Showing posts with label Comparing Medical Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comparing Medical Schools. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Criteria for Caribbean Medical Schools


It is important to establish a criteria for yourself when comparing medical schools.  I had a list of about 25 aspects that were most important to me.  The top 11 most important were:
  1. Chances of getting a residency
  2. Rotation spots available/ Average wait time for rotations
  3. USMLE Average scores
  4. Hospital affiliations
  5. Tuition Costs/ Average student debt
  6. Availability of federal loans
  7. Technology of equipment/ dummies
  8. Attrition rate
  9. Student: faculty ratio
  10. Difficulty of curriculum
  11.  Living Conditions
 * I didn't include average USMLE scores because this is an arbitrary percentage.  A more beneficial % would be the pass rate of the Comp test that students must pass in order to take the USMLE.  This is a better indicator of how well these schools prepare their students, however these numbers are hard to access.