Welcome to the Dr Coffee Podcast, your weekly blend of motivation, encouragement, education and insight into all things medicine, for junior doctors and medical students in South Africa. This week we lift the lid on practising medicine and specialising in another country, specifically the United States of America. Our guest this week shares from her journey what it was like getting a job in the US, how their healthcare system and medical training works, and what YOU need to know if you’re considering practicing medicine in the USA.
Dr Kim Scott completed her undergraduate medical degree at UCT, and went on to do Internship at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town and community service at Swartland Hospital in Malmesbury. After working in a few private hospital emergency rooms, she decided to travel and became a cruise ship doctor. This is where she met her American husband which ultimately lead to her decision to immigrate to the US. Dr Scott is currently in her final year of internal medicine residency – the equivalent of registrar time – at Jefferson Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia and once she’s finished she has hopes of working as an attending (consultant) in a rural area of the US. 
Although permanently based in America, having come from SA, she’s still passionate about HIV medicine and has just been awarded a funded research grant looking to deliver Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis [PrEP] to disadvantaged communities. Her other passion is promoting overall wellness and mental health within medicine for which she is on her resident wellness committee

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This episode also features a book review of Professor Ryan Blumenthal’s latest book “Risking Life for Death: Lessons for the living from the autopsy table”, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

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