Real Medical School?: Centro de Estudios Universitarios, Dominican Republic?

Dennis: I know it's real! I even thought about doing my B.A. there (long ago and far away).

 

Foreign Medical Schools

It's probably no big thing that any practicing physician obtain a medical degree from some foreign school. For the Carribean schools most students spend 2 years down there studying the basic sciences. Once they finish that they take the USMLE I exam. This is the equalizer for all students whether or not they went to medical school on John Doe Island or Harvard. Both students would take this exam and pass it before allowed to go to the next two years of school(the rotations).

No doubt that some of the Carribean students are nto quite as sharp as their American counterparts. Although, I have known some top notch docs who did go down there. There are various reasons that people would attend a foreign school. One is age. Many U.S. schools will not admit people past their mid 30's. While age discrimination is not lawful it is done.

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Re: Foreign Credentials

You make a good point. But, I would add that perception accounts for most of our opinions. I wouldn't have a problem believing that there are good schools south of the US border. I would have to admit, however, that I feel much better knowing that my doctor is a graduate of the University of Colorado, as opposed to a foreign school I've never heard of. I think that's the point. It's not a question of racist attitudes, but of a lack of framiliar knowledge. I have some sort of assumption that UC is a reputable school, which I don't have for a foreign university I never heard of.

 

undergrad in the US then med school in the Carribean, so she could not get into a US medical school?

Graduated 1983 then 5 years for residency [not sure for Neurology, but that is the current for Orthopedics] plus an additional year as a fellow [ not sure if this is mandatory as a specialist I would think that they would want to do an additional year in the specialty, to lazy to look it up ]

board eligible, in other words has not passed the test to be board certified.

Disclaimer: My knowledge on this subject is from dealing with orthopedic residents for the last 14 years. I do not know this doctor nor do I know how much the ortho residencies compare to neurology residencies.

 

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Who dug up this eight-year-old thread?

 

I am curious as what happened to the Doctor.