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'''St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine''' (SCIMD-COM) is a branch campus located in ], ]. The parent medical college is ] (EM-SCIMD) which is a college within the ] (UEIN) in ], ].
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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}}
==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, registration and licensing==
The college is listed in the ] updated 7th edition of the ].<ref>{{cite web | title = World Health Organization World Directory of Medical Schools| url = http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/WDMS/WDMS_Updates_131201.pdf}} </ref> The college is also listed by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (]) in their International Medical Education Directory (]). <ref>{{cite web | title = International Medical Education Directory | url = http://imed.ecfmg.org/details.asp?country=820&school=&currpage=1&cname=SENEGAL&city=&region=AF&rname=Africa&mcode=820020&psize=25}}</ref>


===United Kingdom===
The college is an American Medical Student Association (]) chartered international chapter (# 8024). <ref>{{cite web | title = American Medical Student Association International Chapters| url = http://www.amsa.org/intl/listfor.cfm }}</ref> "AMSA international chapters serve as unifying groups and resources for students interested in American medical education and practice, participation in the local community, and enhancement of their medical school experience." <ref>{{cite web | title = American Medical Student Association| url = http://www.amsa.org/intl/}}</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===
SCIMD is listed in the UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) Register of Education and Training Providers. <ref> {{cite web | title = UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) Register of Education and Training Providers| url = http://www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister/search.cfm }}</ref> "The purpose of the existing Register for Education and Training Providers is to assist the immigration authorities to take decisions about applications for student visas." <ref>{{cite web | title = UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) Register of Education and Training Providers Provider FAQ| url = http://www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister/faq-providers.cfm}}</ref> "The Home Office will only grant student visas to people intending to study at an institution on the Register."<ref>{{cite web | title = UK Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) Register of Education and Training Providers General FAQ| url = http://www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister/faq-general.cfm}}</ref> (Note: "Applying to a college on the Register does not automatically mean you will be granted a student visa. This is just one of the criteria the Home Office considers in assessing visa applications") <ref>http://www.dfes.gov.uk/providersregister/faq-students.cfm</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>
"At the present time, the GMC is not registering graduates who hold primary medical qualifications obtained from" SCIMD. <ref>http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp#2</ref> In the ], SCCM is listed among "Colleges of Medicine or Schools of Medicine" which are not approved in ] 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>
*] 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>
"Questionable Foreign Medical Schools" whose graduates will be considered for licensure on a "case by case" basis in ],<ref>{{cite web | title = Medical Licensing Board of Indiana | url = http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/mlbi/pdfs/MD_DO_Instruction_Information.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>
"Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions" in ],<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> "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)" in ],<ref></ref><ref></ref> and "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in ]" 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>


==References==
== External links ==
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* , company record 04066576 incorporated 6/9/2000, ] 19/6/2006;<ref></ref> company record 05763382 incorporated 30/3/2006, compulsory liquidation 16/1/2008;<ref></ref> company record 06355453, Incorporated 29/08/2007, Status Active. <ref>http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/78c175100dfc1021562b8eff25ad125d/compdetails</ref>


==References == ==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.stchris.edu }}{{Dead link|date=December 2020}}
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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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