so this is a Dear people who made it as MD and later on people in charge and can make changes. Contact Dr. Wible. WOW!! Florentina Joseph, I am a caribbean national and I want to support that point emphatically and further state the No Caribbean medical school is owned by a Caribbean national. It appears to be that the institution was having issues with processing the federal loans due to the high attrition rate. Being a doctor is not just having an MD, but knowing how to handle your own life; and how to heal from ups and downs so that you can be an inspiration of healing other people in pain. This is a real school. Would you recommend that. You learn to be kind, so that even the person that you thought hated you picks you up when you are rushing to class. Being awarded a $900K grant from the W.M. Thanks! But for me, they both could not convince me to stick it out in MED. I am an Army veteran who also graduated from an Ivy League institution. I have qualified and met the exact same requirements at my peers to become a doctor, but you will have to work hard for it. The competitiveness to get into a US school is unbelievable. Thanks for sharing! I had to do activities and had faith in God that kept my sanity; and I aced my way through. thing by the book. Much of what he wrote resonated with me, and while reading it, was thinking, yep, uh huh, saw that, experienced that. In Switzerland, there are practically no positions open to those students who do not hold a Swiss passport. No words. The islands might not be the right race for you, it doesnt mean you are weak, but they just might not be for you. I am currently in my second year, and I can honestly say that it was a terrible decision. This is excellent advice. The reason you came to this school is because it would accept you. Unless a path is handed to you, its going to be a battlefield. I attended All Saints University of Medicine, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. I am a Nigerian considering medical school too. Despite what sources say, it doesnt actually publish the average GPA or MCAT scores of its admitted students. I actually enjoyed my med 1 courses and like youve mentioned, I met some amazing people. us a SUPER-hard time with our student visas. Students who need extra academic help are assigned to a different cohort, so not all of the 1,000 or 900 or 500 or whatever is the number of students per term are mashed into a lecture hall. Do not rely on guidelines to remain as they are. What school if you dont mind sharing. Will anything ever be done about that evil institution? I have had 3 doctors have interns that didnt know the names of basic medical problems, medications, rapport with patients and are simply dumb as a box of rocks if you ask me. Firstly if we talk about the pros of this university then here are the details, Please, stop undermining PAs or DOs sorry you are not competent enough to be the one bc you are not smart for these Allopathic or Osteopathic American school. The validity of reviews like this is questionable however, especially as posters (in the same thread) commented that these criticisms were true of most med schools (top-tier ones included!). But over time things clicked and I came into my own and surpassed those who trained me. Saba University School of Medicine is a fully accredited medical school. What strikes me is that its too bad this degree of effort was not put in by the majority of the enrollees while in undergrad school. Racist much!!! SJSM is way cheaper than Ross, but Ross is amongst the top Carribean Med Schools. Its now being run in such a way that I would highly recommend students look elsewhere. And you wont feel that desperation to finish until you have invested so much of your soul, money, sanity for the hope of coming out the other end a doctor. Do these schools give kickbacks to hospitals in the States so that their students get experience and jobs? Youll probably hold on for dear life, scraping by until the NBME individual subject exams (standardized) make finishing the program untenable. 6) Emotional distress/burnout/sickness This is the area that caught me off guard. theyd hit you with it. They would not be allowed to repeat semester 2 because as I had mentioned, the material that was taught in semester 2 was now going to be taught to semester 1 students with the new curriculum in place. Saba students earn top residencies at medical centers across the US and Canada. Does this mean I shouldnt apply for a med school in the Caribbeans? If you can put up with that abuse you are well suited for a carreer in todays medicine. Studentdoctor.net puts the schools average around 2.7. The ugly truth about Caribbean medical schools, Add your comment below or scroll down to read MED5 curriculum requirements has been changing during the semester as we speak. I withdrew from AUA my second semester this year,because I saw that many of my upper med friends were facing the harsh reality of what would become a broken dream and needless to say massive student loan debt. Low attrition rates, and good performance on Step and in Rotations is why SGU has the ability to match so much better than any other Caribbean school. What school did they graduate from? That is after uSMLEs and matching. The school also offers workshops on different areas as test taking skills, how to deal with anxiety and depression, and how to study for a specific subject. (Major Pros & Cons), s AUC A Good Medical School? Heck yes its harder than a school in the United States! Recently my sis talked to be about almost quitting residency again.. but her husband convinced her otherwise. Some that are very close to making it out of there, but still need to face with taking the USMLE Step 1 exam, which I have heard of success and not so successful stories. However, once it was time to enter Med 5 (the final semester), administration then told these students that they arent allowed to go into MD 5 without first completing the bachelors program that they decided to skip initially. Drop out rate is also terrible. what school are you going to? The US went over 30 years without adding a new MD program. Been there and done/doing that! I prefer to go to the beach, go hiking, or to a resort after an exam, than going to a bar in NYC during the wintertime. I was considering a Caribbean med school for my daughter. And not only Americans and Canadians fall victim, people of all other nationalities do so too. You might stand your mouth is open in surprise; while some people just say ah, its just the way how things are around here. Needless to say his practice took a huge financial hit and hes actually now being sued for malpractice. I feel like the same goes when a physician, you will be expected to just work. I personally believe that the greater part of the problem lies right here, in the United States of America. As for the new students in semester 1 with the new curriculum, this is what they decided to do in order to keep raking in the money without having to show up for an attrition rate as last semester. Dr. Stewart hi. As per Columbia University's "Vaccine-Related Policies and Guidelines", COVID-19 vaccination is mandatory for all affiliates who will be on . May be for US medical schools are better, but I didnt feel that way about High schools. The school also offers workshops on different areas as test taking skills, how to deal with anxiety and depression, and how to study for a specific subject. Cons of the school: It is kind of a vicious circle. All of the disappointments. I went to Noreste in Tampico 30+ years ago. Many people think glory can ony be found as an MD. I am envious of current AUC students who can now enjoy a beautiful campus (in my time, the school had just relocated to St. Maarten and was located in an old hotel). Have faith & please join me. Most of you will not get the plum specialtiesonly primary care. Anonymous run into car crash medicine scamswith the local Mafia staging the Saba University School of Medicine is a relatively new school that was first established in 1992. OMG! I can tell by the description. Now go and become a Doctor !!!!! This school charges $45k per term and once you get to clinicals its $60k per term. For YEARS during which I studied for step, I was given the runaround. Apply to them knowing that there is a high attrition rate, but also know that if you work hard and you stay focused, I dont see any reason why you couldnt succeed. I spent a lot of time crying!! At Saba - 8am - 5pm. The recent 2019 sgu average step 1 score decreased from the years prior. Learn more, about Canadian Applicants. How can it be a 80% attrition rate then. At schools like Yale School of Medicine, class attendance is not required. Just come in every three weeks Saba University School of Medicine was founded in 1992 with one main mission: to establish an international alternative to U.S. and Canadian medical schools that . In my experience students and faculty leave Saba medical school because it is an extremely stressful place to study and work, and you dont need that amount of stress added to your medical school experience. Born and raised in the UK, Will went into medicine late (31) after a career in journalism. If Psychological services are needed, they are also available for free. it would be of tremendous help as this is something ive wanted to do my whole life. etc. Eventually the SGA got ahold of the provost and wrote to him about what was going on. (Major Pros & Cons). the recent NRMP data showed horrible stats in the category of U.S. Citizen students/Grads of IMGs: 42.9% unmatched, compared to that of 18.3% unmatched of Osteopathic schools and 5.7% unmatched of Allopathic schools. My parents and I are trying to take a decision. We have a lot of student organizations in case you want to show off your leadership skills. I heard theres no way to retain all of that info, so what study skills did you have? I should have worked as a scribe, shadowed, and did more science work. lol idk why this just stuck a nerve ? Try being a little less judgmental and have a little more compassion. You will get homesick. What I am trying to get across is that yes caribbean medical schools are tough. Today, sixty-four million Americans live in areas where there is only one primary-care physician for every three thousand people. Do not mess up your life after graduation. Everybody gets accepted fuck you are paying in dollars in a third world country but when you finnish you will be unable to find an i ternship aka residency, in the usa and not alot of doors are opened for unliscensed professional in the healthcare field. You are literally living at a cruise ship destination! Saba Medical School (Saba University School of Medicine) is located in The Bottom, Saba, in the Caribbean.This Caribbean medical school was founded in 1993 and has enrolled about 1500 MD students since that time. It is a very rough school, with a terrible attrition rate. This student must have never taken the time to get to know a PA, NP, nurse, EMT, or any other healthcare provider for that matter, because these people are actually capable of making some changes in the world and almost all of us do. Spanish is an excellent 2nd language and it is spoken in many countries. Carribean Medical schools are usually for-profit and are usually extremely predatory in their practices. I am almost the only person that I know that has done both. What medical school did you apply for ? You just have to decide how much you can handle, what attitude you are going to pull up, and it if it is even worth it, lets say something hinders you from making it. Perhaps that is true for some, but for many the fact that they realize that a school has just trashed their dreams or making it extremely difficult for them to attain it, is heartbreaking. If its in a suburban area, watch out for Otherwise, you could listen to the lectures from home. The rest probably have IQs lower than average (most doctors fall between 108 and 130 and money is getting them through these programs. Im sorry, at the graduate level those days are over. The lights have gone out. "Keep up the good work" . I need to be honest and say that Ive had a really hard time at SJSM. Two years will fly by. And FYI, my mommy and daddy have never foot any bills for me. We were charged 3-4 times what the locals were charged and were basically the schools cash cow. Ill call you now!! So if youre still deciding what to do. With the Mexican schools, they fail you if they dont like your face (or like it too much and you dont oblige them.) The curriculum? I am a fmg practicing neat Washington DC internal medicine . Chukwumah I will like to get in touch with you. Any medical school, or anything related to the high demands of medicine, dont get started in unless you think about healthy ways to handle stress; and unless you think of what else is more important; like your life. One of the important factors when considering a master's degree is the cost of study. 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