75% and ~50% is hardly enough evidence to make decisions on individuals based on a "report".We do. Our conclusions are reflected in the AAMC report.
That is not very scientific.
75% and ~50% is hardly enough evidence to make decisions on individuals based on a "report".We do. Our conclusions are reflected in the AAMC report.
It is the best evidence available and is reflective of what we see in the Match.75% and ~50% is hardly enough evidence to make decisions on individuals based on a "report".
That is not very scientific.
It is the best evidence available and is reflective of what we see in the Match.
I am not using the AAMC report as evidence of the inferiority of Caribbean applicants, I am using it as evidence of a pervasive preference for American-educated graduates.Again, the reports that you are using as "evidence", to determine competence of candidates as residents (which you would not know until they are sitting right opposite to you and look them in the eye and interview them), has very little bearing on their career as a doctor. If there is an association, I would like to find out what it is. But it is unlikely that a caribbean student who finishes residency and is boarded in his specialty is somehow inferior than an American grad.
You talked about integrity. How exactly are you judging integrity of a person unless you know them as an individual!? You said Carib students lack integrity just because they went to a Caribbean school? Wow. I am appalled.
You are biased, so I wont argue with you.
But I disagree with your gross generalizations.
Ask. Investigate. That's what doctors do. Thats what I do in my pain practice.
Assess situations on individual basis. Collect data. Form an impression and then decide on a candidate.
Not just blindly categorize a group of individuals as "not good enough"because they went to an XYZ school.
If I was a PD, I would pick a hard working IMG over an American grad anyday because I know how hungry they are and what it means to them.
Goro is not a program director, in fact he's not even a physician. He is a PhD who supposedly sits on the adcom of an osteopathic medical school. He never went to medical school, never went through residency, has never taken care of a single patient.wow, while i was busy taking care of patients, I see the program directors have ganged up and spent their time on a caribbean medical school forum. I read the above, and again, despite the likes of your fanboys, few things have not been addressed. and they cannot - since those are mis-statements and quite embarrassing coming from program directors. perhaps this time could be spent on actually reading and reviewing all candidates' applications for possible interviews.
Supposedly, "caribbean" students lack integrity. I see. And please do tell me how are you deciding on "integrity" of an INDIVIDUAL based on which school they went to. I am still amazed by this statement.
I encountered absolutely TERRIBLE residents from american schools throughout residency and now see them in practice. I am shocked to see their patient management. In fact just recently a new FP did not even read the utox that he ordered on his own patient which lit up like fireworks, and yet continued to give opiates. LOL. I don't know how these people practice medicine. They must have been coddled through out residency by program directors like you who favor nationality rather than competence.
Not sure if there are studies done, but it is well known in my circles that international grads have better bedside manner, are more humble and more caring. other things: we are less likely to have addiction, depression, anxiety as students, people and doctors.
I am thankful that my program director and tons of others do not log on to sdn and are swayed by this non-sense. lol. since they see their job selecting competent students, irrespective of the fact they went to caribbean, indian, chinese or american schools. and they spend their time educating students and turning them into doctors. not malign a group of people sitting on their desk and stating ridiculous things like they "lack integrity" because they went to a caribbean school.
have a good day
As has been explained and proved multiple times, this nonsense is just not true. Plain and simple. If you actually look at the numbers, the increase in USMD/DO matriculation over the past 10 years has basically equalled the increase in residency positions. People overestimate the increase in USMD/DO positions, and underestimate the increase in residency positions.As a primarily nontrad advisor for the past 15 years, along with my extensive work in medical admission process and automation for now 20 years, I used to recommend these schools to advisees on a regular basis. Some extra hard work in these places could lead to reasonably good spots in residency. However, with the growth of US based graduates in both MD and DO, and the lack of growth in residency slots, the opportunities are shrinking has for getting any slot at all for off-shore graduates. Thus I can no longer recommend them at all until an applicant looked at all other pathways.
There is so much presumption and poor reasoning in this diatribe that I'm not even quite sure where to start. To be brief, the first major point is that there is still a significant number of spots obtained outside the NRMP, so using just the stats from the NRMP to make conclusions is just incorrect. Saying everyone who withdrew from the match was unsuccessful in obtaining a position is just factually incorrect. This is proven by the fact that in 2014, 6355 IMGs matched through the NRMP, but 6837 IMGs started in 1st year positions that year. That's a difference of 482, or ~7% of the total IMGs that matched. That's a significant number of people that obtained positions outside the match.http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Advance-Data-Tables-2016_Final.pdf (see page 7, Table 4)
As for the residency opportunities, they are much worse than people realize and the data clearly shows it. In the table in the link above there are some other numbers to be noted that tend to be overlooked: the withdrew and no rank, which are not included of the match/unmatched percentages discussed above (NRMP mixes two totals and two percentage groupings) These are applicants who apply for residency but either withdrew from selection (often for not passing boards) or did not complete the process by submitting a ranking list (often cause they did not get an interview). For the US Seniors, withdrew was 2% and no rank was 0.3%. Adding that to unmatched a total of 7.9% of the applicants who originally applied did not match into a spot. For IMG-US Citizens, if we take all who applied to residency but did not get a slot either by unmatched, withdrew, or no rank, it comes to a whopping 61.5% or nearly 8 times the US percentages.
In US school 97% of all who start earn their degrees. Only 8% of these dont get a match. Effectively 90% of those who start medical school match into a slot
In Carib school, lets be generous and say 75% who start graduate. Over 60% of these dont match. Effectively 45% who start match into a slot
My point to all this is as now primarily an advisor, I need to make recommendations to those considering off shore schools. So I repeat: with the growth of US based graduates in both MD and DO, and the lack of growth in residency slots, the opportunities are shrinking has for getting any slot at all for off-shore graduates. Thus I can no longer recommend them at all until an applicant looked at all other pathways.
It's very nice that you have spent so long trying to help people in a field that you aren't a member of, that's very commendable. Unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that the key point of your argument is just factually incorrect and is based on bad math. Namely,You're right the numbers are right there, below from the charts as a picture will speak a thousand words. From 2005-2006 to 2014-2015, the total number of pipeline residency slots went from 24,368 to 27,534 for an increase of 13%. During the same period the number of US MD/DO filling those slots went 17,447 to 20,705 for an increase of 18.5%. The total number of IMGs filling those slots during the same time frame went from 6,773 to 6,837 for an increase of under 1%. The increase in the number of US MD/DO filling pipeline slots at 18.5% has outpaced the increase in the number of the pipeline slots at 13%, while the number of IMG filling those slots has remained almost completely flat. Indeed, the rate of the increase has US MD/DO is 40% faster than the rate of increase for residency slots. With 18.5% number of US MD/DO pipeline residents and only 13% increase in residency slots, I stand by my statement in its entirety. And I mean in its entirety if you had read carefully. Do you see me saying never attending off shore schools? No, I say explore all other pathways first.
The only presumption here is your assuming conclusions beyond the scope of what I clearly stated I was comparing, namely US MD Seniors to any US-IMG grads in the match. It states that question clearly and refers solely to the match and uses the data for that purpose. Comparison of any defined group in the match to another is not only statistically acceptable under the scope of the model, it reflects the social reality that applicants should consider: what are my chances in any particular match cycle within my particular status. With US Seniors as the "standard" for comparison to all others, regardless how long it either took them to complete a degree or how long since they earned the degree, is fair. But since you are crying about it, taking all US allopathic graduates, whether senior or beyond, from NMRP in 2016, who did not match, did not rank, or withdrew from the match was 2,728 out of a total of 20,407 or 13.4% of total who originally put in an application to the match. Compare that to 61.5% of US IMGs . Or to flip that, if you are a senior or graduate of a US MD school, So you have an 86.6% of matching, compared to a 38.5% chance for an US IMG. Thank you for helping me make the over 2 to 1 ratio clear to all
So now lets examine further down the food chain of residency slots. In 2016, there were 3914 eligible US MD Senior/Graduates for SOAP with 717 accepting positions or about 22%. For all US IMG, there were 4,090 eligible for SOAP and 92 who got positions or about 2%. So how and where did these approximately 400 others you site get positions? They got what was left over. They likely didnt get the program they wanted or the city they wanted or even specialty they wanted. They spent 4 years in an off shore school, now to be in medicine at the bottom of the practicing physician barrel. Then of course there is below the barrel, those who never get any slot of any kind and cant practice medicine at all. An MD degree and far too much debt. We can get a rough estimate of how many. If there were 4,090 eligible for SOAP and 482 got slots outside of the match (SOAP, off-cycle, independent contracts, etc), then roughly 3500 didnt get any slot. Since the year to year US-IMG cohort remains about the same and the match rate and numbers remain the same, about 3500 drop out each year. Where do they go? I only can give one example, All the anatomy lab instructors at one Ivy I have worked with are all off-shore grads. Well, its medicine I suppose but probably not what they wanted to do when they thought about becoming a doctor
For those who do want to find out who I am, what my experience is, etc, they can see my affiliation on my avatar. If they were to goggle my screen name along my affiliation, they would see all that I have done in this area for the past 15 years and likely get my home phone number as well.
My point to all this is as now primarily an advisor, I need to make recommendations to those considering off shore schools. So I repeat: with the growth of US based graduates in both MD and DO, and the lack of growth in residency slots, the opportunities are shrinking has for getting any slot at all for off-shore graduates. Thus I can no longer recommend them at all until an applicant looked at all other pathways.
I see a lot of chapping in your future.And again, I'll state it continues to really chap my ass when I see non-physicians make comments like this,"now to be in medicine at the bottom of the practicing physician barrel." You don't have the background, expertise, or experience to make claims like this. The majority of physicians working in the hospitals and programs that you are trashing are US medical school graduates. The ease at which you slam these people who are working in ACGME-certified programs, having never gone through the process yourself, is astonishing.
Lol, the point is that neither of these "career advisors" seem to be very well informed... They don't have the background, experience, or expertise to back up many of the declarations they make. Much of what they say is also just factually incorrect.I see a lot of chapping in your future.
Informed, effective career advisors do not need to be physicians.
So I'm thinking about applying to Saba University School of Medicine and would like to know the pros and cons from the perspective of current and alumni of the school. How was the loan/financial aid process? How was the education? Matching experience and life on the island in general. Any information positive or negative will help.