Their education emphasizes the interrelationship of structure and function and includes training in manipulative treatment, as well as medical, therapeutic and surgical procedures. These physicians can go on to advanced training in various medical specialties.
Some physicians receive their medical education outside the United States and Canada.
All IMGs must undertake residency training in the United States before they can obtain a license to practice medicine here, even if they were fully trained, licensed and practicing in another country. In their first year following medical school, these physicians are sometimes referred to as interns. Physicians who select a specialty field will devote three or more years to hands-on advanced study and perhaps even more time in subspecialty training as fellows. In our society we refer to a variety of professionals with the title doctor. However, only graduates of accredited medical schools and osteopathic medical colleges can claim legal right to serve as a physician.