from my readings from aszepti,

I realized I should not persue a carreer in Medicine if I pursued a Carribean (my honeymoon was great ...but medical school ?) school. There are far better schools internationally in Austrialia, India, Pakistan, UK.

After researching for 3 years (god I'v spent so much time), it is clear that except for SGU, AUC and Ross the other schools are set up by profiteers to take advantage of US/Canandian (less likely as any last place Canadian applicant is still better than a top US grad) students who didn't geat a seat (the correct UK term).

Again I am not here to judge but to point out these US profetters (say watchout in IRAQ)

I strongly suggest that you include Saba in your list...as SGU, Saba, Ross and AUC......



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Hmmmmm......

Didn't realize Ross, AUC, and SGU were not for profit.......

True..... very true.......
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Ofcourse they are for profit...rich white guys/gals who take adavantage of US medical school failures (sorry to use the term..help me with another)

Strongly agreed. Australian, Indian, etc schools are all home schools that are not only chartered by the countries they're located in, but their degrees are also recognized for practice. Sure since you're a foreigner, visa restrictions will apply, but at least the licensing board won't be questioning the quality of diploma you hold. If I were graduate from an Australian school, I can say that I'm an Australian educated graduate.

Coming from Spartan, I cannot say that I'm St. Lucian educated graduate, as the school only physically sits on the island but is not considered and embraced as a St. Lucian institution. I'm to be just a Spartan graduate, a satellite private school with no nation assigned. So if I were to practice in St. Lucia, not only do I have visa issues but also my diploma won't be sufficient unless I bring post graduate training on the table.

I would strongly encourage prospects to first exhaust options in "home" schools before resorting to "satellite" schools.

True....they might be better schools giving you an MBBS degree...and never to mention that you can get into a MBBS program after doing your grade 12....and if you have done your BSc its always better to go for a MD rather then a MBBS......and if you like getting a MBBS and have the courage to live in countries like India and Pakistan i will say go for it.....my good friend is doing his MBBS in U.K (University of Aberdeen)....(5 years MBBS + 2 - 3 more years to get license ) after doing his BSc...at Caribbean you can get a residency after 3.5 - 4 years of education...if you want to waste atleast two more years studying and getting a MBBS and face the same hardship tyring to come back to U.S and Canada and not to mention doing your residency again...i say ...go a head....and do it....

Note: i think this forum should be in Main Foreign Medical Schools Forum


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Hrmm, I thought I mentioned British and Australian schools, would living and practicing medicine in UK and Australia be as "less than appealing" as India or Pakistan?

Why would one vouch for completing years of post graduate training in UK and repeat residency in US? If I were to go to a British school and wanted to practice in North America, I'd do my steps and apply for match in US residency after graduation instead of waiting until I finish post graduate training in UK. Of course, considering the difficulties in finding a position in US, the fact that I have a British medical degree will at least leave me the choice to pursue post graduate training in UK if rejected in US without having to do PLAB 1 and 2.

3.5-4 years of education in the Caribbeans... Says who? Just because the calendar months work out to be 36-42 months doesn't mean you can pan out of the program in exactly just that. Ask any Caribbean grad, the minimum you'd spend is 4 solid years of 48 months, but majority spends 5 year to be exact after taking time out for boards, moving in between rotations, extended breaks, visa applications, so on and so forth. At least "home" schools take care of you. I started at Spartan in September 2003, I'll consider myself lucky to start residency in July 2008 with H1B visa. To think, Spartan has the "most accelerated" curriculum in the whole of the Caribbeans!

Its hard enough to say you are carribean grad but to say carribean grad from multi-state unapproved school! if a school like St Chris for example does not apply to CA its much better than a school like UTESA that applied[twice] and failed inspection because St Chris does not appear on the disapproval list even if its not approved yet.students in the basic sciences so busy studying and do not know what is hiding for them,after reading st mathews rejections report from California I believe Spartan has no chance to pass at this time and I guess they want to ignore the issue until someday they has no states left ,they will lock the doors and go home.If a simple article in CT drastically changed things forcing the FSMB to look for new laws,forcing TN to change its laws,spread all over the journalism world like aggrassive cancer ,all it takes a small concerns statement from the FSMB then everyone will fall simply and all because greed and lack of motivations .I came here because I want to tell people if your school is not interested in seeking approvals and claiming that its cheap tuition ,GO ONLY TO APPROVED SCHOOLS EVEN IF ITS IN MANGOLIA because your future will be filled with road blocks and struggle if you make it to american system.

I think you need to do a bit more research. There are a lot of good docs from many of the Caribbean med schools. Medical school itself has little to do with the kind of doctor you will be. It gives you the foundation on which you build everything else, but you can learn that anywhere. It is VERY important that you do learn it, don't get me wrong. What really makes the doctor is residency training. G

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