Dear MUA Students,

Firstly, I appreciate the tireless efforts of the Dean and the Assistant Dean to help MUA become more professional and provide a challenging medical curriculum.
I know about the schools in the Caribbean and their medical programs because I have friends who attend Ross, St. James, Saba, Windsor, St. Eustatia and AUA. And indeed, we are not as great as SGU and Ross because these schools are more established and more recognized but there are no amateurs running this school. We are on the path of getting better and better compared to some of the other schools in the Caribbean. My post might get all sorts of comments and students might be lashing out agreements and disagreements regarding my perspective of MUA. I have only a few words for all the MUA students on Value MD.
Firstly, I do acknowledge that there are issues with this school like other Caribbean medical schools (we are no different) and each student may have differing opinions on what needs to be better or replaced or fixed. I have my own set of concerns regarding experienced faculty, class size etc but there is no need; in fact there is no reason to create commotion on the forum.
Secondly, I am not condemning people for their honest opinions whether they are in favor or against the school activites. All I want get across each one of you is that we need some PROFESSIONALISM-whether your opinions are curt or polite. Please show some respect for your peers and professors. Talking trash will yield no credibility to you or your statements. And we do have evaluations and a very good SGA-I am sure if your concerns are legitimate, the school will try to help us out or at least acknowledge them. We all have the same goals here to finish medical school- and do well with good USMLE scores. This medical school is committed to benefitting students because the administration, owners and the whole hierarchy are also benefitted from it-this applies to the owner and to the medical student-the recognition of the school is crucial. Talking trash on Value MD will only taint the recognition and efforts of students and the faculty.
Thirdly, please spend a few minutes on forums of Saba, SGU and Ross-note that the vast majority of students have beneficial, professional and ethical posts. We don’t need to succumb to dirty tactics, slander and misdemeanor on our part. Most of us did not make it to the American or Canadian medical schools, and this school provides us the opportunity to pursue our dreams. Recognize that and be thankful for that. And also you as an MUA student have much to be thankful for because there are major changes being made to improvise the curriculum. Study hard, contribute to help out, do well for your own benefit and fulfill your ambition-I thought this is what most of us wanted. So, please do yourself a favor and a favor to the MUA student community at large and don’t trash this school or it’s faculty to this extent. Honest opinion and constructive criticisms are welcome and I am sure I would agree with some of that. However, any change can be brought about by useful criticism and not by cynicism. I wish everyone good luck in all your personal and academic endeavors. Thank you for reading.
Peace