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So I decided to start this thread to give something back to this great student doctor network website, the friends and visitors alike. This is for all the pre-meds out there. I hope you can gain good knowledge of how to choose proper medical school not just a diploma mill.
Please watch for these good points and ask these following questions to a foreign medical school, if you are seriously thinking about going to be a med student at a particular medical school, whether it is Caribbean,European,Australian,African or Asian medical schools.
-Online coursework schools, should raise a red flag and it should be a BIG no no lolz.
-Check for accreditation WHO,ECFMG, International Medical Education Directory (IMED), American state accreditation etc.,
-Please make sure my friends that a school has a very strong showing in
residency matching back home in States, and most school list their resident match list on their website esp the one's in Caribbean.
-Good USMLE passing rate.
-ACGME clinical rotations done in states, esp for the Caribbean school and even some European and Asian schools.
-Ask them how many States can I not practice after graduation from your
school?
-Is your school banned by any state medical board? This is a very important question.
-Federal loans or what other option for loans does a student have?
Hope I covered all the major important points and questions, kindly feel free to add any important info which I missed, I'm far from perfect lolz.
Thanks a lot and good luck to everyone.
Sincerely,
MDPWR.
Please watch for these good points and ask these following questions to a foreign medical school, if you are seriously thinking about going to be a med student at a particular medical school, whether it is Caribbean,European,Australian,African or Asian medical schools.
-Online coursework schools, should raise a red flag and it should be a BIG no no lolz.
-Check for accreditation WHO,ECFMG, International Medical Education Directory (IMED), American state accreditation etc.,
-Please make sure my friends that a school has a very strong showing in
residency matching back home in States, and most school list their resident match list on their website esp the one's in Caribbean.
-Good USMLE passing rate.
-ACGME clinical rotations done in states, esp for the Caribbean school and even some European and Asian schools.
-Ask them how many States can I not practice after graduation from your
school?
-Is your school banned by any state medical board? This is a very important question.
-Federal loans or what other option for loans does a student have?
Hope I covered all the major important points and questions, kindly feel free to add any important info which I missed, I'm far from perfect lolz.
Thanks a lot and good luck to everyone.
Sincerely,
MDPWR.