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Originally Posted by MartyBlank
One thing bothers me about many of the replies in this thread.
If you truly are a student at another school, why would you care what the discussion is on a thread in the IUHS forum. It is suspicious at best.
Forget the "whys", how about the "hows'? How would a student at AUC find the time to post about IUHS?
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The only one I tend to think is objective is Maximllian. His response seems to be pretty easy to understand.."IUHS is not for everyone, and if you decide to attend there, you have no one to blame but yourself...and further....there are other less risky choices available".
I paraphrased there, but I believe that to be the general theme to his posts.
I agree with all of it. I agree that SGU, Saba, and Ross clearly offer me less risky paths to becoming a physician. The only thing that atrracts me to IUHS is the electronic component to the basic sciences. I am a self-learner, and I don't think I lose anything by completing Biochem/Embryo/Physio/Path online.
Which leads me to the place where I am at. I will apply to IUHS, I will fly down to the island. I will thorougly investigage the licensing issues in my home state. If I am dumb enough to throw away 20K without fully investigating the risks associated with IUHS, who is to blame? Obviously myself.
I can live with that.
And just to better understand the posters here. Can someone help me understand how or why a full-time medical student would give a single thought to the prospective medical school choice of a complete stranger?
The cynic in me believes that there is nothing altruistic in this, but rather a monetary influence at stake. It also makes me believe other programs and schools want the entire sandbox for themselves.
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Some of us have seen what IUHS is about and some of us investigated IUHS for the same reasons you stated and then decided it against because of licensing issues. I agree that online basic science medical education is an exciting prospect and may occur in the future but you need to be aware of a number of issues. First, Ohio State University, LECOM, and some of the other schools with Independent Study tracks do require attendance at some classes or courses. LECOM for instance requires attendance at the Osteopathic Manipulation and Medical interviewing course. There is also a certain amount of attendance required for Gross Anatomy. Also Ohio State University requires attendance for some of the courses, especially those related to Gross Anatomy and Medical Communications. Second, a certain amount of online coursework is considered acceptable as long as it is considered to be computer-assisted learning and properly supervised, as per the LCME. Third, a number of highly regarded medical schools use online learning but it is in certain areas that lend itself to online learning. Thus these medical schools regulate what is acceptable and what is not. Personally, I like online learning because I can do it on my time and I love the discussions because you see so many different viewpoints and approaches to the material at hand. If you are not worried about licensure, hey, spend the money and go for it. If you are wanting to be licensed, don't do IUHS. As of this date there is no one licensed who did their program online. You can do residencies having completed an online program because residencies are educational or training programs and many states will give the resident an educational or training license, because they are supervised by a fully licensed independent physician. Getting the full licensure to practice independently will be the problem.
Good luck with your decision. Caveat emptor!
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