Montserrat medical school does joint venture with Breyer Sta

[azskeptic]

http://www.breyerstate.com/montserrataffiliation.htm


BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY
AFFILIATION STATUS

Breyer State University is an official affiliate of the University of Science, Arts and Technology, Montserrat, British West Indies. As an official affiliate, our degree programs and courses have been approved by the University of Science, Arts and Technology, which is legally chartered by the Government of Montserrat, British West Indies. Our affiliation status is also with the affiliates of the Montserrat University, the London College of Medicine, and Lady Malina Memorial Medical College.

but even more interesting, read this article about their problems in getting their WHO recognition.


Graduates of Breyer State University receive their degrees from Breyer State University and under the affiliate status of the University of Science, Arts and Technology and their accompanying accreditations and legal charter. View here for more information on the University of Science, Arts and Technology.

Additional Information on Affiliation Status

Our affiliation status with the University of Science, Arts & Technology, and its affiliate Medical Schools, provides our graduates with the additional advantage of receiving their degree from Breyer State University and the affiliate school, the University of Science, Arts & Technology. Graduates from Breyer State University are conferred a degree which carries all of the Breyer State University accreditations, as well as a degree conferred under the legal charter/authority by the Government of Montserrat, British West Indies.
Breyer State University, while maintaining office headquarters in Kamiah, Idaho, also maintains a full office on the campus of the University of Science, Arts & Technology, in Olveston, Montserrat, B.W.I.
Our affiliation status with the University’s Medical Schools has been designed to allow students to enter the Pre-Medicine Degree program at Breyer State University; the Bachelor of Science Degree in Life and Health Sciences. Graduates of this degree program, upon successful completion of the medical school entrance examination, are given acceptance into the medical schools in Montserrat. The medical school programs in Montserrat provide a full medical degree curriculum, including distance education components, on campus courses and laboratories in Montserrat, and clinical practicum’s and internship courses in both USA and non-USA teaching hospitals.
All of our courses and degree programs have been approved by the University of Science, Arts & Technology, and our Pre-Medicine Degree Program is approved by the affiliate medical schools in Montserrat.
The official transcripts from Breyer State University contain full documentation of the affiliate status and conferred affiliate degree under the legal charter of the government of Montserrat.


for more information on the medical school portion go to:

http://www.mcl-edu.co.uk/

it is apparently FAIMER recognized now

http://imed.ecfmg.org/details.asp?co...0&psize=25

but see this most interesting article in the local newspaper this fall

http://www.themontserratreporter.com...story1D_02.htm

Lack of WHO Listing Delays Medical School

by: Anthony Henry
Dated: September 24th 2004

Professor Orien Tulp, president of the University of Science, Arts and Technology (USAT), has refuted claims that a disagreement between the investors of USAT is preventing the school from opening here.

In the September 10 issue of The Montserrat Reporter it was reported that Minister of Education, Health, and Community Services Idabelle Meade responded to MP Reuben Meade concerning the opening of the medical school.

The article quoted the minister in her responses to the questions, “The medical school, which started with a pre-med programme in 2003, is on hold due to a disagreement between the two main partners in the organisation. There is however, the expressed interest to continue with the medical school venture once the issues is resolved.”

“We wish to make it absolutely clear that there is no disagreement between the investors and the University about placing a medical school in Montserrat. Our resolve to place the University here is undiminished,” a release from Prof. Tulp said.

He said that bureaucratic bungling on the part of government has caused the school not to open its doors. Prof. Tulp said that the school should have been registered with the World Health Organisation (WHO) since 2003.

The USAT President pointed out that the government should register the school with the WHO but has been falling down on the task. In a brief interview he said that Mrs. Meade had sent a letter to the WHO but it was sent back. The organisation would only accept the governor’s signature on the application.

The document was sent to the Governor’s Office for signing, but it was forwarded to the United Kingdom. According to Russ Jarvis, head of the Governor’s Office, only the UK can request that the medical school in Montserrat, and other medical schools in its other overseas territories, get onto the WHO list.

Mr. Jarvis said that the request was sent to Her Majesty’s Government and it is now setting up a mechanism to make sure that the school is “up to standard.” This would also apply to all of its overseas territories should they ever want to start a medical school and request to be on the WHO list.

“The objective is to get through as quickly as possible but the UK is not rushing the process, which would compromise the standard,” Mr. Jarvis said.

He also pointed out that the process would not be completed by the end of this month. This means that the USAT will have to wait until the next school year before it could admit students.

Prof Tulp explained that if the school does not make it on the WHO list, no student would apply to his school. “In order for a physician to become licensed to practise medicine in Montserrat, and nearly any other nations world wide, the school must be listed on the WHO register when the student graduates.”

Prof. Tulp pointed out that the school had to turn back 125 students before the start of the 2003-2004 school year and lose £1.25 million in revenue. The school would have to sit on its license for another year until it gets on the WHO list.

The president said that if the documents are not sent to Switzerland with in a week or so, the school will not get onto the list. “The importance of the WHO list is widely known among applicants, and schools that lack the WHO listing are quickly dismissed by most applicants; medical education is expensive and is of little use if the graduate would be unable to practice medicine at the end of the day,” Prof. Tulp said.

[azskeptic]

http://www.themontserratreporter.com...story1D_03.htm

Mrs. Mead Laments Red Tape Delay On WHO Listing of Medical School


By: Anthony Henry
Dated: Ocotber 22nd 2004



The Hon. Mrs. Idabelle Meade, Minister of Health, Education and Community Services, is displeased with the length of time it is taking the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to get the University of Science, Arts and Technology (USAT) on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of medical schools.

Speaking to a panel of senior journalists on PTV’s discussion programme, Press Briefing, she said the FCO is holding up the process. “Presently the WHO listing for USAT is being held up, as far as I’m aware, in FCO because they are not willing or ready to forward it to [the] WHO.”

The Government of Montserrat issued a license, in early 2003, to USAT to operate as a medical school on the island. But before the school can begin enrolling students, and graduate them with a recognized medical degree, it has to get on the WHO list of medical schools.

For the school to make the WHO, list the government must send a request to the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, for which the Ministry of Health, Education and Community Services asked, three months ago, through the Governor of Montserrat to be listed.

The setting up of medical schools and other universities in Montserrat is said to be part of an overall plan to assist the development of the economy of the country. The American University of the Caribbean (AUC), which operated in Montserrat for over a decade into the 90’s and up the beginning of the volcanic crisis, had a significant impact on the Montserrat economy, according to officials. There have been efforts by Dr. ****, the owner of the University, and the government to re-establish the school that was located in Dagenham, overlooking Plymouth.

Speaking on the impact that the wait on the WHO listing has on Montserrat, Minster Meade said, “it set us back considerably, and it is one of the things that we have to be grappling with , . . because if we say we are ready for foreign investment and then not have all our partners onboard willing and ready to move with us, when we [are] indeed ready, it is very disheartening.”

The Governors Office said on Tuesday that it is doing everything to get the school on the WHO list. “With hands on heart, I can honestly say that we are working with the WHO to speed up the process,” Russ Jarvis, head of the Governor’s Office, said in response to arguments of the delay.

It has been reported that close to £4 million has been lost to the country during the two school years in which the school has not been able to operate fully.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tulp of USAT has indicated that he is making serious attempts to get his medical school going on Montserrat. In a communiqué with The Montserrat Reporter, he said: “ Unfortunately the WHO listing is still nowhere in sight because of the Governor's apparent position, and we are now forced to seek it elsewhere.”

Dr. Tulp said he feels that “she (the Governor) does not understand the importance of this to the Island,” adding “Her most recent actions with the Foreign Office and General Medical Council virtually guarantee that no medical school can get a WHO listing in any UK territory from now on. Although she says one thing, she has done quite another with regard to this issue.”

[ol' man]

Az, did anything ever happen with this school, or is Montserrat still without one?

[Genossa maximillian]

The school exists, the school applied for CAAM provisional accreditation, The school will have a CAAM visit by mid-March, the school is ECFMG listed, AND the school has NOTHING to do with Breyer or any other school aka Lady Malina, etc. As a matter of fact there has been several cease and desist letters sent to Breyer on this matter. Any other questions feel free to PM me.


By the way, I kindly ask the moderators to comply with some TOS violations concerning the mention of names in Az posts, as old as they are, TOS are TOS. I am asked to comply, I expect everyone else to also comply.

Max

Originally Posted by ol' man

Az, did anything ever happen with this school, or is Montserrat still without one?