[Unknown Member]

It is the equivalent of MD in India, U.K., and some other countries. They go into medical school straight out of high school and its 6 years.

[tdetlie_105]

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It is the equivalent of MD in India, U.K., and some other countries. They go into medical school straight out of high school and its 6 years.

 
Efficient. 

[Unknown Member]

Its a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery undergraduate degree. You can also have MB;BCh which is the same. This is the equivalent of the American MD from most of the Commonwealth countries, except Canada i think. Here in Australia most medical courses have gone post-grad and some are issuing an MD. An MD also used to be a post grad research honorific – Master of Medicine , sort of a baby PhD.
 
Some Universities also award  a Bachelor of Medical Science after the 3rd year so you have something to show for your time if you don’t make it all the way through the 5 or 6 years .

[leann2001nl]

Pretty common for physicians trained in other countries who came here , surprised you havent seen this before

[ranweiss]

Most just switch their credentials to ‘MD’, but yeah, basically every older indian/Pakistani doctor you know is an mbbs.

[ruszja]

Beats RN, BSN, DNP, CRNP-C, FNP-C (with special distinction in penmanship).

[Unknown Member]

The state of New York will grant an M.D. degree to such foreign physicians after certain conditions are met to avoid exactly that confusion.
[blockquote]
The Board of Regents is empowered to confer the M.D. degree on New York licensees who meet specific requirements.
To be eligible, you must:
[ol][*]have completed a medical education program in a foreign medical school, satisfactory to the department, which does not grant the degree doctor of medicine (M.D.) and in which the philosophy and curriculum were equivalent, as determined by the department, in accordance with the policy of the Board of Regents, to those in programs leading to the degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.) at medical schools in the United States satisfactory to or registered by the Board of Regents and the department; and
hold a license to practice medicine in New York State in accordance with provisions of section 6524 or 6528 of the Education Law or their equivalent as determined by the Regents pursuant to their authority under section 6506 of the Education Law. [*]complete the application and submit the entire form along with the required fee of $300 to the New York State Education Department at the address at the end of the form. Be sure to sign and date item 13. [/ol][/blockquote] [link=http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/med/med-mdconferral.htm]http://www.op.nysed.gov/p..med/med-mdconferral.htm[/link]
 

[amado.rodriguezbenitez_967]

Interesting, I am kind of surprised it has taken this long in my career before I ever encountered this designation and I have come in contact with countless physicians who initially trained in India. I think the confusing thing is that it is described places on-line as an undergraduate degree. Sounds like a somewhat equivalent degree given the way it is being described here. I know many other countries go straight to medical school out of high school.