Here is a section from the UK educational reform act of 1988 regarding the granting of degrees. If you pay attention to the section that I will make bold, it is clear that SC is not commiting an offence. Everyone who recieves a degree knows that is not from the UK, but rather from Senegal. The entire "debate" over whether or not the General Medical Council is going to investigate is really not an issue. They closed down Medical College of London, as MCL's own students were under the impression that they would recieve UK degrees. This is not the case for SC.




In section "b" There are 2 points: First the degree does not have England on it anywhere. Second, resonable steps are taken to insure that everyone is aware it is not a UK degree, and we are not a UK institution.

jdmd73

Thanks for the good news.

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BillSal

"May the force be with you"

what exactly does that mean...if we attend SC..our degree is coming from Senegal? Is that going to effect coming back to the US for clinicals in any way? I mean, a foreign degree is a foreign degree..right?

The discussion has been about that St. Chris's WHO recognition is from Senegal but the medical school is in Luton. Some (perhaps many) states require that you be eligible for licensing where you graduate from. GMC,the English licensing bureau,is studying whether they will license St. Chris grads. Increasingly, St. Chris interested people are finding states that won't allow St. Chris grads to license or do residencies.

Foreign degrees are not all the same..go to the state medical board you are thinking of approaching when you are a graduate and see what they tell you about approaching them with a medical degree from Senegal earned in England. Approach the GMC and find out if they will license you in England.

i just wanted to say that this is a pretty big assumption made on your part and probably a mistatement. if i remember correctly, ur one of the ppl who got all over st chris for claiming to be able to get licensed in 48 states when it hasn't been determined yet coz no one from st chris applied in some states. well the same argument can be made about ur statement.

there is a huge difference between being denied permission to become licensed and not having permission coz it hasn't been requested yet. most states that ur talking about have simply said that this can only be determined when the formal request is made. they're not saying that st chris grads cant get licensed there.

but i also recognize that some very strict states like cal have requirement that a state must first review a school before accepting a grads application. but the great majority (over 80% i think) dont have any laws or regulations at all restricting foreign grads (assuming of course they've completed the requirements like usmle, csa, etc.)

if the school closes down or something drastic like that than thats a different story. but graduating from st chris or most of the other school discussed around here will probably not present too many difficulties of practicing in most states (but few will be problems), regardless of how big of a stink u and the others want to make outta it.

of course the traditional non-fmg friendly states will always present problems for newer and smaller schools (bigger schools too but they usually have the resources to overcome the obstacles). if u have ur heart set on a particular state, than by all means try a different school. but if ur not picky about going to any particular state than whats the big deal?

peace

Ok, Beaker, perhaps I can say it better "Since there have been few graduates of this program it is impossible to exactly say how many states they will have problems with. Indications are that NJ, Ga,Vermont,Ca, Tx, Nm, Ks will be problem states for them. In addition, since the GMC hasn't approved them for full licensure this may cause some problems for licensing in some other states. In addition, the problem of WHO recognition being at Senegal and not the UK may present problems."

az skeptic