First of all, remember that the initial after your name doesn't mean anything if the quality of your health care delivery is not up to the par.
I got in an in depth discussion regarding the viability of Caribbean schools in this thread, for those of you who are interested in a change in perspective/ a little insight:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...f-questions-are-coming.1081063/#post-15388449
Note that it has high attrition rate than USMD/ DO, roughly 10-20% (as expected because they admit people who are less than qualified, some of whom actually use their financial aid to gamble in casino, so number doesn't tell you the whole story).
Despite how rumor has it, the residency placement rate is more around 90%.
So around 70-80% of the students who enroll in the first year get into residency.
This is according to Ross Medical School (one of the big four):
http://www.rossu.edu/medical-school/About-Ross-University-School-of-Medicine.cfm
Performance on USMLE Step 1
Performance on Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is one of the most important determinants in a medical student's ability to obtain the residency of his or her choosing. In 2013, RUSM achieved a first-time pass rate of 97 percent on USMLE, which is on par with the rate achieved by US and Canadian schools, and above the rate achieved by osteopathic schools (94 percent) and international schools (79 percent).
Track Record of Residency Success
Over the last five years, RUSM has placed more graduates into U.S. residency programs than any other school in the world. Many of our graduates obtain residencies at the earliest available start dates and are well received by residency directors in programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-approved hospitals throughout the United States.
If you look at the match rate of US IMG (Caribbean school), it doesn't look half bad. At least not as bad as how some people put it.
However, please note that Caribbean schools are extremely expansive and if you are failed out, you're in debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Conclusion: Exhaust all options in USMD, DO, POD, before venturing into Caribbean.
I got in an in depth discussion regarding the viability of Caribbean schools in this thread, for those of you who are interested in a change in perspective/ a little insight:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...f-questions-are-coming.1081063/#post-15388449
Note that it has high attrition rate than USMD/ DO, roughly 10-20% (as expected because they admit people who are less than qualified, some of whom actually use their financial aid to gamble in casino, so number doesn't tell you the whole story).
Despite how rumor has it, the residency placement rate is more around 90%.
So around 70-80% of the students who enroll in the first year get into residency.
This is according to Ross Medical School (one of the big four):
http://www.rossu.edu/medical-school/About-Ross-University-School-of-Medicine.cfm
Performance on USMLE Step 1
Performance on Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is one of the most important determinants in a medical student's ability to obtain the residency of his or her choosing. In 2013, RUSM achieved a first-time pass rate of 97 percent on USMLE, which is on par with the rate achieved by US and Canadian schools, and above the rate achieved by osteopathic schools (94 percent) and international schools (79 percent).
Track Record of Residency Success
Over the last five years, RUSM has placed more graduates into U.S. residency programs than any other school in the world. Many of our graduates obtain residencies at the earliest available start dates and are well received by residency directors in programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-approved hospitals throughout the United States.
If you look at the match rate of US IMG (Caribbean school), it doesn't look half bad. At least not as bad as how some people put it.
However, please note that Caribbean schools are extremely expansive and if you are failed out, you're in debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Conclusion: Exhaust all options in USMD, DO, POD, before venturing into Caribbean.
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