HOW TO STUDY MEDICINE AND MEDICAL IN TURKEY?

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STUDY MEDICINE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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Study Dentistry / Medicine in Turkey: An alternative to think about. For many students to study medicine university in Turkey is remains a dream. For many oft he students, it is impossible or there are very hard requirements for studying medicine in their own country.
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Therefore many students give up their dream of studying medicine. Do not give up! – Studying medicine brings the students new hopes!
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APPLYING FOR A MEDICAL SCHOOL IN TURKEY?
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Global Academia is here to help with your application. To get started today, take the first step and arrange your free consultation. Make your application the best it can be by using the Application Form
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STRUCTURE

  • General Medicine: 6-year-program
  • Entry Requirements: For state universities – YÖS Exam
  • For foundation Universities: Click here.

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THE STANDARD PERIOD OF STUDYING IS 6 YEARS
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(EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR OF PREPARATION)
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First and second year: As in other countries, the first two years are filled with basic science.
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Third year: From the 3rd year you get a theoretical and practical introduction to the diseases.
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4th and 5th year consist of clinical internships
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6th year: The last year of the medical studies is spent as a future practicing physician in the university hospital. You take on the duties of a regular doctor. Students I the 6th year are called as ‘interns’. This is the preliminary stage of the assistant medical education in Turkey. Turkish citizens are rewarded by the university with a modest monthly salary for their medical work.
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STUDYING MEDICINE IN TURKEY – ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

If you decide you want to study medicine in Turkey, you will need to enroll at a medical school, which is a part of a university.
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For Turkish citizenship it is very hard to enroll because students will need AAA grades.
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For a medical degree in Turkey, the applicants have to do very well in the YÖS Exam.
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The YÖS Exam is there to select candidates for study through the universities own procedures. Every university does its own exam.
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YÖS Exams from individual state universities are als recognized in other universities.
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In order to get the highest score in the YÖS Exam, you must prepare planned fot the exams.
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For higher scores order our YÖS Preparation Set Order ÖS Books.
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STUDY MEDICINE IN TURKEY IN ENGLISH

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Yes! There are possibilities to study medicine in Turkey in English.
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Please keep in mind, that from the third year on you have to be in contact with patients and have to communicate with patients in Turkish. In most of the cases, it will not be problem because you will have lived in Turkey for the past 3 years and your language level will be enough for communicating with patients.
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Several public and foundation(private) universities offer the program Medicine in English.
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When you study medicine in Turkey, you coma into contact with many nations. Turkey is a country of the so called health tourism. Patients from all over the word come, as you already know, for various reasons such as cosmetic surgery. Most of these patients come from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Asia, Russia and Europe. Thus it is possible and advantageous that you speak multiply languages. It is considered as a positive aspect.
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The medical schools of Turkey (studying Medicine in general) is based on the American and European teaching guidelines, so that graduates have possibilities to word on an English-speaking market such as America or Canada.

Fees & Cost
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Here you can find the approximate costs of studying medicine in Turkey. Listed below are the study fees of various foundation (private) Universities.
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! ATTENTION

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If you apply to an medical school through the Application Form you will profit from scholarships up to 50%.
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It can be said that the prices vary around 10,000 $ – 25,000 $ on private universities.
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It is important to mention that these awards are without “Burs” scholarships.
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In general, one can not compare the prices of medical studies in Turkey with the prices of medical schools in other countries, as the prices vary between countries and universities within the countries. If you are interested, look at the respective universities prices and compare them.
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Private Universities which offer Medicine in Turkey
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You can easily apply through the application site and talk to the consultants.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

Physician's Resume:

Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

Certificates:

Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

Professional Members:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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