Good Posting, Thank you
First congrads, students must be aware that they actually need to ATTEND the school, examination should never be online and not supervised !
Second, minimum of 24 months should be at the school, this is traditional as most MD degree programs out there......
For a school to be accepted, the student must be enrolled for 36 months minimum and basic sciences should be taken as well !!
Some schools offer advance standing for prospective students only after examination !!, ex: PhD in anatomy, can be exempted from taking Gross Anatomy etc......but not for PA or Nurses, it is a different ball game all together !!!
My recommendations:
Stay with schools with minimum 36 months of time to graduate
must take examinations onsite !!!Advance standings only based on serious course load, such as PhD students and never for the whole 2 years !!!
On Campus attendance as well as clerkship with affiliated hospitals are MUST in order to graduate to become an MD If online medical programs want to be accredited or accepted in most states then their curriculum must be modified.....according to the latter.....
for more information you can contact me,

regards,

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what about grads from these schools who did attend the school, traditionally speaking ?
I know these schools are offering to enroll students traditionally as well, for students with no previous medical training like RNs, DCs, DPMs etc...... what about these grads who went through the regular training program ? are they at risk as well ?
I would argue otherwise, since just by reviewing these schools MD program it is on par with all approved medical programs worldwide.......as long as they execute the training as suggested via several medical boards, ie attendance, examinations are in class, and 36 months minimum to graduation and no short cuts !!!, anything less is unacceptable and sub standard to medical education and training.....

thanks,

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George Durst, M.D.
Moderator AUC Forum
Bored certified

this is how you sign your name ? as a BOARD CERTIFIED you spell it a little funny if you ask me, I doubt you are an MD Mr. Durst......after taking BOARD exams so many times you would not spell "Bored" for "board", just wondering !!! FYI,
please fix to correct your "credentials"

regards,

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Speaking of credentials, what certification(s) do you possess that enable you to use the titles IMG Advisor and International Medical Education Advisor? Just curious.

i think he puts "bored" on there because he has a sense of humor.

Mr. Super-Duper IMG Guy has all of 30 posts wherein he merely repeats what others are already saying ad nauseam.....and he wants to criticize Dr. Durst on his sig??

I think it would be just great if Dr. Durst required an apology like Steph just did on another forum.

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Saba Forum Moderator
Saba University School of Medicine, MSIV
Interests: Pediatrics, Psychiatry

Hello, I am a past faculty member, more specifically a medical examiner....
hope this helps.....
Take care

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Pretty strong words from an individual claiming to be an "IMG Advisor" and following up by claiming to be "past faculty" and "medical examiner".

Dr. Durst is the real deal (as numerous students, myself included, can attest to).

It's easy to claim anything from behind a shroud of anonymity. You could even claim to have won the Nobel Prize in 1999 . So come on, Mr."medical examiner/former faculty/IMG advisor/I can post links to numerous somewhat relevant websites in my signature while simultaneously criticizing the taglines of others"...the question has been posed to you on numerous occasions yet you consistently dodge the issue by refusing to answer.

Post your credentials and set all our collective minds at ease...otherwise, your "advice" will continue to be accepted as it is currently perceived...EMPTY.

Aloha,

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Pathology
PGY-1.75

insulting users and flaming is against tos,

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

yes which by the way, that person never gave, making him look pretty much like the fool he is. was, since that user, in the guise of that username, never came back. Troll.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.