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发帖数: 119 | 1 现在正在选择医生，在保险公司给的list上面发现有很多医生都有hospital
affiliation, clinic affiliation,都在独立处理病人，但是却没有Board Certified
（因为其他有执照的医生都写明了Board-Certified的专业）.这是什么原因呢？照理说
没有执照的话应该不能单独看病啊。不知道这一部分医生的处理病人的水平怎样，有经
验的能说说吗？谢谢！ |
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发帖数: 119 | 2 自己顶一下，请已经进入了美国医疗系统的前辈们指点一二，为什么没有Board-
Certified的医生可以照常看病人呢？ |
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发帖数: 1334 | 3 Each state issues medical license so a physician can practice medicine in
that state. Some physicians also take exams in a particular specialty to get
"board-certificated". Although no guarantee a "board-certificated" doctor
is more knowledgeable than other doctors in that field, it's an important
credential measure. As long as a physician has a medical license he or she
can see patients in that state. If not sure, choosing a "board-certificated"
doctor in that specialty is a safer bet. |
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发帖数: 119 | 4 谢谢Eric，也就是说board-certificated和licence是两个不同的程序？Residency完成
是取得licence，还需要进一步考board-certificated的专业？是不是所谓的
fellowship？但是我看list上面写的board-certificated的专业就是Medicine，OB-GYN
之类的大专业，并没有细化到具体科别的各个亚专业。这是怎么回事呢？谢谢！ |
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发帖数: 1334 | 5 Yes state license and board-certificate are two different issues. You can
check each state's requirement for medical license:
http://www.visalaw.com/IMG/physicianchart.pdf
In many states a board-certificate is not required for the license. People can get a license after a residency (some states only require one year of residency training). If they decide to do a subspecialty they may apply for a fellowship.
Board certificate is offered for many specialties (including IM, OB/GYN) as well as for m |
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发帖数: 119 | 6 Eric，谢谢你的解答！
祝你学习工作一切顺利！ |
