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St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine
Established 2000 / 2006
Location Luton, England
University Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (Dakar, Senegal)
Founder Ibrahima Diop Mar
UK Dean Rajesh Rawlani, MBBS, MD

St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is identified as a medical training establishment in Luton, England. Details are somewhat obscure but it appears to be a satellite of Ecole de Médecine St Christopher Iba Mar Diop (EM-SCIMD) which is a college within the Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN) in Dakar, Senegal.

The school lacks accreditation in the UK and achieved prominence when BBC coverage 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.

A UK credit reference agency lists two companies with this name as being in liquidation.

Media coverage

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.

In 2005 the BBC investigation highlighted the school as an example of a loophole allowing essentially unregulated medical schools to operate in the UK. This prompted the General Medical Council (GMC) to launch an investigation, which resulted in the withdrawal of registration for one doctor that was a graduate of St. Christopher's and the GMC Website was subsequently amended to include a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St Christopher by name as unacceptable

External links

References

  1. "History of St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine". Retrieved 2006-08-14.
  2. 2006 UK CompaniesHouse registration
  3. ^ Some medical degrees 'worthless', BBC News, 6 November 2005
  4. ^ GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see list
  5. St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College Of Medicine Limited
  6. St. Christophers College of Medicine Limited
  7. RealAudio file, BBC Look East, February 2003
  8. GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools, The Guardian, November 7, 2005
  9. General Medical Council. "Acceptable primary medical qualification". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  10. UK based medical colleges: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.
  11. Credential Watch
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