For starters, IUHS requires some minimum on site attendance, If you don't belive me, go there by yourself, I did. The facilities are bad, true, but they have had quite an improvement in their last USMLE STEP I results with 6 out of six students passing with an average of 88. And they have a pathetic long distance program, according to you and some other people.

And, to correct you, there are more than 20 states that have a problem with long distance education. I did that homework in August 2002. By the way, there are barely 7 states that will allow licensure from this kind of program, and you know why? Because they can care less how you did your BASIC SCIENCES COURSES, what matters to them is that you did CLINICAL ROTATIONS in green book hospitals and have residence training At least there are some open minded people out there.

Lets not loose the true perspective here, we are talking about long distance education for basic sciences ONLY. NOT CLINICALS, that will be preposterous and ridiculous. Are you aware that in many U.S. Schools sutdents barely attend class? I remember, at a student orientation at a prestigious osteopathic school that senior students were telling us that they did not have time to sleep through classes and spent time studying on their own. These are folks that are now practicing and licensed physicians. Ask at any major medical school and you will be surprised by the amount of students that never show up in class.

I don't see a problem with a school asking students to ask for help to their "big brother or sister" who have been in school before. That is called mentoring.

Again , you have not answered my question....were are you going to be when many U.S. SCHOOLS TAKE ON THIS APPROACH. I KNOW YOU WILL NOT DARE TO CRITICIZE BECAUSE IT WILL BE AN OMNIPOTENT U.S. school, you are already biased.

Just to blow your bubble, Sydney, Australia has everything to do with distance education in medical school basic sciences. They originated it, NOT IUHS. Ask them.

Concerning you comments, that
"The problem with the current schools I mention (www.internetmedicalschool.homestead.com) is that they have ragtag groups of professors, non-existent facilities basically, poor supervision of their students, no help for their students, and provide little chance of licensing."
NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE LICENSING WHEN YOU COME FROM AN OFFSHORE SCHOOL.



ABOUT THE FLORIDA MEETING, LET ME BREAK YOU THE NEWS, IT WAS ME, WITH A GROUP OF PISSED OFF STUDENTS FROM SOME Caribbean Schools who first filed complaints in Florida about some of these schools, and we did that in 2001. It takes time for a State to investigate , that simple.

Now, can we address the issue I asked, about why if it was not done in the U.S. it was not good enough? You have barely addressed that issue and that is my question. Lets get into it. I already cited Australia, St.Kitts as examples. Tht the St. Kitts program is deficient, maybe, but having so many students passing the same exam with relatively good scores as their U.S. counterparts should ring a bell, don't you think so?

Besides, it is not basic sciences what really makes a good doctor, it is how good they are in their rotations and hands on practice. Do you have any idea, how many U.S. students with high grades during basic sciences don't make it through clinicals? Ask yourself that question before you let your blindfolded bias take over your thoughts. Be objective, open your mind, the world is bigger than you see it.

Remember, the robe does not make the monk, it just identifies him.

Before you speculate, I am studying medicine in Mexico, in my 6th year(Mexico is different from the states, it takes six years of med-school, one year social services and one year slave work before you graduate. I JUST don't see a problem with distance education for basic sciences, thats my thing and I believe that for basic sciences, it should not be that big of a deal as long as you pass your USMLE's and do clinicals in real hospitals. Actually thats what IUHS and maybe St.Luke is all about. But of course the phrase..."DISTANCE EDUCATION" FREAKS ALMOST EVERYONE OUT and does not leave space to get deeper into what really is all about.

Now, can you address my question? It was in my first message and second, I won't repeat it bacause it is becomming boring.

sayonara