I'm about to complete a life long goal of starting a Medicine degree in the UK as a mature student. I was wondering if anyone knew of opportunities that may be available to work in Japan?
After doing some research I can see you need to be fluent in Japanese (I presume up to N1), and then pass the national medical practitioners exams, like with most other countries, before being able to apply for Doctors roles. However, I was wondering if there were any other medical, research or even pharmaceutical roles that may be available with a medical degree? Would these likely require the same level of proficiency/examination?
I previously worked and studied in Japan as part of my undergraduate degree, Neuroscience with Japanese (5 years ago now though), so although I know I love living in the country (with or without the xenophobia most people experience and warn about), my language ability is only about N3 of late. I've longed to go back and live in Japan, but have been saving to self fund my second degree while working in pharmaceuticals instead, which I didn't see as feasible if returning to Japan.
So, does anyone have any tips or first hand experience for finding work in Japan with a Medical degree?
Thanks for any help!
After doing some research I can see you need to be fluent in Japanese (I presume up to N1), and then pass the national medical practitioners exams, like with most other countries, before being able to apply for Doctors roles. However, I was wondering if there were any other medical, research or even pharmaceutical roles that may be available with a medical degree? Would these likely require the same level of proficiency/examination?
I previously worked and studied in Japan as part of my undergraduate degree, Neuroscience with Japanese (5 years ago now though), so although I know I love living in the country (with or without the xenophobia most people experience and warn about), my language ability is only about N3 of late. I've longed to go back and live in Japan, but have been saving to self fund my second degree while working in pharmaceuticals instead, which I didn't see as feasible if returning to Japan.
So, does anyone have any tips or first hand experience for finding work in Japan with a Medical degree?
Thanks for any help!