Hello, My Respects,
To all med students and to all concerned.
While visiting the site, which I do often, I just ran across the article by Derek Sampson, as he wrote about life after Medical School. Very interesting and well thought indeed! One thing is certain, we do need more human service oriented people like Derek ,and maybe a little less complaining. He mentioned Dr. Holbrook, whom is a world class physician. I'm pretty sure that we all agree that students make up our Universities. They represent us and speak for us. NO school here in the Caribbean or elsewhere is perfect. We all try our best and try to learn from daily situations and from our students and faculty. Here, at UCNE we are commited to preparing med students not only for their USMLE, but also for their Residency Programs and to face life. If we are lacking in any way, we sure will try to take care of it ASAP. In a previous thread I read, someone mentioned that Deans are not fond of sending transcripts to students that are transferring. I do not recall any recent cases , but I can assure you that it is not our case. All in all, the progress of each student is basically determined by himself. Kaplan helps, the Special USMLE course we offer here helps, but there are NO magical courses. We stand on our reputation. We will do anything we can to help med students while they are here and in their life after Med School.
Dr. Boyd H. Collazo md, facs
Dean of International Affairs
UCNE
Universidad Catolica Nordestana