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Why are there so many medical schools in the Caribbean?

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This is a business for profit medical school and profit definitely comes before the well being of any student. 2) The mandatory lectures are nearly pathetic. There are usually so many mistakes made by the inexperienced professors, the lecture becomes confusing and muddled. read more

Because they are for profit. They try to provide a place for US students who did not get in to US medical schools. 4 have affiliations with US schools for clinical work. read more

To put it into perspective (I'd link to wiki but I'm on my phone), there are 134 medical schools in the US. In the Caribbean, there are a whopping 60. read more

Caribbean medical schools are, in some ways, seen as the "cheating" way of getting into medical school. While logical, intellegant people realize that just because you did poorly in undergraduate work doesn't mean you will be a bad doctor, there are many, many people who don't realize that. read more

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Caribbean Medical Schools
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Second-Chance Med School
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