North America and Oceania |
FM residency: Canada, United States
FM or GP apprenticeship: Australia (GP), New Zealand (mentored training)
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Asia |
FM residency: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand (GP or FP), Japan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Laos, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia
Master’s program: India, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Myanmar (beginning after the COVID-19 pandemic), Vietnam, Tajikistan (2-year PUST)
Diploma: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Myanmar (beginning after the COVID-19 pandemic)
Fellowship: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Singapore (after residency for clinical instructors)
Membership: Sri Lanka (requires formal training), Pakistan, Bangladesh (examination only); Thailand requires recertification after 5 years of experience
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North Korea, Mongolia, the Maldives, Uzbekistan, Macau (Hope Family Practice Residency Program) |
Western Europe |
FM residency: Portugal, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom (GP), Ireland (GP)
Master’s program: Belgium and Cyprus have a 4th-year option after residency
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Monaco, Iceland |
Eastern Europe and the Balkans |
FM residency: Moldova, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Finland, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania
Master’s program: North Macedonia
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Georgia, Kosovo, Belarus, Azerbaijan |
Middle East and North Africa |
FM residency: Israel, Lebanon, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan (a nascent program with INGOs), Iraq (in development)
Master’s program: Egypt, Israel, Iran, Sudan (2-year MSc), Tunisia
Diploma: Saudi Arabia (2-year), Morocco (3-year), Sudan (1-year), Afghanistan
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Algeria, Yemen |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
FM residency: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Liberia, Mali, Zambia (in development; has a master’s program), Madagascar (2 years; may not be active), Namibia (in development), Burundi (in development)
MMed (4-year specialty program): Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda (3 years), South Africa
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Niger, Sierra Leone, Angola, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique (program cancelled) |
Non-Hispanic Caribbean |
FM residency: Haiti, Guyana
Master’s program: Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago
Diploma: Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Jamaica
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Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Belize |
Latin America |
FM residency: Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador (ministry-based, not university-based), Panama, Puerto Rico
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Honduras (in development), Guatemala (3-year master’s program) |