Foreign Medical Schools Online

I didn't. Back in the 80s (my 40s) - long before my degree-forum days, I did a College economics project on money laundering and banking secrecy havens. At that time, Vanuatu and nearby Nauru were pretty near the top of the "secrecy" list. I think that may have changed a lot. Last I looked, two of the best choices for secrecy were Myanmar and Nigeria.

Pays to keep an eye on stuff like that. You never know...

 

Never had a real interest in the medical field but this thread had me curious at residency placement rates for foreign and particular Caribbean medical schools. Wasn’t familiar with them but fairly impressed at the placement rates of the purported big four Caribbean schools. Although I’d be curious at how their specialty placement distribution compares to state side medical schools. The notion that upwards of 68% of residency programs rarely even will consider foreign medical school graduates is interesting. Also fascinated by the reference to upwards of 80 medical schools in the Caribbean. Can that possibly be true?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristenmoon/2020/05/11/will-attending-medical-school-in-the-caribbean-hurt-my-chances-of-becoming-a-us-doctor/?sh=106e80a0676a

 

So I took another look. Guess what? Suddenly the US is rated as the best place in the World to hide money. Vanuatu still gets a score of 87/100 but the US has jumped to first place. Why? Lack of funding for the Treasury Dept. arm that chases tax evaders and money launderers operating here. One expert in this article says it's easier to open an anonymous dummy company here, than it is to get a library card. Why? Because for the library, you have to prove who you are. With the dummy corporation - you don't.

Cingratulations USA - you beat Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Cambodia, Guatemala, Belize, The Caymans and all those other havens of bad money! USA - Easiest place in the world to set up a dummy company. Heartwarming news for all the lawyers in Delaware.

It's all here! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-coalition-report-us-money-laundering/

The Gnomes of Zurich are thoroughly pi- er.... I mean, miffed. Yes, that's it - miffed. Seriously so.

 

The matching of a US medical graduate or lack of success in matching is also of concern. According to this article, 2205 US medical graduates (MD,DO) did not get a residency in 2021. This is shameful when one considers these are US graduates with very high student loans. Remembering the unmatched: A look at the 2021 NRMP Residency Match (midlevel.wtf) Perhaps a few get "matched" the following year but what if there is a trend of up to 2000 US graduates that don't get matched each year? I now understand why entry into PA school has become more competitive than medical school.

 

Yes it is, Steve. THE best, in fact. As I said above, (post #23) :
"Suddenly the US is rated as the best place in the World to hide money."

The Gnomes of Delaware are nodding happily... and so are "Oleg the Oligarch" and his Russian buddies.

 

Doctor of Regulatory Science (DRSc) available online through the University of Southern California - School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor's degree admission requirement. https://online.usc.edu/programs/doctor-regulatory-science/
The tuition appears to be $2080 a unit x 64 credits plus fees. Regulatory Scientists make on average $76000 a year so the ROI looks bleak. Regulatory Scientist Annual Salary ($75,959 Avg - Aug 2022) - ZipRecruiter

 

Yes, it does.

Fortunately, ROI is not the only way to measure such a thing.

When I was contemplating leaving my well-paid, highly secure government position, I would often wonder if I could handle the loss. The income, mostly, but also the steadiness of that income.

I was asking the wrong question. Good coaches--and I'd like to think I'm one--help their clients change their questions in order to change their outlook. So I did that. My new question became, "Can I afford to be who/what I want to be?" Instead of coping with loss, I was asking if I could take an opportunity.

Being who and what you want to be should not be measured only in dollars.

This in no way is meant to lessen the ROI point, but instead to add to it.

 

Truer words have never been spoken. Once I accepted that, I found success, monetarily too, even though I wasn't looking for it and no longer cared about it before it showed up. Funny how that happens.