Thread: E-Mail from the GMC

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your enquiry regarding St Christopher's College of Medicine. The GMC is undertaking an investigation into the claimed affiliations and the quality assurance arrangements at this institution. We have not received a satisfactory response to our requests and as such we continue to suspend acceptance of primary medical qualifications awarded by St Christopher's College of Medicine for the purpose of GMC registration.



The GMC currently regards most, but not all, of the primary medical qualifications listed in the World Health Organisation (WHO) directory of medical schools as acceptable for the purpose of registration with the GMC. Please always refer to the factsheets on our website which contain the latest information on acceptable medical qualifications.

Yours sincerely
EDITED...apparently a TOS issue

A case by case basis is ideal! Perhaps you support the notion that substandard physicians be allowed to practice just because they went to a medical school that was located in the united states. I believe that everyone who intends to practice the noble profession of medicine should be heavily scrutinized no matter where they went to school. It is a shame that lack of effort to pursue this exhaustive process leads to stratification of schools as an easy way out. If people on this forum were really concerned about the quality of the american medical system, they would support measures to individually evaluate every physician that is allowed to work... not just complain about documents and politics which have nothing to do with the safe, effective and ethical practice of medicine.

Originally Posted by jpryor

Sounds like wishful thinking on your part. You can go to each school's forum and find advice pro and con...some well intentioned and some highly suspect...both pro and con. People choose their schools for their own reasons. If SC comes through on this, I doubt it will have any difficulty filling seats.

I agree. If it should work out, it might put alot of the other offshore schools in trouble, because who wants to live on a caribbean island for 2 years. It makes me wonder why someone didn't try this long ago if it was possible. The whole point to spending 2 years outside of the U.S. is because state licesning requires you to study in the charter country for that amount of time. For almost 30 years the caribbean schools have been playing by these rules, but if SC proves that nobody has to follow the rules anymore, who's going to?

But, yeah, I doubt in the end that this will happen, because rules are rules. I'm sure people who attend and defend this school have their reasons, but I just can't believe someone would risk all this money, time, and effort on something so unsure.

Originally Posted by empathy

Man...this little fishy is torn...shall I bite or go back to my match making in the Relaxing Lounge.

I will give warnings for insults on here,

Just a reminder!

(JP careful)

Also I had to go in and edit the GMC letter that started this thread, seems the GMC reads this site too! DOC ruled no info posted from emails that make it so any tracing can be done by readers here, remeber this for the future (we don't give warnings for honest mistakes here)

whudsy

Originally Posted by options

I'm sure people who attend and defend this school have their reasons, but I just can't believe someone would risk all this money, time, and effort on something so unsure.

I doubt that it was advertised as something unsure. But, as has been said repeatedly, people have their reasons for attending a specific school. What is right for some is completely wrong for others. Yet, there are people on VMD who just can't accept that and cast aspersions. TOS prohibits me from voicing my opinion about that.

Originally Posted by whuds

(JP careful)

I have been.

I'm reminded of an old saying: Diplomacy is the art of being able to tell somebody to go to Hell in such a manner that they look forward to the trip. Working around TOS has required some skill.

It mutates. If the moderator is on one side of the fence and you find yourself on the other...watch out!

I bow to the experience.

Originally Posted by jpryor

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your enquiry regarding St Christopher's College of Medicine.

OPINON1: Salutation defines the subject matter (i.e. SCCM)

The GMC is undertaking an investigation into the claimed affiliations and the quality assurance arrangements at this institution.

OPINION2: As a responsible Body, we have taken an interest in two specific areas:

1. Affiliation.
2. Quality Assurance.

* sub-pinion2.1: Notice the language used? It reads "claimed", yet the GMC does not yet verify the claim.

*sub-pinion2.2: Something else pop's out, it reads "affiliations", thus, there is more than one "claimed" affiliation.

We have not received a satisfactory response to our requests and as such we continue to suspend acceptance of primary medical qualifications awarded by St Christopher's College of Medicine for the purpose of GMC registration.

OPINION3: After "x" days and still not a "satisfactory answer", so, I conclude there has been an answer, just not one that is satisfactory.

The GMC currently regards most, but not all, of the primary medical qualifications listed in the World Health Organisation (WHO) directory of medical schools as acceptable for the purpose of registration with the GMC. Please always refer to the factsheets on our website which contain the latest information on acceptable medical qualifications.

OPINION4: Have a great day !

Yours sincerely
EDITED...apparently a TOS issue

Now, I await a reply !

Originally Posted by empathy

It mutates. If the moderator is on one side of the fence and you find yourself on the other...watch out!

Everyone including me Has to adhear to TOS here, If there is a violation you think I missed or the other mods then please report it, if not then I would make such statements.