Daily In-Patient Notes/Charting

  • Learn How To Be Effective At Interviewing Skills

  • Attend and secure the CPR & First Aid Certification

  • Attend and secured the ACLS, BLS, and PALs Certificates

Other Learning Objectives & Benefits of the Training:

  • Understanding about the Private Health Insurance (ie, PPO, HMO, POS, Health Savings Accounts, etc.)

  • Letters of Recommendation if the candidate is eligible (can receive the Letter of Recommendation upon successful completion of the observer-ship & training).

  • Letter of Recommendation from Physician candidate observed with

  • Letter of Recommendation from staff Physician

  • During the practical training period, candidates can get weekly monitoring and Evaluation: AMA’s training staff will communicate with the observer and the Physician each week to make sure the goals of the training objectives are being met. Physicians will evaluate the candidate's ability and progress in areas such as:

    • Medical communication Proficiency

    • Writing Patient Notes

    • Writing Physician's Orders