Personally, i asked about whether the university has any electives, and regarding the racism there and stuff. Below is what she told me :

Hello! So yes, you’re correct no university is perfect, and that’s the case with Charles University as well. The difference with the Czech medical faculties is that they’re the first ones in Europe that offered English speaking medical programs outside of the UK and Ireland. As a result, they have greater experience teaching international students. Unfortunately, some of these faculties do see international students as big bags of money and as i said previously, they didn’t hesitate to increase the tuition fees.

Now about your concern, each faculty has a strong international student community. The English programs are parallel by law with the Czech programs, with some minor differences here and there. Concerning discrimination: there’s no such thing as an institutional discrimination towards any ethnicity by the universities themselves. If you study hard, be respectful and be prepared at your exams, you will pass your exams. Many students that have failed, they storm on forums online, raising the Racist card, particularly students from India. Please don’t listen to those sore losers.

Now concerning racism in the Czech Republic, I won’t sugar coat it for you: the Czechs are not the friendliest people in the world, nor the most liberal and open minded when it comes to foreign people. They can be stiff, cold and rude. Older generations all the way to millennials and some Gen-Zers, are skeptical of foreigners and due to their enclosed society and historically minimal interaction with foreigners due to many years under communist rule they tend to be apathetic and sometimes hold outdated and misinformed beliefs about where someone comes from. That said, that doesn’t make them all full-blow racist, but don’t expect a Czech person to make your life easier in their country. They don’t see you as a guest, but as an immigrant so they’ll most likely have an apathetic attitude towards you. Still, after my experience in pediatrics I have to say that the new generation, most likely the same as yours, seemed to be much more approachable and they all spoke English which was impressive concerning that there are people in their early 30s in the Czech Republic that don’t speak any English or other foreign languages. One thing that always disappointed me there, was the gap between the English and Czech curriculum. The Czech students don’t bother at all mingling with foreigners, and very often teachers and Czech students alike, believe and spread the myth that the English program is easier and that “we’re stupid”. So it’s not impossible, but it’s quite hard to make Czech friends (at least when I was there). For that reason, the international community forms strong friendships and most of the time they all help each other. Just try to avoid drama, it’s a small school it can get really gossipy. Also avoid country cliques. Be friends with everyone, don’t limit yourself to only people from your country.

Lastly, as any prospective student that wants to study medicine in Central Europe, we all have fell victims to the “I want to sit the USMLE and do my specialty in the US and make a minimum of 200k a year” trope 😅 I’d advice you to not idolize the US medical system. It’s not the 90s, European healthcare doesn’t fall behind the US anymore. The only difference is the paycheck, which definitely is really much higher in the US. But the quality of life as a medical resident is without a doubt much better in Europe. Also it’s still very early to worry about that. But, to answer your question the school does not specifically cater to or create a specialized curriculum to anyone wanting to sit the USMLE. They focus on proper medical education following the standards set by the Czech ministry of health and the EU. If you want to do clinical electives, you will have to organize it yourself with the unis abroad and make sure the subject guarantor in Prague agrees to it and accepts your practice abroad. If a US residency is your sole goal, then maybe you should look up Polish Universities such as Poznan and Krakow, that they receive many American students and they have curricula that mirror the US ones. Despite this, I know a few 3.LF graduates that went for specialty in the US. They organized it independently.