Accredited Foreign Medical Schools

If it seems that there is wide variety in type and quality of medical school in the United States – well, that is nothing compared to the variety in type and quality that can be found from foreign institutions.?? International medical schools are created for a large variety of reasons, most with the best of intentions, but the schools themselves differ greatly from one and other.?? For American students, one difference stands above all the rest:?? Which of these schools will create an opportunity for its students to practice medicine in the United States??? Which of these schools have the approval and accreditation necessary for its students to be recognized by American medical boards?

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The fact of the matter is that many foreign institutions are much lower quality compared to their US counterparts.?? Many of these schools simply do not have the resources or facilities to hire quality faculty and offer the same type of education that most students would receive from an American medical school.?? It costs money to provide the quality of training necessary for doctors.?? Unfortunately, not all schools have the financial backing to reach that level of training.?? It should be noted that there is also a sect of foreign medical schools whose mission is purely to produce profits.?? These schools operate primarily as "degree mills" – with low standards of admissions, providing a low quality and easy level of education to the point that a degree from these institutions means absolutely nothing.?? These schools often make big promises to their students on accomplishing their dreams with a degree, but usually fail to deliver.