Polish doctors study for the USMLE and get the ECFMG certificate to apply later on for residency in the US. They apply through ERAS every year to the same programs that interview and match their peers. These programs include the following: IMG Friendly.
Physicians from Poland will come to the US ahead of time to do 2-3 months of clinical experience to make their profile more competitive. They will do these rotations in the following hospitals before applying to residency: Observerships.
Polish medical graduates usually come from these medical schools:
Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Zabrze
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Jan Kochanowski University School of Medicine
Medical University of Bialystok
Medical University of Gdansk
Medical University of Lodz
Medical University of Lublin
Medical University of Silesia, School of Medicine in Katowice
Medical University of Warsaw
Military Medical Academy
Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie
Poznan University of Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education in English
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine I
University of Rzeszów Faculty of Medicine
Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski Wydzial Nauk Medycznych
Wroclaw Medical University
