Hello
I have read many forums and found many of you very knowledgeable and helpful . Please help me. I am truly appreciative of any help I can get.
I am a UK citizen who has just started to study Medicine in a Caribbean Medical school which has a Basic Science Course of 5 Terms totaling 20 months in the country in which the school is registered . A period of 3 months is given to students to prepare for USMLE Part 1 .Most student prepare for this exam in the US. A pass in the USMLE Part 1 is required to enter the Clinical years which totals 72 weeks .Clinicals are done mostly in the US as green book rotations with some electives. The MD course can be theoretically completed in 40 months but most students take 48 . A pass in USMLE Part 2 ( both sections ) is required to be awarded the MD
I chose this school as it was not listed in the GMC UK as a school which required its graduates to seek special permission from the GMC to sit the PLAB as certain requirements were not fulfilled.
However recently I was told that to obtain UK registration it is neccessary to have 2 years in the country where the school is registered. As only Basic Sciences are conducted for 20 months this falls short of the 24 month requirement.
1.Can the three month USMLE preparation period be added on to the 20 months even though one may attend a Kaplan review in the US . The Basic Science Course at Saint George's University is 24 months and includes 4 months of holidays during which students return to their homes abroad.
2. By doing the first year of Clinicals in the UK will I be able to improve my chances of obtaining internship in the UK and joining the mainstream UK medical carreer path?
Thank you
I have read many forums and found many of you very knowledgeable and helpful . Please help me. I am truly appreciative of any help I can get.
I am a UK citizen who has just started to study Medicine in a Caribbean Medical school which has a Basic Science Course of 5 Terms totaling 20 months in the country in which the school is registered . A period of 3 months is given to students to prepare for USMLE Part 1 .Most student prepare for this exam in the US. A pass in the USMLE Part 1 is required to enter the Clinical years which totals 72 weeks .Clinicals are done mostly in the US as green book rotations with some electives. The MD course can be theoretically completed in 40 months but most students take 48 . A pass in USMLE Part 2 ( both sections ) is required to be awarded the MD
I chose this school as it was not listed in the GMC UK as a school which required its graduates to seek special permission from the GMC to sit the PLAB as certain requirements were not fulfilled.
However recently I was told that to obtain UK registration it is neccessary to have 2 years in the country where the school is registered. As only Basic Sciences are conducted for 20 months this falls short of the 24 month requirement.
1.Can the three month USMLE preparation period be added on to the 20 months even though one may attend a Kaplan review in the US . The Basic Science Course at Saint George's University is 24 months and includes 4 months of holidays during which students return to their homes abroad.
2. By doing the first year of Clinicals in the UK will I be able to improve my chances of obtaining internship in the UK and joining the mainstream UK medical carreer path?
Thank you
