do we actually get to find out???? I'm dying of curiosity here!!!


my theory? mdbonaire is RL's evil (yet supportive!!) twin!!!

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"Due to there being water on the beach, we could not get the charter Monday, we promise big things on Friday. You'll see!"

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LOL

They should start a bet on Bodog (betting site) on when CMU gets listed by IMED/WHO. We could make a killing

At CMU | Caribbean Medical University - Accreditations - School Charter there are 3 letters posted.

The first one is dated June 30th, 2007, from CMU to Ministry of Education stating intention of establishing undergrad programs.

The 2nd letter, ref # 2007/22126/38711, is from the Governor of Curacao to CMU date stamped Aug 13, 2007. In it the Governor invites CMU to start the application process and asked the Dept of Economic Affairs to help guide the process of establishing a medical school.

The 3rd letter dated October 2001 from the Minister of Education to Caribbean International University (CIU) informed CIU they have been granted the right to Degrees of Doctors in 11 faculties of CIU.


So, I am puzzled.

Nowhere is CMU even close to being a med school. CMU needs to begin the application process to establish a med school (2nd letter).

I interpret 'Degrees of Doctors' as PhD degrees. Am I correct? The only faculty of CIU close to being, maybe, a medical program is Faculty of Health Science. I would think 'Degrees of Doctors' does not include 'Doctor of Medicine' degree.



St. Martinus site About Caribbean Medical Schools has some documents we can look at to compare.

I just read their supposed 'charter.' Very interesting. As you said, the first letter was stating intent to start an UNDERGRADUATE school. The second was the reply telling them they have to follow certain procedures first and they would be having someone guide them.

The third was about CIU (not CMU), and nowhere is it listed that it has the ability to confer doctor of medicine. In fact, that is not EVEN the charter for CIU.

WHERE IS THE CHARTER? Wow, are they throwing up whatever they can find in the hopes that something formal and legal looking will appease the people who are out for the truth?

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By the way, rlewkowski, thanks for posting the letters. It's a good step towards more openness. Now I have a better view where CMU stands, where it is heading, and when it might get there.

I was interested in CIU 'charter' because rlewkowski stated that currently CMU med student studies are covered under CIU. I dont think that is even the case since CIU had not been given the right to confer Doctor of Medicine degrees.



If CMU proceeds with the process now I expect they may get approval eariler next year. Whether the approval is retroactive will be a concern for current students.

Also, if CMU is not really a school yet, how can their students get student visa?

excuse me, but is it just me? or is there NO charter on the CMU website??? I mean i see a letter from the education ministry saying that the island of curacao welcomes the formation OF a medical school, but that no where in that letter does it say that they are NOW being recognized AS a institution that has the blessings of the curacao gov't to confer a medical degree!!!?????

seriously- this forum has been at times a source of entertainment- but this is sooooo not right- the current students at cmu are being duped and have spent there time and money on something that is WORTHLESS and any prospective student- those 32 that RL says are coming should know this info!! Personally I think the gov't of curacao should be told about this as well- this is NOT the image that they should want for their country- a harbor for a bogus medical school.

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Maybe someone should post this info on the forum on CMU's website. But some students probably don't even check it...

RL is banned from here now.

Could also post comments on dj$siva's blog. Whether he will publish them is another matter.

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