Students who wish to do clinical rotations and residency programs in the State of New York must follow the required rules and regulations of the New York State Medical Board:
1.Medical Students who attend foreign medical schools outside United States of America must complete both Basic and Clinical Medicine at the country of origin where the student has attended the medical school. Students who completed the Basic and Clinical training at St. Kitts are eligible to apply for residency program and practice medicine in State of New York with no restrictions.
2.State of New York allows only 12 weeks of clinical rotations at an accredited medical program . Students must complete USMLE step-1 in order to do clinical rotations in State of New York.
3.If you are a New York resident and wish to finish your 3 rd and 4 th year of training outside the country of origin where you attended medical school, you are not eligible to do clinical rotations and residency in State of New York , but you are eligible to apply for a license to practice in the State of New York under the regulations of State Board under the assumption that the student has completed the clinical training and residency program outside New York State.
IMPORTANT:
All students who wish to pursue basic and clinical sciences at our affiliated hospitals in St. Kitts and West Indies should be able to apply for a residency program and a license to practice medicine in the State of New York with no restrictions.
Windsor University has a special program of Six and half ( 6 ½ ) semester integrated basic and clinical science program at St. Kitts and three and a half ( 3 ½ ) semesters of clinical electives in USA. Student will complete all the Basic Sciences and clinical rotations under this program at St. Kitts hospitals and other West Indies hospitals and will be eligible to do residency and apply for a license in State of New York.
Contact the US admin office for further information on this special program.
New York State regulations for clinical rotations, residency and license to practice:

I am sorry Raj, but that is the rules for any school. If you attend medical school and do ALL of the program in the country of origin... such as do basic sciences and clinical sciences in one country (no clinicals in the US!!) then you may do a residency and get licensed in NY without restriction.

IF YOU DO clinicals in the US or outside the country of origin, then you can only do 12 weeks clinicals in NY and can not do residency there. You ARE eligible for licensure however after you have done your residency elsewhere.

If Windsor is making you think that you have some special agreement with NY, they are manipulating the truth. ALL Foriegn medical schools follow those EXACT SAME guidelines.

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Sorry raj, can you explain why this is a special program with Windsor?

Have you confirmed with the hospitals at St. Kitts and Nevis (where Windsor is chartered) that the affiliations are in place? I tend to be a leary because some of the selling points of Windsor mentioned on the website have not been confirmed by students; for example, all the WIN* stuff and the WUSM student loan.

I would be worried if they did mention West Indies -- the term covers so many small countries in the caribbean and would that not then break one of the rules of NY.

And how much can you learn in St. Kitts and Nevis hospitals that will convince Program Directors in NY your clinical experience is on par or better than USA?


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All students who wish to pursue basic and clinical sciences at our affiliated hospitals in St. Kitts and West Indies should be able to apply for a residency program and a license to practice medicine in the State of New York with no restrictions.
Windsor University has a special program of Six and half ( 6 ½ ) semester integrated basic and clinical science program at St. Kitts and three and a half ( 3 ½ ) semesters of clinical electives in USA. Student will complete all the Basic Sciences and clinical rotations under this program at St. Kitts hospitals and other West Indies hospitals and will be eligible to do residency and apply for a license in State of New York.

I do not think every school is qualify for this agreement mention above . u could varify if u know any please.

raj, I do not understand this agreement you mentioned. Are you saying that what you have written above is a special exclusive deal between Windsor and the State of New York?


What I really do not understand is that if one does 3 1/2 semesters of clinicals electives in USA, does that not violate this: That is, doing a 3.5 semester in USA is NOT completing "the Clinical training at St. Kitts".


Also, I would like to point out that there are 4 medical schools in St. Kitts
and Nevis: Grace, IUHS, MUA and Windsor. Do you know how many hospitals are in St. Kitts and Nevis? And which of these hospitals have the affiliation agreement with Windsor?

And, do you really think doing all one's clinical training in St. Kitts is sufficient experience for Program Directors in New York to seriously consider one for residency?


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