FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Traveling overseas for several years to develop
specialty expertise after one's internship
was very popular during the first half of the
twentieth century. Thus, many Americans,
for example, were trained in surgery in
prominent German and Austrian medical cen-
ters. In the second half of the same century,
there no longer was a need to be trained
overseas, since adequate postgraduate programs
were established at hospitals through-
out the United States.
However, there has been a continuous migration
of Americans to overseas medical
schools for their education. Most popular were
the medical schools in such West Euro-
pean countries as France, Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, and Spain. These countries have
now become inaccessible to most prospective
American premeds (except those with
dual citizenship) as they are interested in
training their own citizens to meet existing and
future healthcare needs.
There are still some overseas schools accepting
applicants but one needs to be
extremely careful when making a decision to
attend an overseas institution. Several of
these schools are of higher caliber and are
identified by an asterisk.
Australia
The following three schools have begun
accepting a number of U.S. and Canadian stu-
dents. They follow the basic curriculum used in
this country and utilize the problem-
based educational approach.
*Flinders University, School of
Medicine
G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, Australia
5001
Tel: 461-8-8204-4162
Fax: 61-8-8204-5845
*Sydney University Medical School
Faculty Office and Medical Program
Administration
Faculty of Medicine
Edward Ford Building (A27),
University of Sydney
NSW 2006, Australia
Phone: 61-2-9351-3132
Fax: 61-2-9351-3196
*Queensland University School of
Medicine
University of Queensland,
Maine Medical School
Herston Road, Herston
QLD, 4066, Australia
Phone: +61-7-3365-5278
Fax: +61-7-3365-5433
Caribbean Schools
These medical schools were set up specifically
to serve the needs of Americans unable
to gain admission to U.S. schools. Some of
these schools have disbanded over the past
decades, resulting in students being left "high
and dry" in the midst of their studies. This
has tarnished the reputation of the off-shore
schools as a whole, thus, special care needs
to be used when considering these
schools.
St. George's University, Grenada
Office of Admissions, c/o The North American
Correspondent
University Services, Ltd.
1 East Main Street
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