Hello or good evening depending on what time you are going to watch this video. It is always
a pleasure for me to be able to be with you every Monday to talk to you about a health
topic. For those who do not know me, I am Doctor Olivia Tchoupe, I am a general practitioner
and coach in the ketogenic diet and I reside in the United States. The question that was
put to me is how do you become a doctor in the United States? So, I will answer this
question today. For those who are studying medicine and wanting to migrate to the United
States, this video is for you. So, share this video if you have people around you who are
studying medicine and would like to migrate to the United States. I encourage people to
dream and especially to be able to travel to see how others are doing. But before we
get into today's topic, let's talk about the ketogenic diet. So please stay until the end
of this video. It's right away with sweetdoctor.
As I said earlier, today we are going to talk about an important subject, a subject that
I have been asked to know how to be able to come to the United States and practice as
a doctor when in your country of origin, you are already working as a doctor. I invite
you if you have people around you or in your family or if it is your child, or yourself,
to be able to share this video. Share the video to anyone studying medicine and dreaming
of migrating to the United States. We’re going to talk about the ketogenic diet before
we get to today's topic. The ketogenic diet is a diet that I recommend if you want to
lose weight, if you want to improve your health, if you are in a diabetic family and do not
want to have diabetes, if you already have prediabetes, or we have just discovered that
you have diabetes and that you do not yet have the complications related to this disease,
I urge you to listen to this video. The ketogenic diet is a diet that is low in sugar, adequate
in protein, and high in healthy fats. By good fat I mean here; olive oil, avocado oil, coconut
oil, and avocados which are a good fat, salmon which is a very good fat as well. It's possible
to eat good fat and be able to be truly healthy. You must know that I am not the one inviting
him; it is a diet that was born in the 1920s and has been used in modern medicine to be
able to help children who had epileptic seizures because before he had no treatment for epileptic
seizures so we did not use this diet to be able to help children reduce their seizures.
This regimen was used for a while, and with the advancement of medicine, anticonvulsants
and drugs that could help reduce seizures were not introduced. This regimen resurfaced
and was used by some doctors in case of treatment failure or unbearable side effects by patients.
Several doctors here in the United States recommend this diet in certain situations
to help their patients. What you need to know is that when you eat meals high in sugar,
there is a hormone called insulin which is secreted in the pancreas, which will lower
the amount of sugar in the blood. because if there is too much sugar in the blood, then
there will be damage to several organs. So, if you take your blood sugar on an empty stomach
and it's over 1.26g / L or well over 126mg / dl twice then know that you have diabetes
and you need to do something about it. If you already have blood sugar levels that are
1.10 g / L, you should already start to pay attention.? This is really very important
to know. There is a test usually done called Glycosylated Hemoglobin that captures blood
sugar and checks 3-month-old blood sugar. It is very important to realize early on and
do something to avoid the worst. I strongly advise you to be able to practice this diet.
I trained on it and got my certificate. I know what I am talking about and have written
a book about it which is available on Amazon and which is already available in Cameroon.
The book is written in French and English. Buy your book to learn. When you buy a book,
you are entitled to a free consultation, I will follow you personally and I can give
you a meal plan to help you improve your health through nutrition. So, it is very important
to know what to eat and how to eat so that you can avoid using insulin. You also need
to learn to do intermittent fasting or 24 hours fasting to allow the pancreas to rest.
Because every time you eat you are calling on insulin to lower the amount of sugar in
your blood and over time there will be resistance to your cells' use of this hormone. I am here
to help you achieve perfect health. I believe with all my heart that it is possible to be
able to live a long and healthy life, to be able to reach a hundred because here in the
USA I see several hundred years old. It is possible to live well when you know what to
eat, and what to do. Without further ado, we'll talk about our topic for the day. How
do you migrate to the United States when you are already studying medicine in other countries?
I would like to tell you that America is a great country because America gives the possibility
to international doctors to be able to work here in the United States unlike Canada where
it is much more complicated. America gives a possibility thanks to the ECFMG (Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) to be able to register to take the license
to work and to do the residency in the USA. Here's what you need to know: you must have
a passport; you must verify that your university is recognized here in the United States. Your
medical school to be able to be recognized here in the United States to be able to start
this trial. To do the residency here in the United States, you should know that there
are three exams to take: Usmle step1, usmle step2. Usmle step 2 is divided into Usmle
step 2CK and Usmle step2CS and after you have usmle step3. You can dial usmle step1 and
usmle step2CK in a country other than America. There are exam centers in every continent.
For those who are in Africa, there is a center in Ghana, South Africa, Kenya. For those who
are in the Arab countries, you have Dubai. I invite you to open the link which is in
the description of this video to see the different countries where you can compose. I will also
put you the link which will allow you to see if your university is recognized here in the
United States. The important thing I want to share with you concerns the American Lottery.
Every year here in the United States we launch the DV lottery which allows when you win,
to be able to have the green card which is the status of permanent resident. So, I advise
you to play this lottery every year if your dream is to come to the United States. To
participate in this American lottery, you just need a 5x5 photo and a passport. So,
it costs you absolutely nothing. The American lottery starts in October and ends in November.
This lottery is played for one month every year. The results of the American lottery
come out one year later, more precisely in May. So, for those who played last year, the
results will be out next month. It’s really simple and it costs you nothing. So, if you
really want to come here to the United States, play the American lottery every year until
you are selected. Thanks to the American lottery, you will have your permanent resident status
directly and you will enjoy all your rights here. If you come here without a permanent
resident card, and come with other types of visas, you wouldn't be able to work. And if
you cannot work, you would need to find someone to bear your expenses because the process
of entering residency in the United States requires a lot of money. These exams are very
expensive. Unfortunately, we are in a capitalist country and nothing is free here in the United
States. You really have to pay for everything. Regarding usmle step1, it is very important
to understand that you need to register. To register you must go to the ECFMG website
and click OASIS you will find the link in the description of this video. You must create
an account. After creating the account and completing your application, you will be assigned
an identification number. This number is very important because it will identify you and
you will use this number throughout your process. Next you will complete Form 183 which will
be completed by your university and mailed here in the United States in a sealed envelope
with the school stamp. There is also the verification of your identity that you must do by filling
out the form 186. You will pay to have access to this verification and an agent from the
examination center will call you through a video call to see you and confirm that it
is you on your passport. This is to prevent fraud. We really want to make sure that it
is really you who have to compose and not someone else. After these verifications, you
can pay the fee to compose the Usmle step1. The fee is now $ 975 with no exam fee. If
you are in Africa, you will pay $ 160 for the exam fees. In total you will pay $ 1135
to compose usmle step1.And after that you go to the prometric website to choose your
exam day. You should know that this exam is really not easy because you are asked about
basic science of medicine in ready details. So, in order to prepare well, you have to
buy books. You must buy the First Aid usmle step1, the UWORLD which is the basis of MCQ,
Fundamentals of pathology, Boards and Beyond to properly prepare for your exam. Some take
six months and others a year to fully prepare for the exam. But the advice I want to give
you is to take the exam in 6th year just after your national classifying exam (ECN). Your
memory is still fresh and it will allow you to excel at your end of sixth year exam. Do
not wait to finish graduating before dialing Usmle step1. After the usmle strep1, you have
to take the usmle step 2 which is divided into two parts; usmle step 2CK and Usmle step2CS.When
you take both exams, you must take step3 (the final exam to qualify as a doctor in the United
States). If you are American or permanent resident you can take usmle step3 afterwards.
After the usmle step 2cs you can already apply for the residency. Here in the United States,
it's not like in Africa where you just have to take the residency examination and go out
as a resident. Here after these different reviews, you have to match. You must write
to universities which will have to answer you and agree to give you an interview. You
must be accepted by a university to be able to do your residency. If you are not accepted,
you could not be trained despite having passed all of these exams. If your application is
accepted, then you will be able to become a specialist in the United States. So, it
is possible for an international doctor to be able to be
in the United States, but this dream will be easier if you get the green card. With
the green card you could work and pay all these exam fees. But without the green card,
you will find a sponsor to pay for you. By calculating the fees for all these exams,
books, trips you are going to spend at least $ 20,000 (11,000,000 FCFA). This sum is quite
heavy. It is very important to prepare financially, emotionally, because it is not easy. The education
system here in the United States is really tough so you have to work a lot. But I believe
that it is possible to dream and when you are a hard
worker then you will get away with it. I would put all the information in the description
of this video to be able to guide you better. Thank you
for being able to
share this video with your loved ones. Thank you for subscribing to this channel because
with me you will learn a lot. I will bring America to
you at last that you could no longer be ignorant of. See you next week for a new health topic.
BYE.