Caribbean Medical Schools ????

[Alvina]

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Hello Guys
I was wounder if anybody can give me some advice about the Caribbean Medical Schools. I am having a little problem with verbal section so as a backup plan i am considering Caribbean Schools. Can anybody give me some advice about their reputation. I will apreciate if any graduate, current student or anybody that has any information about them can give me some hints as to which school should I apply or how can i find out which school is the best there?
Thanks and good luck.
😕 😍

 

[exmike]

you mean caribbean?

 

[Lavndrrose]

you mean caribbean?

No, haven't you heard of coribean med schools? Where have you been?

 

[DRANTWAN]

man learn how to spell thats a shame.

 

[flighterdoc]

Hello Guys
I was wounder if anybody can give me some advice about the Coribean Medical Schools. I am having a little problem with verbal section so as a backup plan i am considering Coribean Schools. Can anybody give me some advice about their reputation. I will apreciate if any graduate, current student or anybody that has any information about them can give me some hints as to which school should I apply or how can i find out which school is the best there?
Thanks and good luck.
😕 😍

Too bad about the spelling trolls.

The best source I've found on the Caribbean (two "b's) is www.valuemd.com

Lots of friendly people there will help you out, and they have forums for most of the international schools. In short, there are three main schools, St. George Universtiy in Grenada, Ross University in Dominica, and American University of the Carribbean on St. Maarten. A highly rated fourth school is SABA, on the island of the same name.

All of these are good schools, and the first three give you the option of practicing anywhere in the US. Saba is working on approval for California, and since some other states use California approval, those states.

Good luck!

 

[gildas]

From what I heard, you won't have any problem if you know spanish or whatever they main language is, and aim to do your residency in the US.

 

[Megalofyia]

You don't have to know any language other than English. Aim to do your clinical years (3rd and 4th years) at approved hospitals in the US.

 

[rimon7381]

I agree with flighterdoc.

Apply to St. George's University, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean and SABA University. These are the 4 best med schools in the caribbean.

As he mentioned, you'll find lots of information regarding these schools at:

www.valuemd.com

Good Luck!

 

[pekq]

Have you considered DO schools? They are better choices than going abroad.

 

[freelancewriter]

I never went to med school, and as an outsider it seems very scary to me, a huge gamble, to pay the big bucks for a Caribbean school. Imagine all that money spent/debt accumulated, and not securing a residency? Then what? I wonder if pursuing a master's and reapplying to med school is a safer bet...

 

[CanuckPAGirl]

Geez guys, ever occur to you that english might not be this persons first language? And they just stated they were having a problem with the VERBAL section.

Rub it in a bit more hmm?
🙄

 

[gonnabeaDO]

Geez guys, ever occur to you that english might not be this persons first language? And they just stated they were having a problem with the VERBAL section.

Rub it in a bit more hmm?
🙄

I know, right? this person is here for serious help, and english is not their first language. I know because they posted this in another forum, and they were directed to come here for help. but that seems to be hard to find.
we were all knew at some point 😉

 

[(nicedream)]

Who would want to go to a dr that can't speak English? And how would such a person communicate with other members of the health care team?

 

[MErc44]

delenda est!


what does this mean??

 

[gonnabeaDO]

Who would want to go to a dr that can't speak English? And how would such a person communicate with other members of the health care team?

that is unfair, and unreasonable. there is a huge number of physicians/surgeons in this country that are not native english speakers. and the fact that they spelled a word incorrectly doesn't mean that they can't speak/understand it well. their post was sincere, and they even said thank you and good luck to everyone. I would much rather have a compassionate physician with an accent, than a native speaker with the attitude of some of the people that have responded here.

 

[Phil Anthropist]

There's a lot of good advice above...I also wrote an obnoxiously long post related to this topic here...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=119885

It does look like you're having some trouble with English. Osteopathic schools and Caribbean schools are the usual alternatives to students who don't get into US allopathic schools. (And yes, I know that a lot of students prefer Osteopathic medicine in the first place) But I really think you're gonna need to improve your English first before you try for med school. And by that I mean you should get at least a 6 on the verbal portion of the mcat. The ability to communicate with fellow physicians as well as patients is essential . I've got a lot of foreign friends that learned English very well when they put in the effort. I highly suggest (1) conversing in English whenever you get the chance--I had a Korean roommate who struggled with English, largely because he never did this (2) watch English sitcoms (my friend from Ecuador has better English skills than some of my US-born friends) (3) read everyday-especially news magazines. (4) For the MCAT, most people will tell you that EK's verbal strategy is the best...if anybody finds a person that liked PR or Kap's reading method, let me know. I've never met one in my life.

 

[Odaroloc]

Autonomo in Guad takes a lot of kids with very low verbals...you should be fine if you can get away with passable English or Spanish...Just a thought. Might even be a better option than the Carribean. Depends on who you ask.

 

[(nicedream)]

There's a lot of good advice above...I also wrote an obnoxiously long post related to this topic here...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=119885

It does look like you're having some trouble with English. Osteopathic schools and Caribbean schools are the usual alternatives to students who don't get into US allopathic schools. (And yes, I know that a lot of students prefer Osteopathic medicine in the first place) But I really think you're gonna need to improve your English first before you try for med school. And by that I mean you should get at least a 6 on the verbal portion of the mcat. The ability to communicate with fellow physicians as well as patients is essential . I've got a lot of foreign friends that learned English very well when they put in the effort. I highly suggest (1) conversing in English whenever you get the chance--I had a Korean roommate who struggled with English, largely because he never did this (2) watch English sitcoms (my friend from Ecuador has better English skills than some of my US-born friends) (3) read everyday-especially news magazines. (4) For the MCAT, most people will tell you that EK's verbal strategy is the best...if anybody finds a person that liked PR or Kap's reading method, let me know. I've never met one in my life.

Exactly, thank you Dr. Anthropist. I wasn't posting as a meaningless jab at the OP. Honestly, you should really learn the language well enough to pass as someone who's first language is English if you want to become a physician in this country. As Dr. Anthropist states so eloquently, the ability to communicate with fellow physicians as well as patients is essential. I not want doctor that talk like this.

 

[freaker]

I think I would fail miserably in the Caribbean. Saba and St. Maarten have some of the most fantastic scuba diving in the world. Not to mention some nice scenery.

 

[Eyecon82]

that is unfair, and unreasonable. there is a huge number of physicians/surgeons in this country that are not native english speakers. and the fact that they spelled a word incorrectly doesn't mean that they can't speak/understand it well. their post was sincere, and they even said thank you and good luck to everyone. I would much rather have a compassionate physician with an accent, than a native speaker with the attitude of some of the people that have responded here.

Yea..no kidding....the OP spelled the caribbean wrong....SO WHAT? does this mean that he/she is less qualified....absolutely not...The OP obviously knew enough English to clearly state his/her question......I doubt any one was confused by the original question and I doubt any of us fumbled around with a geography book to find where "Coribean" is located

 

[flighterdoc]

Yea..no kidding....the OP spelled the caribbean wrong....SO WHAT? does this mean that he/she is less qualified....absolutely not...The OP obviously knew enough English to clearly state his/her question......I doubt any one was confused by the original question and I doubt any of us fumbled around with a geography book to find where "Coribean" is located

It doesn't say much for the empathy of these "future physicians" to criticize the OP so harshly for the mistake, does it? Especially since none of them were able to answer the question in any meaningful way.

 

[Eyecon82]

It does look like you're having some trouble with English.

Besides spelling the caribbean wrong.....what other evidence shows that the OP is having trouble with English? After all, this is a forum, not an online English Comp class.....I can already see which pre-meds here will have severe problems interacting with others on a professional level in the future.....where's the compassion that all pre-meds insist they have??

 

[Eyecon82]

It doesn't say much for the empathy of these "future physicians" to criticize the OP so harshly for the mistake, does it? Especially since none of them were able to answer the question in any meaningful way.

LoL...you basically just said the same thing i implied in my previous post...but a few seconds earlier!! 🙂 🙂

glad we're on the same page...

 

[Eyecon82]

To the OP,

I also considered the Caribbean...mostly because I just wanted to get out of getting a bachelors degree. Just a few things to be aware of. I was reading something about an over supply of physicians in the near future and in order to limit this, they might be cutting down residency spots to IMG's (international medical graduates).

The only thing that threw me off about caribbean schools is that nothing is gauranteed. At least with an education in the US, even if you're the worst medical student (just passing with minimal standards)...you will still end up landing a residency.....not true for IMG's

Also, you definetly want to do all of your clinical rotations in the US. Most caribbean schools gaurantee you US clinical spots, but I think that's true only for SGU. Other schools ...you can get dicked and end up doing rotations in the UK or ireland or the caribbean....even if they gauantee it during admissions time

Also with some caribbean schools, their clinical education department is cracked out....meaning there will probably be downtime b/w rotations ...which can add another year on to your medical education..

These are all the negatives...but there are also many positives. It can be done..

 

[Phil Anthropist]

Exactly, thank you Dr. Anthropist. I wasn't posting as a meaningless jab at the OP. Honestly, you should really learn the language well enough to pass as someone who's first language is English if you want to become a physician in this country. As Dr. Anthropist states so eloquently, the ability to communicate with fellow physicians as well as patients is essential. I not want doctor that talk like this.

Thanks...but I wasn't trying to make a jab either. I was just trying to make the point that the ability to communicate effectively is essential.

Besides spelling the caribbean wrong.....what other evidence shows that the OP is having trouble with English? After all, this is a forum, not an online English Comp class.....I can already see which pre-meds here will have severe problems interacting with others on a professional level in the future.....where's the compassion that all pre-meds insist they have??

Wow...that's pretty harsh. I'm a little shocked to get a personal attack. My comments were intended to be helpful; the comments were not intended as insults. I'm aware that it's not an online English Comp class, but evidence of other problems with English was contained in the post. In addition to spelling errors, the post contained omission of definite articles and incorrect verb tense. The poster also explicitly mentioned having trouble with the verbal section. For those reasons, I offered advice to try and help.

Some of you seem to imply that I don't think people should be doctors if English is not their native language. This is simply untrue. Both of my parents are not native speakers of English. I also disagree with nicedream in the respect that I don't think you need to be able to pass it off as your first language. It's pretty clear when some physicians are not native English speakers, but that doesn't mean that they aren't equipped with sufficient English skills. I know many excellent doctors who have strong accents, but are still able to interact well with their patients. But nicedream is right in believing that you need to be quite fluent to perform well. No matter where you practice you have to be able to communicate effectively. If I went to another country to practice medicine, I would want to have a firm grasp of the language. Also, I know many premeds and physicians who are native English speakers. That doesn't necessarily make them good communicators. If your ability to communicate is lacking in any way, you should work to develop that ability--both verbally and nonverbally.

If I offended anyone, I'm sorry. But I think it's pretty clear that wasn't the point of my post... 🙁

 

[Eyecon82]

Phil Anthropist,

Sorry man, now that I look at it, that comment of mine does look like its directed to you. I did not intend to direct it to you. It was directed to others on this thread who completely disregarded the OP and posted comments that were neither helpful nor proper.

I meant to just ask you where else did you see major english mistakes...nothing more..sorry if it seemed like that

 

[Alvina]

Hey guys I thank you all for the advices
I appreciate even them who are scolting me for misspelin the word caribbean. It was a negligence and yes I have been here about 4 years I never spoke english before. I am honestly seeking for some helpfull advice, because iff i cant improove good enough by august then i do not want to waste any more time. I just want to continue medical school and then i can proove and improove my english.
Thanks guys
😍 😍 😍 😍

 

[flighterdoc]

Hey guys I thank you all for the advices
I appreciate even them who are scolting me for misspelin the word caribbean. It was a negligence and yes I have been here about 4 years I never spoke english before. I am honestly seeking for some helpfull advice, because iff i cant improove good enough by august then i do not want to waste any more time. I just want to continue medical school and then i can proove and improove my english.
Thanks guys
😍 😍 😍 😍

Good luck! 👍 👍 👍