Nonaccredited Medical Education in the United States
- 25 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (21) , 1602-1605
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200005253422110
Abstract
The Kigezi International School of Medicine of Uganda and the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica have recently announced their intentions to establish campuses in the United States. Ross University expects to open its campus in Casper, Wyoming, this year and eventually to have sufficient facilities and staff to enroll 600 to 1000 students annually.1 Wyoming business leaders and many local residents are pinning their hopes for economic development on this new venture. These well-publicized plans have aroused concern about quality control in U.S.-based medical education for two related reasons: because schools with foreign charters are able to avoid . . .Keywords
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