I am an international student. Before I began to pursue my PhD degree, I had worked as medical technologist for several years in my home country. Right now, I am on my third year of PhD in USA. I am thinking of becoming a medial technologist in USA after graduation. Is it a good idea? Does anybody do this way?

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Ouch, talk about premenstrual aggression.

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hugs mango

Tony, as long as you get paid and you have your PhD what's the big deal about going forward or backwards?

Could you get some help from your careers service, or try searching on the prospects site for info? You could do with finding a contact working in that area.

Mango, as we can see from your post above, your boyfriend had legitimate reasons to dumb you, menstruation or not.

maybe in post-menstruation, your bf would want you back, mango.

I think there would be huge reservations re using your DR title in the medical profession. Med tech with a PhD doesn't equal med doctor. You would have to keep quiet about it most of the time, is this what you want?

I have worked as a Medical Technologist for 10 yrs here in the States. While I have heard that in some countries you have to obtain a lot of extra education to become a Medical Technologist, here, in the United States, to be a Med Tech you need a 4-yr bachelor's degree and then have to sit and take a registry exam to become certified. I definatley would not suggest you become a med tech after earning your PhD. This would be backwards in the U.S. It would be like returning to elementary school after completing college! Hope this helps you!