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Why if I have an American college degree that it may not be enough to work with that qualifications in the UK? Me and my friend are curious he has an internal medicine focus and I have a forensic medical analysis focus.

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For a profession like medicine or law, your ability to practice in a given jurisdiction will be set by the local professional regulatory body. Those bodies will make sure that the degrees from local universities/colleges provide a high enough quality education in all the necessary areas so that those graduates can practice locally.

However, if you get a degree from elsewhere, the local body may not know enough/anything about the school that you gave you the degree and so will often require that you either take additional courses locally or practice under supervision until they can be satisfied that you know everything that you are supposed to before they Green light you to practice on your own.

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