Im sure everyone got this email, what are everyone's thought?
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
It's Official; Increased IMG Percentage Match in 2013
I think its about time i share some good news as well.
btw the post is not mine its copied from usmle forums
btw the post is not mine its copied from usmle forums
Thursday, March 7, 2013
SJSM Bonaire Campus - update
Well, for sure i haven't heard much updates from the school itself but someone called the school and posted this on a forum under the name titanmd.
I thought it was a really useful post, gives prospective from SJSM, hopefully it will atleast save people the time from calling SJSM office.
First thing I did was speak with someone in the Chicago office and they explained the entire situation to me, which is why I know that many of the posters here have not called the school or spoken to anyone. I’m pretty sure most of the people posting the articles in here are puppet accounts for other schools, who have taken the rumors and are trying to cause a panic so that they can make a profit. (Check their post histories)
So, from my talk with the school and independent research the situation seems to be this (and I’ll try to break it down to make it easy for everyone to understand)
-In 2010 Bonaire changed from being a part of the Netherland Antilles to being a part of the Netherlands proper. Wikipedia refers to Bonaire as a “Special municipality within the country of the Netherlands”
-Because of this change, the NVAO became the accrediting agency for Bonaire.
-A date of October 2013 was picked as the deadline to meet the requirements, some of which apparently take years to implement and see the results from. This is why they requested an extension.
-The extension was initially rejected but I was told that the school is sure that they will get the extension. Apparently there was initially some confusion on who could give the extension, the Dutch were saying ECFMG had to do it, but it is the NVAO themselves who must do this.
-The school is in meetings with the NVAO, described on Wikipedia as a "classical example of useless bureaucracy". I believe this is why there aren’t any straight answers about the situation yet. These things are slow.
-The Dutch-translated articles about the situation have a lot of major details incorrect.
-The school brings in a lot of money to Bonaire, this stands on their side that they will get the extension. They also recently got Canadian OSAP loans for the Bonaire campus and seem to still be updating facilities. I don’t think they would be doing that if there was a risk they would be closing.
-Back Up Plan: the school informed all current students about the plan for if, which they said was very unlikely, the NVAO did not grant the extension. The campus is chartered so the school wouldn’t close, it would just operate as a satellite campus under the umbrella of the Anguilla campus. Everyone would be staying in Bonaire. Anguilla is also IMED listed so nothing would change. The person I spoke to said this was the “very, very, very unlikely last resort “. Other schools are facing this same issue, and none of the others have a second campus on another island so those students are really out of luck if their school’s don’t meet the requirements.
I’m really proud of my school and I plan on focusing on what’s most important, studying to achieve my goal of becoming a doctor. You can either trust that Saint James will take care of the rest or not, just make sure you understand the facts first.
I thought it was a really useful post, gives prospective from SJSM, hopefully it will atleast save people the time from calling SJSM office.
First thing I did was speak with someone in the Chicago office and they explained the entire situation to me, which is why I know that many of the posters here have not called the school or spoken to anyone. I’m pretty sure most of the people posting the articles in here are puppet accounts for other schools, who have taken the rumors and are trying to cause a panic so that they can make a profit. (Check their post histories)
So, from my talk with the school and independent research the situation seems to be this (and I’ll try to break it down to make it easy for everyone to understand)
-In 2010 Bonaire changed from being a part of the Netherland Antilles to being a part of the Netherlands proper. Wikipedia refers to Bonaire as a “Special municipality within the country of the Netherlands”
-Because of this change, the NVAO became the accrediting agency for Bonaire.
-A date of October 2013 was picked as the deadline to meet the requirements, some of which apparently take years to implement and see the results from. This is why they requested an extension.
-The extension was initially rejected but I was told that the school is sure that they will get the extension. Apparently there was initially some confusion on who could give the extension, the Dutch were saying ECFMG had to do it, but it is the NVAO themselves who must do this.
-The school is in meetings with the NVAO, described on Wikipedia as a "classical example of useless bureaucracy". I believe this is why there aren’t any straight answers about the situation yet. These things are slow.
-The Dutch-translated articles about the situation have a lot of major details incorrect.
-The school brings in a lot of money to Bonaire, this stands on their side that they will get the extension. They also recently got Canadian OSAP loans for the Bonaire campus and seem to still be updating facilities. I don’t think they would be doing that if there was a risk they would be closing.
-Back Up Plan: the school informed all current students about the plan for if, which they said was very unlikely, the NVAO did not grant the extension. The campus is chartered so the school wouldn’t close, it would just operate as a satellite campus under the umbrella of the Anguilla campus. Everyone would be staying in Bonaire. Anguilla is also IMED listed so nothing would change. The person I spoke to said this was the “very, very, very unlikely last resort “. Other schools are facing this same issue, and none of the others have a second campus on another island so those students are really out of luck if their school’s don’t meet the requirements.
I’m really proud of my school and I plan on focusing on what’s most important, studying to achieve my goal of becoming a doctor. You can either trust that Saint James will take care of the rest or not, just make sure you understand the facts first.
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