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'''St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine''' (SCIMD-COM) is a medical college located in ], ] (30 miles north of ]). The college is a satellite campus of the ] (UEIN) in ], ]. Two medical colleges exist under the umbrella of parent university UEIN: ] (EM-SCIMD) in ] and SCIMD-COM in ]. The college operated under the name St. Christopher's College of Medicine from 2000-2006. Degrees are now issued from the parent University under the name of 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>
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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}}
SCIMD-COM is ] by any recognised accreditation body and neither the college, nor the parent university, is listed in UNESCO's database of accredited institutions.<ref></ref> As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions. As of April 2006 it claims recognition locally by the Ministry of Education in Senegal. <ref></ref>


Degrees from this establishment have been listed as unacceptable by the ] in the United Kingdom and some state governments in the United States.
==Accreditation and licensing issues==


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 programmes award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree through the authority of UEIN, although neither the college nor its parent body are listed in the UNESCO database of accredited institutions.<ref></ref> The Dakar, Senegal campus is currently listed in the ]/] database of medical schools based on its recognition by the Senegalese Ministry of Education, however, the Luton, UK location is not listed as being recognized in that country.<ref name="IMED" />

==Accreditation, registration and licensing==


===United Kingdom=== ===United Kingdom===
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.
In November 2005, the ] (GMC) of the ] announced that it was suspending recognition of the degrees issued by the school due to concerns over the college's accreditation in its parent country, as well as quality assurance arrangements.<ref name = "BBC1">{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410020.stm
| title = Some medical degrees ‘worthless’
| accessdate = 2006-08-10
| last = Chapman
| first = Matthew
| date = ] ]
| publisher = ]
}}
</ref> This restricts graduates of SCIMD-COM from registration as licensed physicians and from taking the ] (PLAB) examination. Currently, this suspension is still in force.<ref>{{cite web | last = General Medical Council | title = Acceptable primary medical qualification | url = http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/join_the_register/registration/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp#3 | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = General Medical Council | title = Private UK based medical colleges | url = http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/join_the_register/registration/uk_based_medical_colleges.asp | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref> The Accreditation Service for International Colleges, a UK-based accrediting agency, has included SCIMD-COM on their list of "Bogus Universities."<ref></ref>Due to unknown reasons, this list is not currently available on the Service's website, but it can be verified by Google's cache of the page.<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," but instead, "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>


===United States=== ===United States===
*]'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>
According to the Office of Degree Authorization in the state of Oregon, "Great Britain ceased accepting its degrees, March, 2006. No Senegalese school issuing degrees under this name exists as of March, 2006. Price, Waterhouse has taken over the entity's records (UK/Senegal) and students who want to get information must contact PWC."<ref name="Oregon">{{cite web | last = Oregon Office of Degree Accreditation | title = Unaccredited colleges | url = http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx | accessdate = 2007-05-05}}</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>

*] 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>
In July of 2000, the ] of the state of ] issued a restraining order as well as a lawsuit against ] of ], which claimed that transcripts issued by the school would be accredited through St. Christopher's College of Medicine (the name of SCIMD-COM at the time). According to the Oregon DOJ, "St. Christopher’s College of Medicine does not appear to be licensed or accredited by anyone."<ref>{{cite web | last = Department of Justice, State of Oregon | title = Media Release: Attorney General Closes Down Unlicensed Medical School | url = http://www.doj.state.or.us/releases/2000/rel072500.shtml | accessdate = 2006-08-18}}</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>

*] 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>
The Medical Board of ] does not recognize SCIMD as being an accredited medical school, and therefore a degree from this school does not meet requirements for a medical license in that state.<ref>{{cite web | last = Medical Board of California | title = Medical Schools Recognized by the Medical Board of California | url = http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant_Schools_Recognized.htm | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref> ], through its formal foreign medical school review process, has not approved St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop COM students to complete more than 12 weeks of clinical clerkships in that state.<ref>{{cite web | last = New York State Office of the Professions | title = NYS Medicine Application Forms / Schools allowed to do more than 12 weeks of Clinical Clerkships in NYS | url = http://www.op.nysed.gov/medforms.htm | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref> ]<ref name="Oregon"/> and ]<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>, and have added St. Christopher's College of Medicine (the former name of SCIMD-COM) to their state's list of unaccredited schools. ]<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 recognize a degree from SCIMD as being valid for licensure. The State of ] has similarly placed SCCM on their list of "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" and notes that attempting to use the degree to obtain a medical license is a Class B Misdemeanor.<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> In ], SCIMD is considered "questionable" and applications for licensure would be considered on a "case by case" basis (n.b. there is a separate category listing "disapproved foreign medical schools."<ref>{{cite web | title = Medical Licensing Board of Indiana | url = http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/mlbi/pdfs/MD_DO_Instruction_Information.pdf}}</ref> The Executive Director of the Board of Medical Examiners in ] has stated that New Jersey law requires that students spend the first two years of their medical education studying in the location where the school is chartered. He also stated other states also have denied hospital residency programs or medical licenses to graduates of the school. Another official with the New Jersey's board of Medical Examiners stated graduates of the school would likely not be accepted at any three-year medical residency program at a New Jersey hospital.<ref>{{cite news | last = Thorbourne | first = Ken | title = SPC partnership with med school hastily called off | pages = 1 | publisher = The Jersey Journal | url = http://wawa.starledger.com/texis/search/story.html?table=jj2004&id=40697e1451 | date = 2004-03-30 | accessdate = 2006-08-12}}</ref> Graduates are also not eligible to be licensed in ], since state regulations require medical schools to be in operation for a minimum of 15 years, and and the graduates of which must have been licensed in another state or states which has standards similar to Kansas.<ref>{{cite web | last = Kansas Board of Healing Arts | title = Statues: Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 28.--HEALING ARTS | url = http://www.ksbha.org/statutes/haact.html#2873 | accessdate = 2006-08-18}}</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>
== Programs ==
SCIMD-COM offers two ] curricula: a four-year curriculum for students who have previously completed the necessary premedical coursework and a six-year curriculum for those that have not. There is also a five-year curriculum that is conducted in ] at the Senegal campus.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}

The basic medical science curriculum consists of:
:'''First Semester:''' Gross Human Anatomy and Medical Imaging, Histology and Cell Biology, Medical Embryology, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Medical Terminology
:'''Second Semester''': Biochemistry, Medical Physiology, Neurosciences
:'''Third Semester''': Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, Medical Genetics
:'''Fourth Semester''': Pathology II, Pharmacology, Behavioral Sciences, Medical Ethics
:'''Fifth Semester''': Physical Diagnosis, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, USMLE Review <ref></ref>

After completing five semesters of the Basic Medical Sciences (and all applicable premedical coursework) on campus in ] students enter the Clinical Sciences and complete 72 weeks of clinical clerkships. Of those 72 weeks, 48 weeks consist of core clinical clerkships in ], ], ], ], ] and ]. The remaining 24 weeks consist of elective clinical clerkships in the areas of interest to the student. <ref></ref>


==References==
The ]/] administrative offices are located in ], ], and the ]/] administrative offices are located in ]<ref></ref>, as a result of the school's termination of affiliation with its former representative due to "numerous and grave" reasons.<ref></ref>. Although the US headquarters are in Georgia, <ref>http://imed.ecfmg.org/details.asp?country=820&school=&currpage=1&cname=SENEGAL&city=&region=AF&rname=Africa&mcode=820020&psize=25</ref> SCIMD also maintains additional admissions and clinical sciences office in Nassau County, NY.<ref> http://stchris.edu/contact.htm</ref>
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==External links==
== Media coverage ==
* {{Official website|http://www.stchris.edu }}{{Dead link|date=December 2020}}
In 2003, the BBC local news programme ''Look East'' visited the campus, noting that no private university 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 colleges, and that this attracted a significant US student body.<ref>, BBC ''Look East'', February 2003</ref>


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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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