Uhsa

[ayuze86]

Hey, does anybody know anything about the University of Health Sciences Antigua (founded in 1982) ? I'm sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place, I'm new here.......

Thanks so much.

[lswiltshire]

1- you have indeed posted the wrong place
2- you really dont want to know much about UHSA, except that it is not a place you want to go or lose your money
the demerits have been discussed on this forum and others ad infinitum over the last 3 years or more.

Just stay away .....there are too many others schools you can attend.

[StodeMD]

It is bogus. They have lots of "fairly" well polished propoganda, I sincerely investigated it at one time, 1 student ever got back to me, 4 people "graduated" in his class in 2004, he is still trying to pass Step1, graduated...that's 5th. term stuff. It's a joke, they help you with nothing, they supposedly have 1-2 practicing docs, but since 1982?

SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. It looks too good to be true, and it is.

[nursedocwanabe]

help!!! i have a master's degree in nursing and have practiced in primary care as an advanced nurse practitioner. i want to work on my doctorate degree but i have a job, 2 offices to run and work and a large family. i looked at University of antigua because of 3 year nontraditional track, in antigua 4 weeks every 3 months. this isn't valid or possible or what? i missed all the discussion earlier since i just joined and need someone to enlighten me before i proceed...if there are other (better) options what and where are they? help, hurry!!!!

[nursedocwanabe]

1- you have indeed posted the wrong place
2- you really dont want to know much about UHSA, except that it is not a place you want to go or lose your money
the demerits have been discussed on this forum and others ad infinitum over the last 3 years or more.

Just stay away .....there are too many others schools you can attend.
where do you post then and what schools are better?

[drjohnwebb]

The "best" school question can be asked everyday... I hate to tell you this but.... 1. Don't go to UHSA, 2. If you want to go into medicine... there is only one way... go through it ALL, like you are supposed to.

ANyway else, you are setting yourself up for failure later..

[nursedocwanabe]

can you share more specifics about the university and any problems you know of?

[stateofequilibrium]

can you share more specifics about the university and any problems you know of?

Look through the rest of the forums. The only Caribbean schools with accreditation for all 50 states are St. George's University, American University of the Caribbean, Ross U., and Saba.

Each have their pluses and minuses, but those four are generally considered the top.

[lswiltshire]

nursewannabedoc

the jury has been in on UHSA for a long time now

wikepedia has a good article on the facts about UHSA
read it

you dont want to go waste your money at uhsa by taking short cuts

i know several folk who went there lost their money and then had to start all over elsewhere

you wont here folk on this forum telling you not to go to ross or sgu or the better schools but when folk tell you dont go to IUHS or UHSA it is because there has been years of documented evidence and info on this place

why cant you short cutters not listen up

there are several other schools to which you can go

there are no short cuts to becoming a dr

[StodeMD]

It barely, if even, exists.

It has no rotation agreements.

It has no licenced grads.

That crap on their websirte is worthless, just try to contact anyone there.

That kind creepy, funny feeling you get when you call and ask questions? It's real.

Believe me, you may need to go there to find out, or do the degree, but it's not real. Other's have doen the HW.

[lswiltshire]

By revealing the truth about UHSA on this forum UHSA has been crippled to almost non existence.

Those three week crash courses....? Having to find your own clinicasl rotations via ypour Big brother Big Sister becasuse the school has none?

Please PM me Nursie

[lmoliver]

One of the members took the time to email or call every state medical board about online colleges. The boards were virtually unanimous in stating that these people would not be licensed.

There were some ravenous students who claimed they could get licensed after uhsa but when we put their feet to the fire they would not tell us which states. You can find these threads if you want to read them in entirety.

regards

[diogenes]

I could only find this thread-http://www.valuemd.com/state-medical-licensing-information/81270-online-classes-state-licensure-2.html

I did a quick count and 8 states wouldn't accept online degrees- what happened to the other 42?
An earlier poster recommended the UHSA entry in Wikipedia (why I don't know- it's a messy, incomplete and confusing effort) for further enlightenment- the author has only come up with 5 states who disallow their degrees.
I've no doubt there are other states who won't license, but I've yet to see the complete list.

[lmoliver]

I don't know how to put in the link. It's in the Licensing forum. Titled "Online classes and state licensure". While not every state may be referred to, so far we have not heard of a single one who will license. I think one state said they would take it on a case by case.

[lmoliver]

I didn't even count the states listed, but it is pretty safe to say that most/perhaps all of them don't. I think expecting someone else to compile a complete list is kind of rediculous. Most people just don't have the time. The school should do this to promote its program. A state like Alaska could step up and take these students.

NeilC apparently committed quite a bit of time to this already. Online students and wouldbe students are very touchy about this as they are trying to slip thru without letting the boards realize that they have not actually attended medical school physically.

No skin off my nose. I wish they were accepted.. That's just the way it is now.

If nurse wants to look it up she'll find posts from a student who regretted all the time and money she wasted with her online course and was started all over in another program. IOW nothing transferred.

All I'm saying is check with your own medical board b/f you procede unless you just want the M.D. and don't care if you are licensed or not.



I could only find this thread-http://www.valuemd.com/state-medical-licensing-information/81270-online-classes-state-licensure-2.html

I did a quick count and 8 states wouldn't accept online degrees- what happened to the other 42?
An earlier poster recommended the UHSA entry in Wikipedia (why I don't know- it's a messy, incomplete and confusing effort) for further enlightenment- the author has only come up with 5 states who disallow their degrees.
I've no doubt there are other states who won't license, but I've yet to see the complete list.

[nursedocwanabe]

i talked to ms board of medical licensure today and uhsa is ok for licensure after the usual foreign med school procedures....it is listed on the IMED list for graduates after 1984....as far as the internet classes go, yes, they are backup and continued instruction, but there are 30 days spent in classrooms, which would equal a class at 2 days a week for approx. 6 weeks, just a matter of all at once or spread out over a semester i guess..i don't think most med students are disciplined enough to self motivate, educate and arrange their program, but for those who can, it's an option, everyone should check with their state board themselves

[Aviv Imanuel]

..." everyone should check with their state board themselves"

You did that, it checked Ok? Good for you, good luck.

End of debate.





i talked to ms board of medical licensure today and uhsa is ok for licensure after the usual foreign med school procedures....it is listed on the IMED list for graduates after 1984....as far as the internet classes go, yes, they are backup and continued instruction, but there are 30 days spent in classrooms, which would equal a class at 2 days a week for approx. 6 weeks, just a matter of all at once or spread out over a semester i guess..i don't think most med students are disciplined enough to self motivate, educate and arrange their program, but for those who can, it's an option, everyone should check with their state board themselves

[AUCMD2006]

i talked to ms board of medical licensure today and uhsa is ok for licensure after the usual foreign med school procedures....it is listed on the IMED list for graduates after 1984....as far as the internet classes go, yes, they are backup and continued instruction, but there are 30 days spent in classrooms, which would equal a class at 2 days a week for approx. 6 weeks, just a matter of all at once or spread out over a semester i guess..i don't think most med students are disciplined enough to self motivate, educate and arrange their program, but for those who can, it's an option, everyone should check with their state board themselves


yes the regular course work is probably ok but not online classes. many states stipulate amount of time spent "on campus" NJ even goes as far as saying all basic science has to be in country of charter.

for comparison-the internet model really is the cheapest way to set up and attract students....given that in the last 5 years there have been more than 20 new med schools open down there, many with people with a long hx of offshore education, why aren't there more of these internet schools opening up? because it doesn't work.

i know you really want to find a way to do this and the mind can often trick one into accepting things that sound too good to be true..beleive me the first school i applied to i was extatic to get accepted then found they accept eveyone and it was shut down, then the second school i was accepted into closed up and moved islands so i really really started to look and even found the internet schools....

the states can also be misleasing and they have wasted many students money because they try and get around giving concrete answers. what they say is "case by case" or that as long as it is in IMED it is ok...that is half the story...the dirty little secret is that this only grants you the ability to submit your application so that the medical board can review it. this is when they look at the coursework, lenght of study, time in clinicals, acgme rotations, etc... they don't have to approve it. then you also need to seperate a training resident license from a more scrutinized permanent license.

good luck figuring this out..hopefully you find the right program just ask a ton of questions....

as an example i can use texas..... they always said they will take applications on a case by case basis...what they left out is that your school had to meet the same standards as a mcme texas med school...wonder how many carib schools could do that?

[nursedocwanabe]

By revealing the truth about UHSA on this forum UHSA has been crippled to almost non existence.

Those three week crash courses....? Having to find your own clinicasl rotations via ypour Big brother Big Sister becasuse the school has none?

Please PM me Nursie
not sure if i'm nursie, but i appreciate the input on uhsa, it has made me be very careful and ask lot's of questions...thanks to all who replied and pointed me in the right directions for answers.....?nursiedocwanabe

[romanl]

As a professional that has graduated is incredible to see how losers can manifest their poison because the school did not give them a degree that they did not earn with hard work. Most of the postings I have seen here are from persons that I know and that where kicked out of school for their poor performance. Shame!:doh: