It's best to apply for posts in ward and clinic based specialties. That can't be done without the full story. As a registrar, it's my job to look out for the junior members of the team as well as the patients. I worked with someone who graduated from Hungary a long time ago and the only issue I had was that he never informed us what his previous experience was so I overestimated what his competence was. Provided everyone knows what you can and can't handle - you should be ok. There's little that can be done to address this (you'll have the base knowledge but not the experience) apart from just telling everyone you work with about your situation. By virtue of graduating from Bulgaria and doing the full programme there, you'll have what's termed a "Certificate of Experience" and will not be eligible for an internship here. You're not going to be able to get a spot on the Irish intern programme. The Covid situation will make this variable though - a lot of current students aren't on the wards at the moment or have very controlled education settings so this will be difficult to arrange. ![]() However, students in Irish medical schools routinely arrange electives abroad so it can be done. ![]() that medical students affiliated with current hospitals have so there will be difficulties. These are getting very difficult to arrange as you won't have the necessary garda clearance, occ health clearance etc. For observerships, you'll have to contact individual hospitals or medical schools and see what arrangements they can make.
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