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St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is a medical college located in Luton, England. SCIMD is a satellite campus of the Universite El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN) in Dakar, Senegal. Two medical colleges exist under the umbrella of parent university UEIN: Ecole de Médecine St Christopher Iba Mar Diop (EM-SCIMD) in Dakar and SCIMD-COM in Luton.

History

Instruction began at SCIMD in 2000. 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.

Programs and curriculum

SCIMD-COM offers two English-language 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 college's programs award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree after successful completion of the required curriculum.

Accreditation

The college is currently listed in The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) International Medical Education Directory (IMED) database of medical schools with contact addresses in Dakar, Senegal; Luton, UK; and McDonough, Georgia, USA. It is listed as such based on its accreditation by the Senegalese Ministry of Education through its issuing of a charter in February 2000, and again reaffirmed in April 2006 (after a reorganization of the school). The college is also listed by the World Health Organization in the updated 7th edition of the World Directory of Medical Schools.

Licensing

Currently, the General Medical Council (GMC) of the UK does not register graduates with degrees from "private, UK-based medical colleges that claim that the course of study undertaken substantially or wholly in the UK leads to a Primary Medical Qualification awarded by an overseas University," nor does it recognise such qualifications for the purposes of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board test or for registration with the GMC. In the United States, SCIMD is on a list of unapproved schools in Alabama, Maine, Oregon, and Texas.

Media coverage

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.

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ "History of St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine". Retrieved 2006-08-14.
2. 2006 UK CompaniesHouse registration
3. 2006 UK CompaniesHouse registration
4. ^ Foundation for the Advancement of International Education and Research. "International Medical Education Directory: St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
5. Senegalese Charter of SCIMD from scimd.com
6. Senegalese recognition letter by Minister of Education
7. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/WDMS/WDMS_Updates_131201.pdf
8. General Medical Council. "Acceptable primary medical qualification". Retrieved 2006-07-27. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |last= at position 17 (help)
9. Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. "Medical Education Requirements". Retrieved 2006-08-27.
10. Maine Higher Education. "Unaccredited Schools" (PDF). UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf. p. 48. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)
11. http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx
12. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. "Institutions not approved by Texas". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
13. RealAudio file, BBC Look East, February 2003