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Originally Posted by Southerndoc
Is this true? Can someone shed some light? Thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by IAUPREMED
Texas requires the school to be LCME or LMCE approved and you have to prove your school is equivalent to Texas med school standards. So its a chance type thing, if you have very competitive board scores, all cores and electives are greenbook, then you MIGHT stand a chance, but its all upto their disgression. THey can deny licensure for any reason they see fit due to your school not being equivalent to Texas standards. Maybe someone else can elaborate further, but this is the jist of it.
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First off, Texas has minimum requirements for undergrad you will have to meet, before medical education is evaluated and you will have to work a minimum number of years after graduating in order to be considered if you attended a school not on the equivalent list.
Secondly, no Caribbean school will be LCME or AOA approved, those are for U.S. schools in MD and DO, respectively. (also Canada and Puerto Rico)
Third, your medical education include these basic components:
- 130 weeks minimum
- Basic Science is to have anatomy, biochemistry, biology, physiology, microbiology, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, and neuroscience.
- Clinical Science Cores - IM, OB/GYN, FP, psych, peds, and surgery, all of which must be ACGME.
- Any electives done over the 130 week minimum do not need to be ACGME/"green". Before 130 weeks, it must be ACGME.
- All rotations used as ACGME must match exactly to the same specialty or sub-specialty and same facility, not an affiliated site without formal recognition which you can pull up easily on my signature by Sree.(no family practice "umbrella" nonsense)
- If you provide documentation from a LCME or AOA medical school that you rotated with their medical students, then you can by-pass the ACGME requirement. (does this seem likely?!?!?)
Here's the link:
Physician Checklist of Supplemental Documentation and Important Information
I also attached the form for students who attend schools that are not on Texas's "pre-approved" list that do not have to prove that they are equivalent to Texas medical schools like SGU, Ross, and AUC. Everything I summarized above is laid out in the form.
Keep in mind, they can deny your license for missing any of their requirements in undergrad, medical school, clinicals, even your own character. On top of that, if you meet all requirements, they can put restrictions and/or require additional classes for you to attend. And if they ever call you for a meeting, better call a good administrative lawyer.