How do Japanese people react to a foreign doctor?
Unpacking Japan · Produced by ZenStudio
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Show Notes
Meet Osama Ibrahim, an Egyptian opthamologist practicing in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about getting his medical license here, his work as a researcher, and the challenges he's had as a foreign doctor in Japan.
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0:00 Intro
0:46 Meet Ibrahim
4:21 Coming to Japan
8:07 PhD in Japan
14:49 Overcoming the language barrier
19:35 Getting a Japanese medical license
26:03 Passing the exam
30:07 Treating Japanese vs. foreign patients
36:18 Navigating the Japanese medical system
40:01 Research on eye surgery
48:09 Medical tourism to Japan
51:56 Common eye problems in Japan
54:28 Navigating medical regulations
58:53 Looking back
1:02:38 Goals for the future
1:07:20 Advice for anyone considering studying in Japan
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