Foreign Degrees & Acceptability

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Guest, Jul 28, 2002.

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  1. Guest

    Guest Guest

    I found this rather interesting and it may well belong on the off topic forum. We talk a great deal about foreign degrees and their legitimacy and acceptability. Other than Foreign Credential Evaluations allowing for some acceptability in terms of jobs requiring *accredited/foreign equivalent* degrees it is quite another matter as I posted in regard to Berne to actually find whether the market was receptive even if the degree was deemed equivalent. The following link is from the Guide to Foreign Medical Schools and includes some interesting discussions and quotes from articles in JAMA.

    http://www.network54.com/Forum/viewall?forumid=4609&it=24

    One of the interesting things other than the lower pass rates of some foreign schools (especially Mexican and Caribbean) there are statistics with regard to utility. In other words even passing exams, Foreign Medical Graduates have an extremely difficult time according to stats in finding residencies. This figure is also not good for US citizens who have graduated from Foreign Medical Schools. One article also points out that the cost is not much less at Foreign Schools.

    Interesting discussion from the point of view that recognition of equivalency & utility are two different things. This utility issue for foreign degrees (in our case DL) & utility would make for an interesting Rich Douglas type study. How bout your next PhD dissertation Rich.

    North
     
  2. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Interesting link North, thanks. This just backs up my decision to stay away from physicians who didn't graduate from a US/UK/Canuck/Oz/Israeli medical school. The most telling thing to me was the price. It's apparent that US students who attend Caribbean medical schools do so not out of financial necessity, but because they can't gain admission to US medical schools, and based on their USMLE pass rates, there seems to be a valid reason that US schools reject them.


    Bruce
     
  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    It is addressed (in part) in my current study.
     
  4. KKA

    KKA Member

    Hey Bruce,

    What about French Universities? German? South African? Brazilian? Russian? Etc.

    I what you are saying is about something else, sadly.


    Kenneth K. A.
     
  5. Steve King

    Steve King Member

    Thank you North for posting a link to the article. It goes right along with what a coworker of mine has been saying for the past year. He is a medical school professor who left the States to teach at Ross Medical School in the Caribbean. He was lured by the excellent weather and vacation-like atmosphere. He returned to the states a year ago and is teaching at a U.S. medical school. He does not recommend that anyone go to a foreign medical school for many of the same reasons cited in this article.

    He has said that most Caribbean medical school students could not get into U.S. schools and that they have a very hard time adjusting to life outside the U.S. Even cooking your own meals can be a chore when the food packages are printed in Dutch, French, etc. Even the least reputable U.S. medical school is preferable. After all, even if you graduate at the bottom of your class, you're still called "Doctor."

    Steve
     
  6. Timmy Ade

    Timmy Ade New Member

    Bruce-
    Interesting link North, thanks. This just backs up my decision to stay away from physicians who didn't graduate from a US/UK/Canuck/Oz/Israeli medical school

    Timmy- well caution Bruce, You can never discount Russian, German & Polish physicians. I hope you are not implying that if it is non-Anglo or Anglo influenced then it is no good, however I concurred to the fact that who you choose as your family Doctor is strictly your choice (based on anything)

    Peace,
    Timmy Ade.
     
  7. Here is a story about Oz doctors. I thought the "banker" might be our friend Frenchy, but he's in Melbourne not Brisbane.
     

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