Is WHO Important???

[med4ever]

Hey Everyone! I wanted to know is it important for a Caribbean school to be approved by WHO anymore? I know it is important to be approved by ECFMG, but how important is it to be approved by WHO? I thought it was important, because some American Med schools if you want to transfer there for 3rd year for clinicals it says you have to be approved by WHO and ECFMG...But then I hear from some people that WHO isn't that important...so please let me know what you all think!!

thanx

[radgirlbadgirl]

if you want to be licensed in the US, WHO is very important. whoever told you otherwise sounds fishy

[stephew]

lets puit it this way; if you manage to find a school that ISNT Who approved, run as fast as you can from it. So many crappy schools are WHO approved if one isnt its just frightening.

[bts4202]

It is my understanding that the WHO does not update their list of schools anymore. Now, it is only FAIMER's IMED directory. Maybe that is wrong, but that has been my understanding for some time now.

[dt]

See response in http://www.valuemd.com/showthread.ph...511#post234511

[teratos]

Originally Posted by bts4202

It is my understanding that the WHO does not update their list of schools anymore. Now, it is only FAIMER's IMED directory. Maybe that is wrong, but that has been my understanding for some time now.

Correct. Schools must be FAIMER listed. G

[OLDPRO]

Originally Posted by med4ever

Hey Everyone! I wanted to know is it important for a Caribbean school to be approved by WHO anymore? I know it is important to be approved by ECFMG, but how important is it to be approved by WHO? I thought it was important, because some American Med schools if you want to transfer there for 3rd year for clinicals it says you have to be approved by WHO and ECFMG...But then I hear from some people that WHO isn't that important...so please let me know what you all think!!

thanx

Only for the Schools started before 2003, 2004 was the last update to the WHO list. After that IMED and FAIMER.

I lot of people seem to ignor the fact that WHO no longer lists schools.