Hi everyone. Just found this forum while searching for med school updates. I am a practicing Primary care physician here in California. I have son who is a junior in high school and is interested in pursuing med school.
I got my medical degree from UP, did my residency in Nyu in the early 90's and have been blessed with a successful practice. I am open-minded about sending my son back to my native land for his MD degree. I would prefer UP but that would not be possible due to its restrictive RSA requirement.
A couple of years ago, our practice hired a fil-am grad from a caribbean school and we have been close friends since then. I have learned about his experiences during med school, including the amount of student loans that he had incurred. If he had to do it all over, he would have opted for Manila. his pre med buddy went to MAnila central university for med and self financed the costs. Ironically, they both ended up in the same FP residency. My friend is still paying off his loans.
I have a couple of colleagues who came from UE after doing UP pre med. I've always considered UE as an extension of UP.Since UP med has a limited number of slots, a big number of UP diliman premed grads end up in UE. Quality of medical education is influenced by the kind of students you get, getting former UP students, would certainly help. Smart classmates will the learning environment more competitive and challenging. This will later translate to success in residency. My residency program was dominated by grads from nyu, sinai, downstate and einstein. But during my senior year, all three of my chief residents were from UP. The yearly in-training exams were aced by the Pinoy grads also.
So good luck to all of guys and work hard. I will check this forum on a regular basis. My email address is
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