I am going to ignore the otherwise preposterous, bombastic, unsupported/unsourced, and hyperbolic claims and assertions and provide (hopefully) a little clearer and more grounded take on your questions, aProgDirector....
But if the school maintains DMB approval, and hence is ECFMG accreditaed, then who cares about CAAMHP? No one at Ross is planning on working in the Carib.
True, there is not an ECFMG "accreditation"
per se, but the plan to implement
certification rules by 2023 creates a
de facto accreditation. In other words, the Dominica Medical Board has to meet the requirements of "substantially equivalent" to the medical education provided in the U.S. (which it already does) in order to enter residency and ultimately get a permanent license to practice medicine in the U.S. The CAAM-HP is a uniform
non-governing body in the Caribbean supported under the aegis of CARICOM, which is like the Caribbean equivalent of the EU. However, and like the U.N., it doesn't really have the "teeth" of enforcement. Sure, they can make recommendations (and they have found some level of deficiency at
all the schools they've inspected), but they will not yank accreditation from one of the big powerhouse schools. Worst case is that they "pull" accreditation from a school, but the invidividual country's medical board can still approve it and provided they still meet the standards of the NCFMEA, it won't matter. But, that's just not gonna happen. Furthermore, CAAM-HP esentially follows the lead of the NCFMEA.
Sources:
ECFMG | Initiatives Accreditation Requirement
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) —Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
http://www.caam-hp.org/documents/latest/New Policy for Review of Clinical Sites.docx
I was guessing that the DoE had some say in all of this, else someone else would have already set up an "offshore" school but based it completely in the US. Just can't find anything regarding regulations, or any decision by the DoE on this.
The DoE
does have a say in this, through the NCFMEA, regarding securing student loans through the Ford program, which is
critical for any reputable and viable school's operations.
There is also oversight regarding the U.S. DoE's requirements to determine whether or not the school has an education program "
comparable to standards applied to medical schools in the United States" in order for U.S. citizens can receive loans to attend those schools. These guidelines apply to
all foreign medical schools, not just the Caribbean.
Sources:
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) | U.S. Department of Education
https://sites.ed.gov/ncfmea/files/2017/05/NCFMEA-Guidelines-Revised-5.15.17.pdf
Wait, what? I routinely consider Ross grads for positions. I have problems, but this isn't one of them. I expect the LCME will have a problem with Ross having their basic science years on the US mainland.
As has been stated, there has been precedent at both AUC and St. George's where temporary classroom coursework outside of the home country has been allowed and hasn't posed regulatory problems for graduates. This has actually happened
twice at AUC. Likewise (and as everyone knows), students have been doing clinical rotations (3rd and 4th year) at U.S. hospitals for literally decades without issue.
The LCME rules will not apply unless they are
invited to consider Ross (or anyone else) for accreditation. We saw what happened in the U.S. Virgin Islands with a proposed new medical school there when the LCME was invited to accredit that school. It did not pan out the way that University had intended. However, the DoE might intervene and determine the school is no longer eligible for loans, through their accreditation/certification, and that would be the school's death knell.
Still awaiting actual, verifiable resolution to this issue. Anyone else who claims to have this information - and can't (or won't) source it for the rest of us to verify - should at this point be considered nothing more than engaging in hearsay.
-Skip
