<p>what do you villians think? give me your opinions, por favor!</p>
<p>Seems like a decent school for U.S. and Canadians.</p>
<p>No, it is not. For students who want to study medicine overseas, they should check out this forum, ValueMD</a> Medical Schools Forum - Powered by vBulletin, for more information.</p>
<p>Caribbean Medical School is falsely claimed to be listed on IMED and WHO, these are listings required for any medical students to be able to take the USLME exams before they can get internships and become licensed physicians in America. </p>
<p>Hope this will help :)</p>
<p>Attending a Caribbean Medical School is first class ticket to a lousy residency match. The diversity of training available in these schools is minimal as all rotations occur in just one hospital treating a very small population with a very narrow range of symptoms. If you are feeling intimated by allopathic medical school admissions, consider osteopathic medical school. You still take the USMLE's and are considered equally with allopathic students when you do residency matching. Osteopathic schools tend to be affiliated with less prestigious universities and focus on a more holistic treatment plan.</p>
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<p>You should also visit the CC subforum dedicated to foreign medical education. You can reach it by clicking on "Discussion Home" in the upper left of this screen, and then scrolling down to the list of "Professional & Grad School" forums.</p>
<p>Here is a direct link: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/foreign-medical-education/%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/foreign-medical-education/</a></p>
<p>I'd also repeat the suggestion that you look at the schools of osteopathic medicine.</p>
<p>I know someone at a Caribbean school....he said it should always be your last option...after considering osteopathic and post-bacc programs.</p>
<p>there are good Caribbean med schools and not good Caribbean med schools. Look at the match lists of the schools you're considering. Some have pretty good matches. Also, some will allow you to do rotations in the USA, which would also help in getting into a good residency program. And as others say, you should look into other options, such as completing more undergrad science courses to boost your AMCAS GPA, or if your GPA is ok, look into a special masters program, then reapply.</p>
<p>also, just to clarify what someone else said, as a DO medical student, you don't automatically take the USMLE. DO students take the COMLEX, which is the equivalent to the MD USMLE (the licensing exams). If you're a DO student interested in attending an MD residency, you'll need to take the USMLE in addition to the COMLEX (b/c DO schools usually require the COMLEX to progress and graduate).</p>
<p>ya know not all medical students have the intention of going into a great residency program thats competitive like crazy</p>
<p>a lot of people out there wanna go into internal medicine or family medicine and if the caribbean is really your last choice (which it should be)...then theres no problem with that.</p>
<p>the only carib schools someone should consider going to are St. George's and Ross in that order. And yes, this should be a last resord after retaking MCAT, DO schools, etc.</p>
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But for most students, isn't it hard to know which areas they're interested in before going to medical school?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me about some belize medicl school called american global university? Have heard okay stuff and not o good stuff…was another schol apparently that had to shut don due to suits? Any info please</p>
<p>I don’t know how true this is, but I heard there are more US based med school places being created (eg. the West Penn Allegheny Health System med school in Pittsburgh for 2013) than new residency slots, putting more pressure on foreign grads.</p>
<p>^ Yep thats very true. At the moment, there are many more residency spots than there are US Grads, so IMGs (especially USFMGs) have had ample opportunity to match (at least in the less competitive specialties). Now, med schools are increasing their entering classes at a huge rate, new schools are being built, etc. But even more problematic than that is the fact that Medicare GME funding appears to be on the chopping block in the latest financial crisis. That is what could be truly devastating to the number of physicians entering the workforce each year.</p>
<p>Either way, it will only get worse for FMGs. Which is why off-shore schools should be the last resort after trying both USMD and USDO schools.</p>