Medical Board Recognition?

[JohnSnow]

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I noticed that the University of Limerick isn't one of the medical schools recognized by the state of California's Medical Board, which means you cannot get licensed in California, why is that?

Also, neither the University of Limerick nor University College Cork were recognized by the Medical Board of Texas.

Does anybody know of any other recognition/accreditation problems with Irish schools?

EDIT:

Irish Medical Schools Recognized by the Medical Board of California

University College Cork
University College Dublin
National University of Ireland at Galway
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Queen's University (Northern Ireland, uses UCAS not Atlantic Bridge)

Irish Medical Schools that do not need to prove "substantial equivalence of their education" in Texas

University College Dublin
National University of Ireland at Galway
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Queen's University

 

[jnuts]

For Cork, I've no idea.

Limerick is a relatively new medical school (first class graduated last year) so that may have something to do with the Californian problem.

I noticed that the University of Limerick isn't one of the medical schools recognized by the state of California's Medical Board, which means you cannot get licensed in California, why is that?

Also, neither the University of Limerick nor University College Cork were recognized by the Medical Board of Texas.

Does anybody know of any other recognition/accreditation problems with Irish schools?

EDIT:

Irish Medical Schools Recognized by the Medical Board of California

University College Cork
University College Dublin
National University of Ireland at Galway
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Queen's University (Northern Ireland, uses UCAS not Atlantic Bridge)

Irish Medical Schools that do not need to prove "substantial equivalence of their education" in Texas

University College Dublin
National University of Ireland at Galway
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Queen's University

 

[JohnSnow]

For Cork, I've no idea.

Limerick is a relatively new medical school (first class graduated last year) so that may have something to do with the Californian problem.

I was thinking that may have been the case. Perhaps no graduates of Limerick have applied for licensure in California yet and consequently they don't even know it exists. Maybe the same is true in Texas of Limerick & Cork.

 

[JohnSnow]

I found an informative link about what it takes for a medical school to get recognized by the Medical Board of California.

http://www.mbc.ca.gov/applicant/schools_self-assessment_ims.pdf

From the link:

"If an institution meets the requirements set forth in Title 16 California Code of Regulations section 1314.1 (a)(1), then that institution is exempt from this process. Those requirements of Title 16 California Code Regulation section 1314.1 (a)(1) are as follows:

- The institution is owned and operated by the government of the country in which it is located.

- The country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

- The institution's primary purpose is to educate its own citizens to practice medicine in that country."

All of this is GREAT news for the University of Limerick! It meets all 3 criteria which means that graduates should, and will be eligible for licensure in the state of California!

The reason that UL probably isn't approved currently is because they just graduated their first class, of 32 students, in June 2011. I'm seriously doubting any of those 32 applied for a medical license in California considering the majority of the students were Irish (and probably Canadian, from the sound of things).

 

[lmesina]

Has anyone ever heard of a time requirement for foreign schools to be recognized by the CMB? Like I heard before somewhere that a school needs to be in existence for 10 years at least for consideration.. This would be outside the realm of requirements you just stated.. anything?