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Originally Posted by monolisp
I certainly don't have an axe to grind for either, as I am still deciding and am considering both, but I think it is worth noting that you may do your 4th year of clinicals in the US if you meet some modest expectations (B+ average in school, pass Step 1 your first try, etc).
In addition, I gather that you can fail the Step 1 in Mexico and try again. Whether or not the Carib schools will tell you to kick rocks is probably different for each individual school.
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nice to see you have high expectations of yourself there.
and while i don't know the ins and outs of UAG or the other mexican schools, i believe they enter the US through the 5th pathway system and so need to complete theie 4 years in mexico and before they complete the clinical internship required by mexico for an MD degree, they can come to the US (someone correct me if i am wrong on the time line). Also I have heard that the 5th pathway will soon be stopped (only 2 schools i believe sponsor it anyways), so if that is the case, then the mexican schools will be seen in the same light as any other foreign school that has no UCE.
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I am sure that you will see a good share of very diverse situations in Mexico, which you will only read about marooned on some island.
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hmm, lets see, i saw rheumatic fever, leptospirosis, splenomegaly that i could feel in the RLQ, dengue, etc during my time on the islands...you will be surprised at the lack of medical care in the islands and what that will allow you to see....
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My question is this : why not take the opportunity to screw up in Mexico instead of the US, which could easily spell the end of your career?
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personally i like having the oversight that UCE gives that any chance to "screw up" as you put it is caught fairly on and i would think as a medical student (or potential one) you wouldn't look at your patients as someone to practice upon and would feel better that you get to "practice" on a population that evidently you see as somehow less...