National University of Medical Sciences

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Garp, Sep 29, 2017.

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  1. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    From 2010: New York Medical Schools Fight to End Caribbean Schools

    That gives some idea but not the numbers you wanted. I don't know what came of the issue.
     
  2. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    No - at 45 students a year, there certainly wouldn't be. I was concerned with the 2 year NUMSS D.O.-to-CMU M.D. program which will have even smaller numbers, I guess. Looking at this low enrolment, I'd say it's not a BFD after all. At best, it's a LFD. I'm hoping it's not NFD at all - that is, I'm hoping at least somebody from the D.O. stream has made it through the test/residency hoops. I'll bet US or Canadian residencies are really hard to get for people from Caribbean schools - except maybe Ross and one or two others at the top.

    J.
     
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  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    There's another point that I'd like to make. Just as we've pointed out that not everyone who earns a PhD wants to become a university professor, it's also entirely possible that not everyone who enrolls in CMU wants to be a doctor in the US. It's hard to imagine, I know, but the US is not the ultimate destination for everyone in the world (despite everything we hear/see). I'm just sayin'
     
  4. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    The school like CMU, with US-based rotations and centered on USMLE, has one main goal - get their students into U. S. residencies. And since there's no consistent accreditation standard (eg., University of Curacao has accreditation from Netherlands authorities, CMU does NOT), their standing pretty much hinges on how good they are at the main goal. There are 4 or 5 schools that are consistently decent; CMU is not one of these.

    Still, nice lifehack. NAO's DOMD is 1 year full time, NUSS DO is 2 years after that; both can be done online. If one can get MD after that in only 2 years of US-based rotations, that's 5 years instead of 7 in traditional route; substantially cheaper, too. It's just a student might get exactly what he's paying for.
     

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