Why do Carribbean schools exist?

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I was just looking at some blogs from ppl and spoises at Ross Univ in Dominica. It seems pretty rough. Long class hours, hot weather, tiny, remote island (population of the island is under 80,000). I was just wondering, why do these schools exist? And why are they in such tiny remote places and filled with ppl who come from America. I know they are much easier to get into that US schools, but why are they so remote? Is it just more profitable for the university this way?

 

[mtbtx]

To make money

 

[Mahliah]

They exist to make money.

 

[UbuntuGM]

Mainly to make money off students who weren't able to make it into an American med school and were too obsessed with getting an "MD" rather than going to a far better DO option.

 

[getright]

Supply and demand, my friend.

 

[RoseInTheMud]

The same reason any other school exists. To educate people and to make a profit. <_<

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Your question is why are the schools on obscure remote islands?
Well the answer is simply because of accreditation. In the USA & Canada LCME & COCA accredit schools based on a harsh criteria which Carib schools would not pass such as for-profit status. In other nations there are also boards which accredit and review these schools. As such they avoid having to deal with national accreditation by finding nations with lax criteria. They afterward really just need to get accreditation from the WHO which is extremely lax in comparison to LCME and boom. You have an opportunity to open a for-profit medical school.

 

[BigEast55]

I was just looking at some blogs from ppl and spoises at Ross Univ in Dominica. It seems pretty rough. Long class hours, hot weather, tiny, remote island (population of the island is under 80,000). I was just wondering, why do these schools exist? And why are they in such tiny remote places and filled with ppl who come from America. I know they are much easier to get into that US schools, but why are they so remote? Is it just more profitable for the university this way?

If there is excess demand, it makes economic sense for someone to provide excess supply, and that's exactly what happens.

 

[mdapply]

Your question is why are the schools on obscure remote islands?
Well the answer is simply because of accreditation. In the USA & Canada LCME & COCA accredit schools based on a harsh criteria which Carib schools would not pass such as for-profit status. In other nations there are also boards which accredit and review these schools. As such they avoid having to deal with national accreditation by finding nations with lax criteria. They afterward really just need to get accreditation from the WHO which is extremely lax in comparison to LCME and boom. You have an opportunity to open a for-profit medical school.

yes thank you. I was looking for why they are so remote mainly. Is dominica really the best they can do when you combine convenience with ability to get accredited? or do things like cost of land, how much they have to pay employees in a given location, etc factor in as well?

 

[deleted307836]

yes thank you. I was looking for why they are so remote mainly. Is dominica really the best they can do when you combine convenience with ability to get accredited? or do things like cost of land, how much they have to pay employees in a given location, etc factor in as well?

What are you getting at? The caribbean is really the only place these schools can exist since they depend on North American students and clinical rotations in the US.

 

[gravitywave]

yes thank you. I was looking for why they are so remote mainly. Is dominica really the best they can do when you combine convenience with ability to get accredited? or do things like cost of land, how much they have to pay employees in a given location, etc factor in as well?

lax governmental accreditation standards + very low cost of doing business + proximity to America + popular image among American students of the Caribbean as a vacation paradise = build sketchy medical schools there

 

[MeowMeowCAT]

Supply and demand, my friend.

Essentially this.

 

[mdapply]

What are you getting at? The caribbean is really the only place these schools can exist since they depend on North American students and clinical rotations in the US.

I was just asking why somewhere so remote? ( in the case of Ross Univ, dominica, or st georges in grenada) and why not someplace a little more accessible and populated, like Dominican republic or jamiaca. but from what im reading it probably has to do with accredation standards. no?

 

[DrYoda]

To make money

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