We 'overproduce' doctors. And at the same time have a very severe lack of medical personel due to:
1) Extremely low wages, they either live on bread and water or work 2+ shifts a day which of course inevitably undermines the quality of their work. Private medical facilities have it easier, but the salaries are still incomparable to the west and there are few of them.
2) Incompetence and blatant corruption of the managing staff. For a simple, but an illustrative example, having a salary 10 times higher than the actual practising doctors is normal for them here.
3) Dysfunctional trade unions. Hospital management and the union heads are usually members of the same political parties. (Hello, UR!) You can guess who defends whose interests there.
4) Poor state regulation. And it's not the LACK of the regulation you have to fill out tons of papers and have a lot responsibilities besides actually diagnosing and treating people. A doctor can't sneeze without authorities knowing it. And the authorities must know it because - well, I don't know. No one knows. I am not sure they now. They must be enjoying an illusion of control.
You can try, but i don't sure, that you'll moving, when already take roots in USA. By the way, if you want study cardiac surgery, then will be better studying in Russia, there is the best cardiac school. Moreover, until you'll studying in Russia, will pass 5 years (or 6) that need live in Russia for getting citezenship, russian passport greatly simplifies getting a job.
Your destiny is in your hands.
the laws pertaining to your learning would determine if or what additional training you need. i know a man that did the opposite. his Russian degree was short a course or two which he had to "make up" in USA.
welcome back to Russia! i find it to be much more sensible than USA. if you remember your childhood in Russia, you likely understand what i mean.
medicine is changing in Russia. Putin is modernizing the system. there was a doctor complaining about Putin's closing of some hospitals, but Putin claimes redundancy and outdatedness as reasons. 10,000 jobs were lost, but only because many doctors were not adequately trained. i would expect that a well educated, highly skilled doctor, would always be in demand.
I know Europe welcomes Russian people more than USA.I am European.
Leave USA for Europe,no offence.
Unless you're highly qualified private specialist, I really doubt you would earn anywhere near enough to meet the lifestyle you would desire.
You can do that. But you will have a much lower quality of life, unless you learn to extort bribes from your patients.
