Applying to Caribbean Medical Schools

[NYYk9005]

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What is the process in applying to Caribbean Medical schools?

I don't see Ross or Saba or St George or AUC on AMCAS...

 

[Electronegative]

AMCAS stand for AMERICAN medical college application services. Carribean medical schools are not American. If you manage to pass your boards and get residency in the states you will be considere IMG/FMG.

EDIT: you can apply through their website not amcas

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[Law2Doc]

What is the process in applying to Caribbean Medical schools?

I don't see Ross or Saba or St George or AUC on AMCAS...

None of these programs are accredited by the LCME, and as a result, they have their own application process. You have to contact them directly. There is a caribbean board on SDN where there are probably folks who can help you. pre-allo is for folks planning on US allo routes.

 

[roseglass6370]

I would encourage you to apply DO instead of going Caribbean. Strongly.

That being said, AMCAS does not apply to Caribbean medical schools. As another poster said, I believe you have to apply directly to the school via their website. I'm not 100% sure however.

(P.S. DO >>>> Carib!!!)

 

[willen101383]

I would encourage you to apply DO instead of going Caribbean. Strongly.

That being said, AMCAS does not apply to Caribbean medical schools. As another poster said, I believe you have to apply directly to the school via their website. I'm not 100% sure however.

(P.S. DO >>>> Carib!!!)

You do know that DO=/= carribbean when it comes to admission. Not saying the OP is in this boat...but just becuase you have a shot at carribbean doesnt mean you have a shot at DO.

Although OP if your stats are sufficient I would encourage you apply to DO too.

 

[Honze55]

D.O. = M.D.

The only difference is it's easier to get an M.D. (you just have to be willing to go out of the country)

 

[The Poet Sings]

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the LECOM DO students say the two degrees are equal. Probably the way CCOM DOs feel when Caribbean AUA MDs say the two degrees are equal.

i must've missed something but if they're legally equal, what's the problem?

 

[swamprat]

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the LECOM DO students say the two degrees are equal. Probably the way CCOM DOs feel when Caribbean AUA MDs say the two degrees are equal.

uh ohh 🙄

 

[Electronegative]

i must've missed something but if they're legally equal, what's the problem?

Prestige of saying you got your MD from Johns Hopkins.

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[The Poet Sings]

Prestige of saying you got your MD from Johns Hopkins.

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and does prestige come with extra life-saving doctor skills?

 

[Electronegative]

No, I agree with your post how legally LECOM and Hopkins are the same, but more lay people know about Hopkins opposed to LECOM. I think that's what Nextleveldoc was refering to.

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[Law2Doc]

i must've missed something but if they're legally equal, what's the problem?

It has very little to do with prestige.

They are "legal;y" equal in terms of scope of practice these days, and if you are going into most of the primary care fields, you probably won't notice a difference. And most patients don't know the difference and don't care. However not equal in terms of competitive residency opportunities. The dude from Hopkins will have doors open to him in US allopathic residencies that the DO will have a better chance at buying lottery tickets. DO's have their own residencies, so that helps with the inequity. But odds of getting derm, rads, optho, rad onc, plastics, ENT, urology are just much much worse coming from DO. Odds of getting into the better allo programs in Anesthesiology, IM and gen surg are pretty long shots from DO. There are also some cities where DO hasn't made great penetration as of yet, even in the primary care fields. That being said, will you come across a DO EM, anesthesiology or IM doc who is doing well and not finding great obstacles? Sure. Did they have to be better than their allopathic counterparts to get what they got? You bet. And so that's the real reason to pick US allo over DO.

At one time DOs were part of the allopathic world, and split off due to ideological differences. These differences have more or less gone by the wayside, so the benefits of choosing DO for philosophical reasons are pretty much gone.

 

[gujuDoc]

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the LECOM DO students say the two degrees are equal. Probably the way CCOM DOs feel when Caribbean AUA MDs say the two degrees are equal.

At the end if you get through residency and all the training no one thinks twice about where you went to school if you are competent.

However, the real difference in all these is that the better school you go to the better chance you have of getting in a top residency in the first place. That's where the real difference is.

 

[Murphy Brown]

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the LECOM DO students say the two degrees are equal. Probably the way CCOM DOs feel when Caribbean AUA MDs say the two degrees are equal.

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the Podunk State MD students say the two degrees are equal.

 

[Murphy Brown]

Odds of getting into the better allo programs in Anesthesiology, IM and gen surg are pretty long shots from DO.

DOs match at Hopkins anesthesiology every single year. They also match IM and gen surg at "better allo programs" all the time as well.

 

[Chevy Chase Fan]

bunch of arrogant tools with little penis syndrome in here.

 

[Law2Doc]

I wonder how the Johns Hopkins MD students feel when the Podunk State MD students say the two degrees are equal.

Not too bad, considering that in residency you will be working with people from a wide variety of allo schools, and in all probability that Podunk state MD is going to be a senior supervising Hopkins students. You have to realize that ANY US allo program is a pretty good launch pad for any specialty, but the same cannot be said about DO, and is even less true for offshore programs.

 

[Murphy Brown]

Not too bad, considering that in residency you will be working with people from a wide variety of allo schools, and in all probability that Podunk state MD is going to be a senior supervising Hopkins students. You have to realize that ANY US allo program is a pretty good launch pad for any specialty, but the same cannot be said about DO, and is even less true for offshore programs.

That's BS. You are likely to see DOs in every specialty you'll find MDs in and yes, even in competitive ones like derm. My own dermatologist is who inspired me to look into DO schools. He's a DO who completed an allo residency.

DOs match into more than just IM and FM these days -- many match into rads, anesthesiology, surgery, PMR, psych, OBGYN, and others. They match neurosurgery, derm, and ortho as well at respected allo institutions.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

I'm pretty sure it's made the rounds around here, but there was someone from SABA who matched into derm. Pretty good for doing the impossible from the lowest of the big 4. Don't know how good the program is, loyola uni in chicago, but does it really matter?

 

[MediCynical]

I wasn't aware you had to apply to Caribbean schools...? Don't you just show up for classes?

 

[Chevy Chase Fan]

Just look at Andy Bernard in "the office" with his Cornell degree.

Haha, I always think of this guy when I'm browsing these forums. Most of the info and posters are great, but damn some people are elitist as can be here.