PHYSICIAN
Summary
Hawai‘i ranks close to the national median
in physician license requirements. Hawai‘i’s physician license fees are lower
than the national median, but Hawai‘i is among the minority of states that do
not provide reciprocity or endorsement.
Requirement
|
Hawai‘i
|
Category Rank
|
National Median
|
OVERALL
RANK (quintile)
|
2
|
|
|
Education
and Experience
|
U.S. school: 1 year residency training
Foreign
school: 2 years residency training.
|
4
|
U.S. school: 1 year residency training
Foreign
school: 3 years residency training
|
Examination
|
USMLE
|
Not ranked.
|
USMLE
|
License Fees
|
$410
|
4
|
$530
|
Continuing
Education
|
20 hours
per year
|
3
|
20 hours
per year
|
Reciprocity
or Endorsement
|
No
|
1
|
Yes.
36 states have some form of reciprocity or endorsement.
|
Notes on Physician
rankings:
1 = most difficult, most requirements, highest fees.
5 = least difficult, fewest requirements, lowest fees.
Education and Experience: Education and experience are considered together as
most states impose different residency training requirements depending on
whether an applicant is a graduate of a U.S. or foreign medical school. For
graduates of U.S. medical schools, the median residency training required is
one year, while the median is three for graduates of foreign medical The
number of foreign school graduates is sufficiently significant to warrant
inclusion. According to a recent Journal of the American Medical Association,
over one-fourth of resident physicians graduated from foreign medical schools.
Rankings are based on an average of the rank for U.S. graduate and foreign graduate residency training requirement. Ranks were assigned as
follows:
Rank U.S. graduate
requirement Foreign graduate requirement
1 More than 1 year More
than 3 years
3 1 year 3
years
5 Less than 1 year Less
than 3 years
Examination: All states now rely on the USMLE, so this
category is not ranked.
Fees: Rank is based on the cost of an initial license and an
annualized renewal fee. This reflects the cost of obtaining and renewing a license.
Continuing education: This is expressed as average hours per
year.
Reciprocity: Most states have some form of reciprocity or
endorsement. A rank of 1 was assigned to states that do not have reciprocity or
endorsement, and a rank of 5 assigned to states that did offer some form of
reciprocity or endorsement.