Our office just received the following message regarding a pre-med preparation program in Australia. Please read everything (including the statement of accreditation) carefully, and talk to HPPLC if you’d like to see if this is a good idea.
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The School of Medicine of the University of Queensland, Australia, has joined with Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana, to create a medical education program for qualified students leading to the practice of medicine in the U.S.
Please note the accreditation review status at the end of this email.
Because of the very short lead time for the first class, we are contacting premed advisors to assist in advising qualified students who might be interested in attending medical school this January 2009.
Applicants must have achieved a solid GPA and 8/8/M/8 minimum MCAT score. Admitted U.S. students will study two years of preclinicals at The University of Queensland School of Medicine. They will then spend two years in New Orleans, Louisiana at Ochsner Health System, completing their clinical education. Upon satisfactory completion of the four years, students will be eligible for ECFMG certification, to take the USMLEs, the NRMP match, and, subject to meeting other state and federal criteria, eligible for licensure and to practice medicine in the U.S.
The University of Queensland is one of Australia’s finest medical schools. Founded in 1936, it is renowned globally as an award-winning research institution of excellence and rigor. The standards of the accreditor of Australian medical schools, the Australian Medical Council (AMC), are held by the U.S. Department of Education as comparable to the accreditation standards for U.S. medical schools.
The Ochsner Health System has a nationally recognized forward-looking clinical delivery system, anticipating the medical needs of the future. Ochsner is highly regarded for the quality of its patient care, clinical services and as an independent Academic Medical Center. At Ochsner students will have the distinct advantage of a well supervised and cohesive clinical experience.
To learn more about the program please visit our website http://www.mededpath.org, or call 1-877-777-0155.
If you have a student who you think would be a good candidate, please direct them to our program website, or feel free to contact, or have the student contact, our U.S. representatives:
Admissions
International Pathways
163 William St.
New York, N.Y. 10038
1-877-777-0155
admissions@mededpath.org
We look forward to talking to you further about this program.
Sincerely,
Professor David Wilkinson, University of Queensland,
Head of School of the University of Queensland School of Medicine
Dr. William Pinsky, Ochsner Health Systems, Chief Academic Officer
Important Message Regarding Accreditation:
This M.B.B.S. program (with 2 years of pre-clinical education at University of Queensland in Australia and 2 years of clinical instruction at Ochsner in Louisiana) (the “Program”) is subject to approval by the Australian Medical Council (AMC). The University of Queensland has submitted to the AMC an application for accreditation of the Program. Until the AMC completes its review of the Program, Queensland will accept students eligible for the Program into Queensland’s four-year M.B.B.S. program in Australia. In the event that the AMC does not timely accredit the Program, students who enroll will be expected to complete their four-year medical education at University of Queensland in Brisbane.
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