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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 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>


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 through the authority of UEIN.


==Accreditation, Licensing and Visas== ==Accreditation, registration and licensing==
The (ASIC), a UK-based accrediting agency, has included SCIMD-COM on their list of organisations about which ASIC suggest students undertake detailed research before embarking on a programme of study.<ref></ref> The college is currently (October 2007) listed in The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (]) International Medical Education Directory (]) database of medical schools with an address in Dakar, Senegal, and contact addresses in Luton, UK and ], ], ].<ref name="IMED" /> It is listed as such based on its recognition by the Senegalese Ministry of Education through its issuing of a charter in February 2000<ref></ref>, and again reaffirmed in April 2006 (after a reorganization of the school)<ref name="letter"></ref><ref name="scimd hx"/>. Neither SCIMD-COM nor UEIN is listed in the ]/] List of Universities of the World.<ref></ref>


===Licensing=== ===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.


====United Kingdom==== ===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>
*] 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>
Currently (October 2007) the ] (GMC) of the ]
*] 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>
does not register graduates with degrees from "private, UK-based medical
*] 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>
colleges that claim that the course of study undertaken substantially or wholly
*] 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>
in the UK leads to a Primary Medical Qualification awarded by an overseas
*] 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>
University," nor does it recognise such qualifications for the purposes of the ] or for registration with the GMC.<ref name="GMC1">{{cite web | last = General Medical
*] 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>
Council | title = Acceptable primary medical qualification | url =
http://www.gmc-
uk.org/doctors/join_the_register/registration/acceptable_primary_medical_qualifi
cation.asp#3 | accessdate = 2006-07-27 }}</ref>


==References==
====United States====
{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
] states that SCIMD-COM is "not approved by the Board for applicants 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 SCIMD on their recognized or disapproved list. "If a school is not on either the recognized or disapproved list, it may be a school that has not requested recognition by the Medical Board of California." <ref></ref> "If a medical school is not listed on the recognized school list, the medical school is either unrecognized or disapproved. The education and training received at an unrecognized or disapproved medical school does not meet California licensure requirements." <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> ] has a list of approved, disapproved, and questionable foreign medical schools. SCIMD is on the list of "questionable" schools and applications for licensure would 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> ] has a list of approved and disapproved schools. SCIMD is not on either list. "If the school has not been approved by the Board, an applicant may still be eligible for a license if the school has not been disapproved and has been in operation (date instruction started) for not less than 15 years." <ref> http://www.ksbha.org/medicalschoolsapprovedunapproved.html </ref><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> SCIMD has been in operation for 8 years, which is less than the 15 years required for a Kansas license.<ref name="scimd hx"/> ] has added St. Christopher's College of Medicine (the former name of SCIMD-COM) to their state's list of unaccredited schools.<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> Both ] and ] require that students spend at least the first two years of their medical education studying in the location where the school is chartered.<ref>{{cite web | title=Medicine License Requirements |last = NYS Office of the Professions | url = http://www.op.nysed.gov/medlic.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-22}}</ref> The Executive Director of the Board of Medical Examiners in New Jersey 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> According to the Office of Degree Authorization in ], "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> In July of 2000, the Oregon ] 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. 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> ] 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>
* {{Official website|http://www.stchris.edu }}{{Dead link|date=December 2020}}


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===Visas===


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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>
]

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== Media coverage ==
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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>

== External links ==
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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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