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{{Short description|Previous educational institution in Luton, England}}
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'''St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine''' (SCIMD-COM) was a branch campus located in ], ]. The parent medical college is Ecole de Médecine St Christopher Iba Mar Diop (EM-SCIMD) which is a college within the Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN) in ], ]. As of February 2008, "St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College Of Medicine Limited" is listed as a company in liquidation.<ref></ref><ref></ref>, as is "St. Christophers College of Medicine Limited"<ref></ref> A third company was registered in August 2007.<ref></ref>
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'''St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine''' was a medical training establishment in ], ], as a college within the University El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse of ], ]. The Luton, England campus was closed in 2011.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
The school lacks ] in the UK and achieved prominence when BBC coverage<ref name="BBC-worthless">, BBC News, 6 November 2005</ref> led to an investigation by the ] resulting in the withdrawal of registration of at least one doctor, and the publication of a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St. Christopher<ref name="GMC today">GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see </ref>.
==History==
Instruction began at SCIMD in ]. The branch campus and administrative offices located in England and the United States operated under the name St. Christopher's College of Medicine from 2000-2006. Degrees are now issued from the parent university through SCIMD-COM.<ref name="IMED">{{cite web | last = Foundation for the Advancement of International Education and Research | title = International Medical Education Directory: St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine| url = http://imed.ecfmg.org/details.asp?country=820&school=&currpage=1&cname=SENEGAL&city=&region=AF&rname=Africa&mcode=820020&psize=25 |accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref>


Degrees from this establishment have been listed as unacceptable by the ] in the United Kingdom and some state governments in the United States.
== Programs and curriculum ==
SCIMD-COM offers two ] curricula at the Luton school: a four-year curriculum for students who have previously completed the necessary premedical coursework and a six-year curriculum for those that have not.


The medical college is listed in the ] (IMED).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imed.faimer.org/details.asp?country=&school=Iba+Mar+Diop&currpage=1&cname=&city=&region=&rname=&mcode=820020&psize=25|title=IMED - FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details|work=faimer.org}}</ref> According to the IMED listing, the college was formerly named St. Christopher's College of Medicine, and diplomas prior to 2006 were awarded under that name rather than by the university.
The college's programs award the ] (MD) degree after successful completion of the required curriculum.


==Accreditation== ==Accreditation, registration and licensing==
The school claims accreditation through the Senegalese parent institution. It lacks accreditation in the UK and the USA, though it is listed in a number of directories such as The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (]) International Medical Education Directory (]) database of medical schools with contact addresses in Dakar, Senegal; Luton, UK; and ], ], ].<ref name="IMED" /> It is listed as such based on its accreditation by the Senegalese Ministry of Education through its issuing of a charter in February 2000<ref></ref>, which was reaffirmed in April 2006 after a reorganization of the school.<ref name="letter"></ref><ref name="scimd hx"/> The college is also listed by the ] in the updated 7th edition of the ].<ref>http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/WDMS/WDMS_Updates_131201.pdf</ref> The (ASIC), a private UK-based accrediting agency, has included SCIMD-COM on their list of organizations which the ASIC suggest students undertake detailed research before embarking on a program of study.<ref></ref>

==Licensing==


===United Kingdom=== ===United Kingdom===
Currently, the ] (GMC) of the ] does not register graduates with degrees from "private, UK-based medical colleges that claim that the course of study undertaken substantially or wholly in the UK leads to a Primary Medical Qualification awarded by an overseas University," nor does it recognize such qualifications for the purposes of sitting the ].<ref name="GMC1">{{cite web | last = General Medical Council | title = Acceptable primary medical qualification | url = http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp#2 | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref><ref>: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.</ref> SCIMD was the subject of ] coverage which highlighted the school as an example of a loophole allowing essentially unregulated medical schools to operate in the UK.<ref name="BBC-worthless">, BBC News, 6 November 2005</ref> This led to an investigation by the ],<ref>, The Guardian, November 7, 2005</ref> resulting in the withdrawal of registration of at least one doctor, and the publication of a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St. Christopher.<ref name="GMC today">GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120907032558/http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp |date=2012-09-07 }}</ref> The GMC website was subsequently amended to include a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St Christopher.<ref name="GMC1">{{cite web | last = General Medical Council | title = Acceptable primary medical qualification | url = http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp#2 | access-date = 2006-07-27 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120907032558/http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp#2 | archive-date = 2012-09-07 }}</ref><ref>: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.credentialwatch.org/non/gmc.shtml|title=General Medical Council Lists Questionable UK-Based Foreign Medical Colleges|work=credentialwatch.org}}</ref> SCIMD College of Medicine is now accredited by the UK-based ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asic.org.uk/collegedirectory.htm |title=ASIC - College Directory |access-date=2009-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071212042933/http://www.asic.org.uk/collegedirectory.htm |archive-date=2007-12-12 }}</ref> which allows foreign students to enter the UK to study.


===United States=== ===United States===
*] lists SCCM in a list of "Colleges of Medicine or Schools of Medicine" which are not approved by the Board for applications for certificates of qualification.<ref>{{cite web | last = Alabama Board of Medical Examiners | title = Medical Education Requirements | url = http://www.albme.org/Default.aspx?Page=PysicianApplication | accessdate = 2006-08-27}}</ref> *]'s Board of Medical Examiners includes the school on its list of disapproved international medical schools whose graduates are unable to receive a license or be accepted as residents or fellows after August 1, 2008.<ref>{{citation | last = Alabama Board of Medical Examiners | title = Medical Education Requirements | url = http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/mexam/McWord540-X-3.pdf | access-date = 2006-08-27 |pages = 3–5}}</ref>
*] listed the school on their list of disapproved international medical schools and graduates were unable to receive a license or be accepted as residents or fellows after August 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uams.edu/gme/1.220%20International%20Medical%20Schools.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921053503/http://www.uams.edu/gme/1.220%20International%20Medical%20Schools.htm |archive-date=2008-09-21 |title=New Page 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=State works on weeding out bad medical schools|last=Park|first=Carolyne |date=2008-04-08|publisher=Arkansas Democrat Gazette}}</ref>
*] lists SCCM on the list of "Questionable Foreign Medical Schools" and applications for licensure from graduates will be considered on a "case by case" basis.<ref>{{cite web | title = Medical Licensing Board of Indiana | url = http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/mlbi/pdfs/MD_DO_Instruction_Information.pdf}}</ref>
*] does not list the school as "recognized" medical school. Per the Medical Board of California, "The education and training received at an unrecognized or disapproved medical school is not acceptable for licensure in California."<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818045535/http://www.medbd.ca.gov/applicant/schools_recognized.html |date=2011-08-18 }}</ref>
*] lists SCCM on their list of "Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions".<ref>{{cite conference | last = Maine Higher Education | title = Unaccredited Schools | pages = 48 | booktitle = UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf | url = http://www.maine.gov/education/highered/Non-Accredited/UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf}}</ref>
*] uses California's list of recognized medical schools for the purpose of licensure, thereby making graduates similarly unlicenseable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/pla/2799.htm|title=PLA: Approved/Disapproved Foreign Medical Schools|work=in.gov}}</ref>
*] Office of Degree Authorization lists SCCM on their list of "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)."<ref>http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx</ref><ref></ref>
*] lists SCCM on their list of "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" as defined by Texas Code 61.302(11).<ref>{{cite web | last = Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | title = Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas | url = http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/PrivateInstitutions/NoTX.cfm | accessdate = 2007-05-05}}</ref><ref></ref> *] lists the school on their list of "Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions".<ref>{{cite conference | last = Maine Higher Education | title = Unaccredited Schools | pages = 48 | book-title = UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf | url = http://www.maine.gov/education/highered/Non-Accredited/UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf}}</ref>
*] Office of Degree Authorization lists the school on their list of "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx |title=Office of Degree Authorization |access-date=2011-09-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525082240/http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-25 }}</ref><ref></ref>

*] lists the school on their list of "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" as defined by Texas Code 61.302(11).<ref>{{cite web | last = Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | title = Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas | url = http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/AAR/PrivateInstitutions/NoTX.cfm | access-date = 2007-05-05}}</ref><ref></ref>
==Visas==
SCIMD-COM's Luton campus is not listed in the Register of Education and Training Providers published by the British ] and the ] will not grant anyone permission to enter or remain in the UK as a student, unless he or she plans to study at a college on the Register. <ref></ref><ref></ref> "The Register does not quality assure the services offered by providers," rather, "the purpose of the Register is to help the Home Office tackle immigration abuse in the education sector."<ref>http://www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister/faq-general.cfm#a1</ref>


==References==
== Media coverage ==
{{Reflist|2}}
In 2003, the BBC local news program ''Look East'' visited the campus, noting that no private medical college has ever been given full accreditation in the UK, and that St. Christopher hoped to be the first. It also noted that fees were between 2/3 and 1/2 of the fees charged by US medical colleges, and that this attracted a significant US and Canadian student body.<ref>, BBC ''Look East'', February 2003</ref>


==External links==
In 2005 the BBC investigation highlighted the school as an example of a loophole allowing essentially unregulated medical schools to operate in the UK.<ref name="BBC-worthless" /> This prompted the ] (GMC) to launch an investigation,<ref>, The Guardian, November 7, 2005</ref> which resulted in the withdrawal of registration for one doctor that was a graduate of St. Christopher's<ref name="GMC today" /> and the GMC Website was subsequently amended to include a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St Christopher by name as unacceptable<ref name="GMC1" /><ref></ref>
* {{Official website|http://www.stchris.edu }}{{Dead link|date=December 2020}}


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== External links ==
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* [http://www.ukdata.com/creditreports/viewCompanyDetails.do?companyId=05763382&affiliateId=258361 Report of corporation liquidation.


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St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine
TypePrivate
Active2000 (2000)–2011 (2011)
FounderIbrahima Diop Mar
Parent institutionUniversity El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse
Dakar, Senegal
LocationLuton, England
Websitewww.stchris.edu
 

St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine was a medical training establishment in Luton, England, as a college within the University El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse of Dakar, Senegal. The Luton, England campus was closed in 2011.

Degrees from this establishment have been listed as unacceptable by the General Medical Council in the United Kingdom and some state governments in the United States.

The medical college is listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED). According to the IMED listing, the college was formerly named St. Christopher's College of Medicine, and diplomas prior to 2006 were awarded under that name rather than by the university.

Accreditation, registration and licensing

United Kingdom

SCIMD was the subject of BBC coverage which highlighted the school as an example of a loophole allowing essentially unregulated medical schools to operate in the UK. This led to an investigation by the General Medical Council, resulting in the withdrawal of registration of at least one doctor, and the publication of a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St. Christopher. The GMC website was subsequently amended to include a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St Christopher. SCIMD College of Medicine is now accredited by the UK-based Accreditation Service for International Colleges, which allows foreign students to enter the UK to study.

United States

  • Alabama's Board of Medical Examiners includes the school on its list of disapproved international medical schools whose graduates are unable to receive a license or be accepted as residents or fellows after August 1, 2008.
  • Arkansas listed the school on their list of disapproved international medical schools and graduates were unable to receive a license or be accepted as residents or fellows after August 1, 2008.
  • California does not list the school as "recognized" medical school. Per the Medical Board of California, "The education and training received at an unrecognized or disapproved medical school is not acceptable for licensure in California."
  • Indiana uses California's list of recognized medical schools for the purpose of licensure, thereby making graduates similarly unlicenseable.
  • Maine lists the school on their list of "Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions".
  • Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists the school on their list of "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)."
  • Texas lists the school on their list of "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" as defined by Texas Code 61.302(11).

References

  1. "IMED - FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details". faimer.org.
  2. Some medical degrees 'worthless', BBC News, 6 November 2005
  3. GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools, The Guardian, November 7, 2005
  4. GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see list Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today
  5. General Medical Council. "Acceptable primary medical qualification". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  6. UK based medical colleges: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.
  7. "General Medical Council Lists Questionable UK-Based Foreign Medical Colleges". credentialwatch.org.
  8. "ASIC - College Directory". Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  9. Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Education Requirements (PDF), pp. 3–5, retrieved 2006-08-27
  10. "New Page 1". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21.
  11. Park, Carolyne (2008-04-08). "State works on weeding out bad medical schools". Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
  12. California's List of Recognized Medical Schools Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "PLA: Approved/Disapproved Foreign Medical Schools". in.gov.
  14. Maine Higher Education. "Unaccredited Schools" (PDF). UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf. p. 48.
  15. "Office of Degree Authorization". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  16. Oregon State Law Chapter 348
  17. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  18. Texas Code 61.302

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