There is no french language fluency test in senegal. There is no law or rule that requires fluency in french to practice. The licnesing exam is in french, so you have to be able to understand the test to pass it, but there is no formal requirement like there is in the US (for english). So, any graduate of st chris is still completely eligible so long as they are able to pass the licensing test, just like everywhere else. The student on the Luton campus and the Senegal campus have exactley the same rights and privledges and, in fact, can transfer between campuses if they choose without inturruption of their education. I know what you are trying to say, but you are stretching it pretty far.

BTW, I did hear a while ago (years ago) that they were creating an english version of the licensing exam in Senegal to make it easier for foriegn docs to come over. Wheither it happened or not, I am not sure.

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if that is the case, then great. i am not trying to "strech" anyting", and if i am wrong, no problem admitting it. i am just encouraging people to think of all of the potential pitfalls, and to verify them.

my main points are that 1) by doing basic science completely in the UK, it is not a huge leap to make to consider that a "country of graduation". there are really no precedents set when a school operates outside of country of charter, so there is likely some room for interpretation here. (and i am not saying that the country graduation ceremonies are held in could be thought of as country of graduation). and 2) there is the potential issue with senegal (which bts has appreared to clear up).

while it may not be important to you, or you may be confident of outcomes, i still think these are important considerations.

The biggest problem is students are attending a college that is not recognized as a degree course provider and Senegal has denied Luton's degree granting authority. Hopefully, this has been resolved but we are still left with the missing WHO years 1998 - 2000.

http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4410020.stm

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Once again, that is what the GMC is investigating. We will see very shortly what their investigation found. The school maintains that those statements are completely erroneous.

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"If there really is a God, He has a lot of explaining to do"
- Dennis Leary

We all heard that there is a Senegal campus, but are there any students? If there are, just how many are there?

From what I gather, it's just a building....

Also, what will happen to the clinical students in the U.S.? Any of them affected by this GMC investigation? Is it just a matter of time, before they get pulled out from the U.S. rotations, just like the ones in UK?

What are the students doing about all this? Will there be a mass exodus out of St. Chris? If so, will any of other Carib schools accept their credits?

I feel like I'm reading the same thing over and over and over and over and over again!! *falls over*

OMG, ure right, it is like a broken record! Read previous posts for teh answers to above questions.

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Tritonsub: Thanks for the reply.

Actually I was wondering, how does/did one sit at the table and make the choice?

I already know most were/might have been rejected by US medical schools, but I still don't know...........what clicks...................for a student to say, ok, I am off to "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" school of medicine.

Well for me it was the first off-shore school i tried and i got into. The only other ones i knew of at the time were Ross, St. George and some in mexico.

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