Hey Bevo! Remember me(Robert) from May 2003? I was friends and sat with you, Italia and Carlos in class. Im the guy who left early....remember we went to Roseau with Carlos, Italia, Mauricio and his wife? I think Michael was there too. We ate at the hotel in Roseau....jogging the old memory.The Texas stuff is true. No more rumors. I know no one will believe it till they see it, but its true. Straight from Denise. Im sure you can attest that im not just some random guy from the "internet". Im coming back to DOM this Jan.
Robert

Something else cool from Denise from her visit to RUSM was that she mentioned that Texas was doing away with the Neurology rotation requirement at the end of this year - not a rumor, straight from Denise's mouth, in person.

I am so glad that you found that out, I have been combing through the website looking for the results of the meeting!

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wasn't the whole caribbean banned from texas just last month? that would have included SGU by definition eh?

the whole caribbean is not banned. the problem is that if you are from a caribbean school, you have to prove equivalency. this takes a while longer and you needs to jump through hoops but it is possible. now the texas board does have an "equivalency list" compiled that lists schools that are exempt from "jumping through hoops". AUC had grads that got liscensed in texas recently but the school had to supply a lawyer to accompany the application.

what i believe AUC is doing is altering their future curriculim (clinical sciences) to confirm to the guidlines of jumping through hoops (i.e. making neuro rotation required).

now if you all are saying that ross got on that "prized" list...... THAT IS GREAT. now its only a matter of time that the other reputable schools will push for this. the carib school business is very competitve and they dont want another business to have an advantage over them.

and let me tell you all something............... ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!! i mean university of kabal in afghanistan and baghdad university dont have to prove equivalency and are on the list. if TEXAS wants to make that list credible then they would have to at least start putting some caribbean schools on the list as well and ross is a good start.

think of the list as a listing of cars. they accept top of the line luxury cars (state schools) and they accept and old gellopi that breaks down all the time and was a lemon in her prime (kabul, baghdad). but they are risistent to accepting a kia or hyundi (carib schools).

well thank god the door is finally open on that list for ross and its only a matter of time for other known schools. we all are gonna be grads that went through enough headaches along our way, we dont need another one at the end. at least ROSS students as of now will have some tylenol along the way.

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I really dont hold anything against Tx for stuff in the past. The schools themselves have to take the initiative to prove equiv/ invite the state to the schools location. Ross took initiative, built their facilities to equivalency of Tx, invited the Tx crew to DOm, etc. and there you have it. initiative is key for people and institutions, I guess. The one thing that Tx. was skeptical about was the fact that the basic science campus was in the Carib. Scott 1981 is right with the car analogy. Hyundai was just listed(Car and Driver) as the third best(reliability, value) automobile. Those things will run forever as long as you keep the fluids in them.

hey, I remember you

although we thought you'd be coming back sooner, like this past may.

Great to see you're going back though.

Yeah.

I've been able to compare a Texas med school to Ross recently. Studying at the UTHSCSA, speaking with an old friend. Our classrooms are much nicer than theres.

I mean MUCH nicer. Except that they got a subway right across the hall from theres... and the library is like 10 feet from the lecture halls.

Curriculum wise, is different. I think they do more integration. THey get pathology and a pathophys course.

Big difference I've seen is that on the island, everyone relied heavily on review books or past notes, i.e. transcribed notes.
Here I haven't seen a student with any review books. I see people reading the new robbins book constantly (MS II) and the MS Is reading and going through Netter's and carrying around a plastic skull.

speaking of review books, do they even work well? It sounds like ross students just study the workbooks, thinking that they'll do well on the usmle. Are there many people who have just studied workbooks and done well on the usmle?

I haven't used review books this semester, so I don't know what type of content they have. But studying review books would be too (falsely) easy wouldn't you say?

As many of you are aware, representatives from the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (TSBME) visited Ross University's Basic Science Campus in Portsmouth, Dominica and Clinical Rotation site in Miami, Florida. This visit was conducted to verify academic information that Ross University submitted to the Board (TSMBE) earlier this year.

Subsequently, at its most recent meeting last week, the Board (TSBME) did grant license to one of our graduates. Ross University has been found to be substantially equivalent to a Texas Medical School. The State of Texas is now accepting RUSM graduate applications, something they have NOT been doing from any of the medical schools in the Caribbean. Currently, Ross University is the only Caribbean Medical School whose graduates do not have to prove substantial equivalence of their education.

We are so happy that graduates who choose the great State of Texas to practice their profession will be able to do so.

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Dean of Clinical Science

RUSM '82

Its possible, I just think learning from the textbook, although I haven't done it allt he time myself, just gives you a better foundation. That said, I think its better to use both at the same time.
Making notes in either the review book and/or FA for future reference in board studying.

I suspect that the schools that meet stringent requirements (such as the CA approved schools) will be on the TX list of schools they will accept. I don't think it is a bad thing for states to wake up and smell the coffee, really. Look at all the scam schools out there. G

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