American International Medical Schools?

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If one were to attend an American International Med School, what are the chances of landing a residency spot, would it be similar to a Caribbean school, where the chances are extremely low?

I'm just curious, because i just came across a list of American based med schools overseas.

 

[gettheleadout]

"American" schools in the Caribbean are the same as the other Caribbean schools.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

What's an American international medical school?

 

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Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel is chartered by the State of New York and maintains a lot of connections with residency programs in the NYC area. They have programs designed for students that would like to become licensed in Israel, and then a separate program for students that would like to be licensed in the US. Finishing students there generally do pretty well on Step I. From what I have heard, it is considered an intermediate step between a US school and a Carribean school, mostly because of the pretty good residency placements that students get as a result of their Step I prep and the connections Sackler has in NYC. I personally wouldn't go to Sackler over a US school, but it's def a better option that the Carribean. Here's the website: http://medicine.tau.ac.il/english/index.php/ny/about

 

[CecilJacobson]

If one were to attend an American International Med School, what are the chances of landing a residency spot, would it be similar to a Caribbean school, where the chances are extremely low?

I'm just curious, because i just came across a list of American based med schools overseas.

Graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) make up approximately one quarter of the physician workforce in the United States. Among IMGs are a number of US citizens (USIMGs) who take graduate training positions and ultimately practice in the United States
http://www.surgjournal.com/article/S0039-6060(06)00322-9/abstract

Is it more difficult to obtain a residency in the U.S. if you are a Foreign Medical Graduate?
International medical graduates from countries whose system of medical education and accreditation are different from those of the United States may encounter difficulties securing residencies in the U.S. However, Israel's system of medical education and accreditation has been reviewed by the National Commission on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation and was designated as comparable to that of the United States by the U.S. Department of Education. Israeli medical graduates generally compete quite successfully for residency programs throughout North America. Graduates of the Medical School for International Health have been very successful in securing residency placements at prestigious institutions throughout the U.S. Recent residency placement include Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which is affiliated with Harvard University. For a complete list of where our graduates are doing their residencies, see the Residency Placements portion of this site.
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/bgcu-md/ps/faq.html

MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/13180.html

(This is a really good, referenced, analysis of AUC and two other Carribbean medical schools.)


Good Luck on your journey,

-C.J.