WOW, I am astounded at the depth individuals will go to in order verbally abuse one another! First of all, personal issues should be left out of the forum. If you have a problem; say it to the individual or do not say anything at all. People squabbling with petty insults and personal vendettas as the last two responses were are unacceptable in any regard. Where ever you are going to school, the end goal is that you are trying to become medical practitioners and pointing fingers at one another is not very professional. If you have some constructive information to post up (either negative or positive) then go ahead…everyone has the freedom of speech. Asks lots of questions but make sure to hear both sides instead of the views of a few.



In regards to the school, yes, there have been many set backs and many issues were unfair and could have definitely been handled better by the school administration and the students. However, this is still a growing school; everyone hits a couple of road bumps. The never ending issues with the anatomy course, such as the cadaver to the teachers has been deplorable but out of all the other courses that junior students are taking in their first two semesters, this was the only problematic course throughout. The anatomy course only went ‘down-hill’ due to issues between with the previous professor and the administration. In the end, the school s’ decision to let our previous anatomy teacher go has cost the school and students severely. Unfortunately, the students that are taking the anatomy class this semester are suffering for it. However, the school did try to recruit new teachers to fill in the void and the students complained that the replacements were not satisfactory. Thus the school has brought in another teacher to help review on the weekends. I know this is an inconvenient time for most of the students but the board semester is rough…stuck it up. Not many schools would go through the lengths of getting a third teacher in order to help their students out! It is now the student’s choice if they are going to use this new resource or not.



We have a very solid teacher for physiology (regardless of the average in the last test, since this only reflects that a lot of the students were either not trying in this course or they still have to work out their own kinks…better now than at USMLE) and a very good teacher for behavioral science. Our biochemistry professor is alright, but that is a subject that you just have to sit down and learn yourself, I can’t see how much spoon feeding can be done with this course. Also most of the senior class lecturers are phenomenal and will hopefully stay that way. Administration is frustrating to work with; even on a good day but they are also learning as the positions and rules of conduct keep changing. Also, I would like to see one administration in the Caribbean or in the states that was not frustrating.



In regards to the clinic, it is true that previous semesters have had more exposure to clinic. However, as the class population exponentially grew, the administration was at a loss of how to accommodate everyone. That is what happens when you go from 10 people going to junior clinic to 32 people this semester. Individuals should still be thankful that we get the opportunity to go to clinic at all before our fourth semester (as is common is almost all other Caribbean Medical schools). Whether you go six times or ten, you are still getting a little bit more exposure than most students coming out of the Caribbean.


Through all the good and bad experiences out here, it all comes part of the package of going to a Caribbean medical school (any of them)! You just have to make the best of it as you can and learn as much as you can in the short time you are in the basic sciences. If you are handed lemons, make lemonade!