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| Company type | Private unaccredited medical school |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Ibrahima Diop Mar |
| Website | http://www.stchris.edu/ |
St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is a medical education establishment in Dakar, Senegal, operating as a college within the Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN). It has a satellite campus in Luton, England.
The college is listed by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) in its International Medical Education Directory (IMED) database of medical schools with contact addresses in Dakar, Senegal; Luton, UK; and McDonough, Georgia, USA. The college is also listed by the World Health Organization in the updated 7th edition of the World Directory of Medical Schools.
The school lacks accreditation in the United Kingdom (UK). It achieved prominence when BBC coverage 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 (GMC), 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 by name as unacceptable.
A UK credit reference agency lists two companies with this name (St. Christopher's College of Medicine, Ltd., and St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Ltd.) as being in liquidation, neither having filed accounts.
In the United States, SCCM is listed among "Colleges of Medicine or Schools of Medicine" which are not approved in Alabama for applications for certificates of qualification, "Questionable Foreign Medical Schools" whose graduates will be considered for licensure on a "case by case" basis in Indiana, "Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions" in Maine, "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)" in Oregon, and "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" as defined by Texas Code 61.302(11). One graduate of the Luton campus of St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop participated in a residency program in Arkansas, but in autumn 2007 experienced a delay in evaluation of his application for a medical license while the State Medical Board considered establishing new requirements for licensing of foreign medical school graduates.
References
- ^ IMED listing
- Updates to World Directory of Medical Schools, December 2001
- Some medical degrees 'worthless', BBC News, 6 November 2005
- GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools, The Guardian, November 7 2005
- GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see list
- General Medical Council. "Acceptable primary medical qualification". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- UK based medical colleges: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.
- Credential Watch
- St. Christopher's College Of Medicine Limited company record, Registered No. 04066576, and St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Ltd. company record, Registered No. 05763382
- Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. "Medical Education Requirements". Retrieved 2006-08-27.
- MEDICAL/OSTEOPATHIC ENDORSEMENT LICENSURE INFORMATION & INSTRUCTIONS, Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, archived 25 June 2007
- Maine Higher Education. "Unaccredited Schools" (PDF). UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf. p. 48.
{{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter|booktitle=ignored (|book-title=suggested) (help) - Unaccredited Colleges, Oregon Office of Degree Authorization, accessed 10 July 2008
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- Carolyne Park, State works on weeding out bad medical schools, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 4, 2008
External links
- Official website
- Companies House, company record 04066576 incorporated 6/9/200, wound up 19/6/2006; company record 05763382 incorporated 30/3/2006, compulsory liquidation 16/1/2008.