I haven't posted on this forum or any other for quite a long time. I went to IUHS in the very early days that it opened. I did my basic sciences on campus there. After completing my basic sciences, I transferred to another school, mainly because of personality differences. I completed two years with the other school. Then I started my residency in internal medicine. I am now in a fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. I also have an unrestricted license to practice medicine, which i obtained at the completion of my residency training.

What I think I am trying to advise people on this forum is this - if you go to school in the caribbean, its your performance that will make the most difference, not necessarily where you went to school. That does have effect on licensing in certain states, ie california, new mexico, new york, but not all of them. And, if you do well in your profession and your career, more and more roads open up to you in terms of licensing options - for example colorado has a provision in its licensing laws that if you complete a fellowship and are boarded, you are automatically eligible for licensing.

It is not easy an easy decision to go to medical school outside of the united states, and it should not be taken lightly. But the gloom and doom I read on this forum is very much outside the bounds of real life experiences that I had, along with some of my colleagues who were with me in the early days of IUHS.

I wish all of you good luck in your decisions, but be aware that some of what is written here may not be factually accurate.