How to get a medical specialty in Turkey ?

The First Step :

Prepare the required documents for  equivalence  application to Turkish Minister of Higher Education

۱) Bachelor’s degree documented from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your country .
۲) Transcript documented from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your country .
۳) High school Certificate  documented from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your country.
۴) Photocopy of your passport.
۵) power of attorney for us to  the purpose of equivalence  application to Ministry
۶) held an initial work contract  from private hospital in Turkey (we can provide it to you).

۷) Translate all the above documents to Turkish language ( also we can do that here in turkey ) .

The Second Step :

Send the Documents  to Our office in  Tehran via DHL or you can come to Turkey by yourself if you want.

The Third Step :

We will submit your documents to the Turkish Ministry of Higher Education .

Review process will take from 8 to 12 Months .

The Fourth step :

In this period you have to learn the Turkish language and be prepared for equivalent’s exam 

The Fifth Step :

You have to enter the equivalent’s exam which called STS ( seviye tespit sınavı ) which held Twice a Year on April and September , in Ankara .

The Exam consist of 120 Question as the following :

medicine 40 q
pediatric 30 q
general surgery 30 q
obs & gayne 20 q.

The Passing score is 40 out of 100 .

The Sixth Step :

Receiving the Equivalence Certificate from The Turkish Ministry of higher education .. and now you have the right to work or to start a residency  in Turkey.

The Seventh Step :

Entering and paasing The Turkish Medical Specialty Exam ( TUS) .. and you can choose your field according to your degree in the exam .

What is TUS ? 

TUS word is an abbreviation for (Tıpta Uzmanlık Sınavı) which means medical specialty exam, which is held twice a year in April and in September.

Exam consists of two sessions in the same day .

 The first session …  contains 120 questions  MCQs on Basic sciences , duration is 150 minutes .

۱) anatomy 14 q
۲) physiology – histology – embriyology 18 q
۳) biyochimestry 22 q.
۴) microbiology 22 q.
۵) pathology 22 q.
۶) phrmachology 22 q

 The second session …  contains 120 questions  MCQs on clinical sciences , the duration is 150 minutes .

۷) medicine 40 q
۸) pediatric 30 q
۹) general surgery 30 q
۱۰) obs&gayne 20 q.

– The passing score is 45 out of 100.

How to choose your specialty ? What are the required score  in each discipline ? How many years of training in each discipline ?

  1. Anesthesia … 4 years … required score 47.

  2. General Surgery … 5 years … required score 51.

  3. Cardiovascular Surgery … 5 years … the required score of 65.

  4. Plastic surgery … 5 years … required score 59.

  5. Pediatric Surgery … 5 years …. 59 degree required.

  6. Orthopedic Surgery … 5 years … required score 52.

  7. Neurosurgery … 5 years … required score 56.

  8. Thoracic surgery … 5 years … required score 55.

  9. Internal Medicine … 4 years … required score 47.

  10. Chest Diseases … 4 years … required score 47.

  11. Neurology … 4 years … required score 49.

  12. Cardiology … 4 years … the required score of 70.

  13. Urology … 4 years … required score 56.

  14. Psychiatry … 4 years … required score 46.

  15. Emergency medicine … 4 years … the required score of 45.

  16. Forensic medicine … 4 years … the required score of 45.

  17. Pediatrics … 4 years … required score 46.

  18. Skin … 4 years … required score 57.

  19. Physical therapy and rehabilitation … 4 years … required score 54.

  20. Obstetrics  … ۴ years … required score 52.

  21. ENT … 4 years … required score 58.

  22. Child psychiatry … 4 years … required score 49.

  23. Clinical Pathology  … ۴ years … required score 52.

  24. Ophthalmology  … ۴ years … required score 59.

  25. Family Medicine … 3 years … the required score of 45.

  26. Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology … 5 years … required score 49.

  27. Diagnostic Radiology … 4 years … required score 58.

  28. Medical Biochemistry … 4 years … required score 54.

  29. Medical Microbiology … 4 years … required score 49.

  30. Medical genetics .. degree required 47 … 4 years.

  31. Anatomy … 3 years … required score 45

  32. Physiology   … ۳ years … required 51.

  33. Medical pharmacology … 4 years … required score 45 .

Resident Doctor’s salary is between : 700 – 1000 $