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Hi y'all, This will be lengthy so I apologize in advance. You can skip to my questions at the very end if you'd like. I'm a US-trained RN who wants to study medicine in the Philippines, for financial and personal reasons. I'd like to sit for the USMLE afterwards because my family is here and we know that doctors here are compensated very well. But ultimately I want to become a doctor to the barrio or eventually practice in the Ph when I'm ready to go back for retirement whenever that may be. I'm seeing articles about Ph doctors who studied, either in the Ph or the US, to become nurses in the US. There are no follow ups to these articles, and the statements made by the Ph doctors sounded like becoming an RN has now become the end goal because "The pay is good, better, maybe better than a doctor (in the Ph)." I think to myself, doctors pay in the US is better tho? There's also a statement which says "(nursing) that is where the need is," but there are also needs for doctors. This made me wonder, and if anyone of you have any idea or first-hand experiences that will help answer my questions, please share so. I understand that becoming an RN may be the easier route to get a visa (if they don't have family members that can petition for them) to enter the US since employers can sponsor for them, but once they are established or have become green card holders, they can then attempt pursuing residency here and practice medicine. So my questions are these: 1. Do Ph doctors turned USRNs find it not worth it to pursue medicine in the US. If so, why not? 2. How much did your medical education in the PH help in your nursing practice in the US? 3. In your experience, how different is the practice of medicine in the US as compared to the practice in the Ph? 4. For USRNs who studied medicine in the Ph for the purpose of practicing medicine in the US, how was your experience like both during med school and medicine practice in the US? Thank you so much for your time!