If you choose a specialty, when do you have to decide by?<\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s no requirement for that. Age-wise, residency programs only require applicants to be less than 30 years old by the time of entrance.<\/p>\n
What are you called at this stage of training?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Pre-Clinicals Years: <\/em>Medical Students.<\/li>\n
- Clerkship Years:<\/em>\u00a0Our formal name is \u201cdokter\u00a0muda\u201d<\/em> or junior physicians, but we are more often called with our colloquial names, \u201cco-ass\u201d, from the\u00a0Dutch word co-assistant. We still use a lot of Dutch medical terms in spoken conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Getting Out:<\/h2>\n
What exams do you have to take?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe law is changing as I\u2019m typing this. There used to be no exam getting out, as each rotation in clerkship\u00a0already has its own exam. However, the new bill proposes for a national board exam. It is still undecided\u00a0whether the exam will be a test for theory or clinical skills, or both.<\/p>\n
Do most people graduate?<\/strong><\/p>\nYes.<\/p>\n
When are you finally considered a \u201cdoctor?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen we have taken our Hippocratic Oath at the end of clerkship (and after the board exam, if the new\u00a0bill passes).<\/p>\n
Do you have additional training after MS or do you start working immediately?<\/strong><\/p>\nAgain, the law is under some changes. The new law requires an unpaid 1-year internship in a hospital\u00a0chosen by the government. After that year, doctors can work independently.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the average debt for attendance?<\/strong><\/p>\nThere is no debt, except for scholarship students. Regular students pay the full fee. Scholarship students\u00a0will pay back by working for their universities or teaching hospitals immediately upon graduation for a\u00a0certain period of time, usually 2n + 1.<\/p>\n
What are you called at this stage of training?<\/strong><\/p>\nA doctor. More formally, a general physician.<\/p>\n
Being Out:<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s the average salary?<\/strong><\/p>\nDepends on where you work. The general rule is the same everywhere: it\u2019s higher in private institutions\u00a0than public ones, and is also higher in bigger cities than in rural communities.<\/p>\n
Is the job security good?<\/strong><\/p>\nYes. There is a high demand for doctors throughout the country, especially outside the main islands of\u00a0Java and Bali.<\/p>\n
Can you switch specialties?<\/strong><\/p>\nYes, but people rarely do this.<\/p>\n
Can you go back and choose a different specialty?<\/strong><\/p>\nTechnically, yes, as long as one has not reached the age of 30 by the time of entrance. However, I have\u00a0never heard of anybody doing that.<\/p>\n
What are you called at this stage of training?<\/strong><\/p>\nA specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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