Thread: Highly Questionable Competence

Many of us- whom are post Basic Sciences- look back and wonder why on earth a first grade classroom operates with more class and structure then our 'admin'.

1)ROBBERY
Some two semesters ago, there were armed robberies back to back mind you, at BB's and the summit resort area where students eat, walk and chill out. The admin tells SXM, yo police, you guys need to come make a presence here, our American/Canadian students can get shot at. What does SXM police do? They GO RAMPANT on our students car, ticketing them, towing them, and mouthing off to us with no checks and balances. Most students paid up a thousand in fees to get their cars/trucks back.
The admin just sat back and watched us get raped by these tickets and fees.

2) OUR SECURITY GUARDS
God forbid you stay late at night and watch these security guards, employed by MEAS, go through the clothing bins, food drive boxes and take a pick at what they want. They SLEEP through the night in the multipurpose room while they should be on guard protecting the school's parking lots and dorms from wild drunks.

3) WILD DRUNKS
speaking of wild drunks, I hope your not a homosexual who will be harassed, beat up, and threatened to DEATH by another group of students at white coat DINNER. Dont call Dr.T either, he doesnt want to hear your delusional remarks of death threats. And no we wont grant you an extension for your block exams even though you have a black eye.

4) NO RESPECT
No one in the admin cares whether you have been working as the engineering official of the school building for a decade. The day we want to throw you out is the day we will disrespect our dignity and kick you to the curb in open day light for all the students to witness. Have some professionalism, please.

5) I Cee Mania (ICM)
What an underdeveloped system of grading. What a manic way to schedule 5th semester.

6)STEP 1
THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE OR SPECIAL ABOUT THE PASS RATE. We weed ALL the students who cant pass this beast by 5th semester. PUHLEASE. Its not so much AUC's education that brings about this pass rate.Its the will of the hard working student who will passes the usmle.

7) Passing students
Yes, students who pass are hand picked and given second chances. Transparency anyone?

8) Post BASIC SCIENCES
They are forcing a lot of us to go to the UK. Yes i said it. Enjoy.


The purpose of this thread is to educate you all. good luck.

Originally Posted by Phur

that's true, but finding places that will take carib students is not necessarily as easy as it sounds or that MEAS makes it out to be.

OCSA does keep an active list of places where students have done "elective" rotations. It should be easy enough to call them and ask them to send you a list of locations where students have completed their neuro rotation. I know their list is typically sorted by State, but since it is in an Excel spreadsheet, it shouldn't be too hard. In theory at least.

Originally Posted by she_doc

OCSA does keep an active list of places where students have done "elective" rotations. It should be easy enough to call them and ask them to send you a list of locations where students have completed their neuro rotation. I know their list is typically sorted by State, but since it is in an Excel spreadsheet, it shouldn't be too hard. In theory at least.

i know a few that did it at henry ford in detroit. i personally did mine at cleveland clinic in ft lauderdale.

after being a member for many years and following auc's forum for this time, it amazes me that the same rumors pop up over and over again. during my time in school ive heard the rumor of "auc will force you to go to england", "auc does not have enough clinical spots", "auc is going to lose california accreditation", "auc is going to shut down", etc.

during my time, valuemd was in its infancy and did not have years of cataloged posts like it has today. there was the old network 54 forums, but it was not user friendly to do searches. we had a few members that graduated in the 90's that would occasionally chime in and say that they heard the same rumors from 10 years prior when they were in school. it happens every few years. people will even swear that they were told this and that from the auc clinical department, have sources within auc, know hundreds of people that got forced to go to england, etc.

time and time again, the rumors do not live up to what they are made out to be. is there truth to the current rumors? nobody can tell....... but we can look at the trend of all these similar rumors over the years....... they all usually turn out to be either false or only affected very few people that conveniently left out more to their story.

all i can say is those that graduated before me were right. they were simple rumors that seem to get a megaphone on valuemd. i had no problem with getting united states clinicals back in 2006.

ok.... so that was 5 years ago, how can this translate to how things are now. fair enough... my cousin attends auc and just started his clinicals a few months ago in new york. it seems like he wasnt forced to go to the UK either. so does that mean that the "current" rumors are false....... nobody can know for certain, but one can take a little ease that the trend of these rumors usually turn out to be false.

ive even done a search for anyone interested. her are some threads from back in 2005 when i was in school. read some of the posts about "anonymous sources", OSCA meetings, etc. i find them pretty similar. read them all, some of the accusations come out after a few pages in the thread. its quite entertaining.

thread about auc forcing one to go to england
http://www.valuemd.com/american-univ...about-auc.html

here is another
http://www.valuemd.com/american-univ...3-england.html

general auc rumors from basic science
http://www.valuemd.com/american-univ...about-auc.html

more of the same:
http://www.valuemd.com/american-univ...auc-truth.html

Level MD is not one person. Its the name some students use to speak out in anonymously under one UNIFIED banner. Level gets emails that tell him/her whats going on, and what this particular student's experience is. This has happened to students, and your right, NOT FROM YOUR ORIGINAL CLASS OF MAY. But from students that are in between a 5th-6th.

Originally Posted by Scott1981

i know a few that did it at henry ford in detroit. i personally did mine at cleveland clinic in ft lauderdale.

yea but how long ago was that? it's my understanding that things have gotten tougher more recently....not sure of the accuracy of AUC's list either

Even though I [somewhat] trust the competency of AUC out of necessity, I do get the feeling that the department that presents clinical information to students on the island during their 5th semester is a few steps behind what is actually going on.

Your grammar gives me a headache.

Originally Posted by kemper6036

yea but how long ago was that? it's my understanding that things have gotten tougher more recently....not sure of the accuracy of AUC's list either

it must have been around 2007-2008. i did my neuro elective at cleveland clinic in weston, fl in february of 2008.