Undergrad requirements for Licensure?

[pbnj003]

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So recently I heard from a school that some states require min. 90 credits from undergrad in order to be licensed, is this true?

If that is the case how are some of these Carib schools getting by pre-med/MD programs with less than 90 in their premed segment? Wont that screw with a student who came straight out of high school and went into one of these premed MD combo schools?

any thoughts?

 

[kryptik]

visit a couple of states licensure websites and go through their requirement and you will notice a lot require 60 - 90 undergrad credits for license. as far as how strict they are about it i do not know, maybe someone with more insight can answer you better.

 

[jaguar1]

So recently I heard from a school that some states require min. 90 credits from undergrad in order to be licensed, is this true?

If that is the case how are some of these Carib schools getting by pre-med/MD programs with less than 90 in their premed segment? Wont that screw with a student who came straight out of high school and went into one of these premed MD combo schools?

any thoughts?

School shouldn't really be accepting you directly from high school unless they get you 90 credits for undergrad coursework in premed like SGU does. IN other cases like MUA, which only has 2 semesters worth of premed, it requires minimum 60 credits from undergrad (not including science coursework which will be undertaken during premed) before they accept someone for premed.

So in short, SGU offers a 3 year premed program vs other schools may offer different years dependant upon their cirriculum as long as you obtain the minimum 90 credits of undergrad before getting into medicine

 

[pbnj003]

I understand the 90 credit situation. So I am just wondering how schools like AUA and others are offering premed courses less than 90 credits. They have graduates doing residency and so on so my question is, are those 90 credits make it or break it for your career?

Lets say you go through entire med school having done all the pre-med and med. Not knowing about this licensing requirement of 90 credits, then what? You have an MD from a Carib school with less than 90 undergrad credits, and noone to give you a license becuase you dont meet that criteria?

noone has faced this situation during Residency IVs or elsewhere?

 

[jaguar1]

I understand the 90 credit situation. So I am just wondering how schools like AUA and others are offering premed courses less than 90 credits. They have graduates doing residency and so on so my question is, are those 90 credits make it or break it for your career?

Lets say you go through entire med school having done all the pre-med and med. Not knowing about this licensing requirement of 90 credits, then what? You have an MD from a Carib school with less than 90 undergrad credits, and noone to give you a license becuase you dont meet that criteria?

noone has faced this situation during Residency IVs or elsewhere?

We seem to be misunderstanding each other. A legit school will not promote you to their basic sciences program of MD without a minimum of 90 credits. If you have 60 credits back from US then they will give you an additional 30 credits in premed making it a total of 90 before marticulation into Basic sciences so how is this issue going to arise in your career later on?

I highly doubt AUA will accept you directly into their medical program straight from high school. If that is the case, there may be issues in licensure.

Edit - Also to reiterate. Yes there are schools offering their premed which is less than 90 credits total but they will not accept you in premed without a minimum amount of undergrad credits. For example - If school X offers 30 credits worth of premed only - then you will need minimum 60 credits from US/Canadian school before getting admitted into their premed program.
If a school is accepting you without this requirement, then you should stay away from that school but i haven't heard of any personally