Dear students,


You should sign up early for the Prague selective because spaces fill up quickly. You should explore the Grenada beyond campus. Rent a car and drive to Grand Etang Lake or La Sagesse with your friends and a cooler, take a hike to Seven Sisters waterfall and jump the cliffs, head to Gouyave for Fish Fryday and relax. Keep that promise and learn to surf. Also, study.

St. George’s University puts us in a strange position. Because each group of students arrives and leaves the island within 18 months, it is hard to establish traditions and feel a sense of history with previous classes. Each of us is left to pester those ahead for little morsels of advice and, whenever we put in the energy to make a change, it is hard to know if it took hold and left others better off.

“Welcome to Grenada” is an effort to fix some of this. We cannot make this a series of bar stories (though we do have some great ones). What we can do is gather together information to make your life as a student easier and remove some of the unexpected. Grenada can be a great place to live and learn medicine and there is no reason for you not to know this.

As you read this guide, please keep in mind that it is merely the opinions of two students, both from the United States. It is in no way a complete representation of life at SGU, nor is it intended to be. This guide is meant to inform, entertain, and relax you in preparation for what might be the best bet you ever made.


What follows comes from the efforts of students that love this school and want you to have every opportunity that they had. Somewhere between class, lab and library they took the time to make this resource for you. It is a living document for you to change and mold as your own. Take what you can, give what you can, and remember how easy your life is: wake up, learn things, sleep.

Congratulations on becoming a medical student and Welcome to Grenada.

Sincerely,

Christopher Kinsella, Class of 2009
Jessica Kramer, Class of 2009

Table of Contents

• Letter from the Editors
• What to Pack
• Arriving
• Where to Live
• 1000 Words
• Phone
• Banking and Money
• The Day to Day
• School Culture
• Island Culture
• Groceries
• Safety
• Sports
• Weather
• Second Opinions (Random Advice)
• Prague Selective
• PreMed
• First Term
  • Anatomy and Embryology
  • Biochemistry
  • Histology
  • Clinical Skills
• Second Term
  • Physiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology
  • Genetics
• Third Term
  • Jurisprudence and Medical Ethics
  • Behavioral Science
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Fourth Term
  • Microbiology
  • Pathology
  • Nutrition
  • Advanced Clinical Skills
• St. Vincent’s
  • Arriving
  • What to Ship
  • Books
  • La Soufriere (the volcano)
• Fifth and Sixth Terms
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Advanced Clinical Skills
  • Hospital Rotations
  • Hospital Placements
• In Closing

Great Job guys!! You should print it and send it out to all the first termers in their welcome packet.

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SGU-SOM, Class of 2010
Due to the high volume of private messages, I can only answer questions that are posted in a forum. Private messages will be ignored.

Thanks, RussianJoo. The DOS has a copy of the guide in Word doc. and we hope that it begins to be sent out to each incoming class.

I'd also like to say that this guide is going to need help from current students, and if there are ever people willing to write an additional section or fact-check a current one (as the courses change), we would love the help. We'd list you as a contributing author and you could throw it on your CV.

rumors- sorry i havent gotten back to you yet. its been crazed at work. but your comment about sence of connection with other classes is right on. Also your anatomy guru and I had lunch and he speaksvery highly of you.

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this should be a sticky and be locked, that way the original purpose of this thread wont be lost

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good idea.

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If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

Hi everyone,

Jess Kramer and I recently went through another round of edits and additions for the new version of WTG. The Island Culture section has changed and the St. Vincent's section has been expanded to be more helpful. There are other little changes here and there.

It's off to the presses for the incoming class, and I wanted to take the time to say thanks to everyone that commented, both privately and on the website. Your suggestions made it a better guide.

As always, we're looking for writers interested in continuing the guide in our absence. If this is something that interests you, please contact us at welcometogrenada@gmail.com.

Cheers, topher.

Heyy...I was just wondering ..from all those already attending SGU, how important are laptops? DO professors post lectures online and is it pretty useful to have a light-weight laptop to carry on-campus daily?? I have one that weighs 5.4 pounds but im plannin to exchange it for a lighter one jus for convenience and so that I dont break my back carrying a laptop+heavy books around all day.. Any expert advice on the matter?
BTW..I recently started following the threads and they are OH-so-Useful!! Keep up the Awesomeee Work !

Umm..another qucik question..since im soo full of them at this point. Does the caribbean airlines LIAT allow you to check in 2 big bags and carry a small hand bag on the flight? I read it on :the student's guide to Grenada" that there's a chance that some airlines do not allow as much luggage as American airlines and that kind of freaked me out as IM trying to book my flight at the moment..
Thanks for all the help/suggestions!

i think the lock was left of when topher updated.

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