St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine

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St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine
Established	2000 / 2006
Location	Luton, England
University	Universite El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse (Dakar, Senegal)
Dean	Jay Mohite
President	Firoz Shaikh
Founder	Ibrahim DIOP Mar

St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is a medical education college. Located in Luton, England (30 miles north of London), the college is a branch 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. SCIMD-COM offers two curricula: a four-year curriculum for students who have previously earned a baccalaureate degree and a six-year curriculum for other students. Instruction for both programs is conducted in English. The branch campus of SCIMD-COM was established in 2000 under the name of St. Christopher's College of Medicine (SCCM), but was reorganized as SCIMD-COM in 2006 under new management. EM-SCIMD offers a five-year curriculum that is conducted in French. All programs award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree through the authority of UEIN, allowing graduates to apply for licensure to practice medicine in Senegal, Canada, certain states of the United States, and other countries. As of July 2006 no state with a formal accreditation process has approved SCIMD-COM , and the State of Oregon ODA has added SCCM (the former name of SCIMD-COM) to its list of "unaccredited degree suppliers".

After completing five semesters of the Basic Medical Sciences (and all applicable premedical coursework) on campus in Luton, students enter the Clinical Sciences and complete a series of clinical clerkships at National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and clinics in the UK or at Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) teaching hospitals in the US. The US/Canadian administrative offices are located in Hempstead, NY and the UK/European Union administrative offices are located in Luton, England.File:SCIMD Seal.pngSCIMD-COM is listed in the World Health Organization World Directory of Medical Schools as well as in the FAIMER/IMED database of medical schools. Graduates of SCIMD-COM are allowed by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) of the United States of America to register for and take the United States Medical Licensure Examination. As of March 2006, graduates of SCIMD-COM that attended the Luton branch campus are not eligible for registration by the General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom, nor are they allowed to sit for the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) exam, due to the GMC's concerns over the school's branch campus location in the UK versus the charter and location of its main campus in Senegal, as well as quality assurance arrangements between the branch campus and the main campus.

Associated Institutes and Bodies

Guys, Kings and St Thomas Hospitals (Anatomy & Neuroanatomy laboratory are conducted here) - http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nhs-knowledge_base/data/5422.html
Kaplan Medical (On-Campus USMLE Step 1 Live Lecture Review Course) - http://www.kaptest.com/Kaplan/2/Medical_Licensing

External links

Official College Website - Under Construction
Official Student Forum - http://www.scimdforums.org
Student Friendster Website - http://www.friendster.com/profiles/scimd
Student MySpace Website - http://www.myspace.com/sccm

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