St. George's University School of Medicine

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St. George's University
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Type Private
Established1977
Parent institution
 St. George's University
Students5,560
Location
St. George's
,
St. George
,
Grenada
Website sgu.edu/school-of-medicine

St. George's University School of Medicine is the medical school of St. George's University located in St. George's, Grenada. The school was founded by Charles R. Modica on July 23, 1976. Because of its size, the school placed more doctors into first-year US residency positions than any other medical school in the world between 2011 and 2012. [1] It was rated by The Princeton Review as one of the "Best 168 Medical Schools" in 2012. [2] There are 158 accredited MD-granting institutions in the United States.

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Mission

The stated mission of St. George's University Doctor of Medicine degree program is to "provide an international, culturally diverse environment in which students learn the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for postgraduate training in the health profession, while being inspired to develop compassion, curiosity, tolerance and commitment to patients and society, dedication to life-long learning and an understanding of the vital role of research in healthcare." [3]

Admissions

The average undergraduate G.P.A. of accepted students is 3.4 and the average MCAT score is 26, compared with 3.69 and 31 respectively in the United States. [1] The medical students at St. George's come from many universities in the United States and around the world. The MCAT has been scored on a 472-528 scale since 2015.

The New York Times refers to St. George's as a "second chance" medical school, because many of the students attend after they are unable to gain acceptance to a US medical school. [1] Only 65% of students that enrolled in 2009 graduated within 4 years, although another 20% graduated after 5 years. [1]

Academics

While traditional US-based medical schools do not pay hospitals to accept their students for clinical rotations, St. George's has signed a contract to pay more than $100 million to hospitals to accept their students. [1]

Because of its large student body, SGU is the top provider of doctors into first-year US residencies for the last eight years with more than 935 placements in 2018.[ citation needed ] SGU is the international school with the greatest amount of licensed physicians in the United States per the 2018 FSMB Survey with 10,791 licensed physicians. [4] While two-thirds of its students are US citizens, its student body and faculty represent over 140 countries, and its graduates practice in more than 50 countries worldwide. As part of its focus on a global curriculum, students in the Keith B. Taylor Scholars Program pathway, or the traditional pathway can take medical electives in Prague, Thailand, India, Honduras, Kenya and Sweden, as well as health practica throughout parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, while also completing years three and four of medical school in the United States, the UK or Canada.

As of 2015, tuition at St. George's medical school cost more than $250,000. [1]

Academic outcomes

There is no available information on the St. George's University School of Medicine website as to how many students match into a residency four years after matriculating into the Doctor of Medicine program. This information is readily available for review on the websites for all accredited medical schools in the United States.

Pass rates of its students and graduates on the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE) in calendar year 2022 were as follows: [5]
Step 1 – Basic Science 77.19%
Step 2 – Clinical Knowledge 88.81%
Step 3 – Clinical Skills N/A, CS discontinued as of Jan. 26, 2021

For reference, the pass rates among the top 110 ranked medical schools as reported by U.S. News Best Medical Schools rankings in 2019 were as follows: [6]

Step 1 – Basic Science 96.3%

Step 2 – Clinical Knowledge 96.6%

Student loan debt

The US Department of Education reports median student loan debt of Americans who attended was $521,475 in 2022. Default rate as of 2019 was 0.1%. [5]

Alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anemona, Hartocollis. "Second-Chance Med School". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Stoll, Malaika (2012). The Best 168 Medical Schools. The Princeton Review. pp. 202–203. ISBN   9780375427374 . Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "St. George's University School of Medicine Mission Statement" . Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  4. ↑ "FSMB Census of Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2018" (PDF). FSMB . Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 "St. George's University, School of Medicine". studentaid.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Kowarski, Ilana (4 June 2019). "How to Interpret Med School Licensing Exam Results". www.usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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