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Which Medical Colleges Best Prepare Students For USMLE

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#1 ·
Hello I am a PharmD student in the USA who is interested in completing his MBBS in Pakistan post graduation. I know my PharmD will be an excellent advantage for me as Medical student in Pakistan. However, due to the lack of perceived value of a PharmD in Pakistan I doubt this will help me much in admissions. My question is, will Medical Colleges value this advanced degree when comparing me to foreign applicants who only have a high school diploma? Also, what Medical Colleges best prepare foreign grads for the USMLE? I could potentially stay in Pakistan post graduation but would like to keep my options open. Also worth mentioning I have family in the Islamabad/Rawalpindi area and would prefer to live in that area.

Thanks
 
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How can you make such an assumption? Do you have any thing to back up this statement?
Aga Khan and Shifa are both known to have their syllabus oriented around the USMLE, thus their students do pretty well in them
By no means does that mean that you are guaranteed to do well in them, you obviously have to work hard
But your statement that ''No Medical college in Pakistan will prepare you for the USMLE'' is completely wrong.

Please, in the future, Don't make these types of statements unless you have something to back it up. I also saw your post on the Khyber medical university. Once again how can you make such an assumption? Do you study in any of these medical colleges?
This is my FIRST warning to you to stop making these type of statements. Not only are you misguiding people, but furthermore you are also attacking and badmouthing some big organisations such as HEC which definitely aren't ''corrupt''

Thanks!
 
#8 ·
I respect your personal opinion and I guess I understand where you are coming from regarding Khyber medical University, but to say that prestigious medical colleges such as Aga khan and Shifa are''Bsing'' about preparing you for the USMLE is a bit unfair isn't it? I mean these medical colleges are known in Pakistan and around the world to have their teaching methods based on USMLE

Also like I said I respect your personal opinion, but that doesn't necessarily mean that its true? You could have had a bad experience, you know? I just want to make sure that people don't get misguided or anything

Hope you understand!

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Plz tell me ..which medical college is better ..shifa..CMH...FMDC
It depends where are you are living. If in Islamabad then Shifa. In my opinion Shifa is 2nd only to Aga khan. I myself am gonna apply to Shifa this year :)

But if you are living in Lahore, then CMH is regarded as an amazing medical college! I'm not too sure about FMDC, so you'll have to ask someone else
 
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yeah I've heard the same from the people who I know in medical colleges in Pakistan as there is no structured training especially for the equivlency exams but if a university has the normal syllabus and good teachers combined with a hardworking student generally means that they shouldn't have too much difficulty in passing the exams
 
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None of the colleges specifically train you for the USMLE or PLAB test. KobeFan is right. The only thing is some colleges have a lager almbni and student base of international students who will be doing the same tests after mbbs and can therefore provide peer support. HarisKhan please stop acting like you are the leader here and giving out warnings when the other person wasn't even saying anything wrong.

Thanks! ✌
 
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I'm not trying to be a leader here, but saying that NO medical college in Pakistan prepares you for the USMLE/PLAB then you are obviously wrong. Why do soo many students from America. Europe , Middle east apply then? Why do so many students in Pakistan do well in those exams? Obviously hard work is key but you also need guidance. Ive never said that ALL medical colleges prepare you for the USMLE/PLAB. There are some but not all, notably AKU/SHIFA. These medical colleges have Modular system in place, and their faculty members have either graduated from outside of Pakistan or from very prestigious medical colleges in Pakistan, having 20+ years in experience. They try their best in having a system within the likes of medical college in Europe, America.What more can you ask?

The other person was giving his personal opinion which I totally respect but he didn't have anything to back it up? Lets say that he was right, Why haven't these medical colleges been sued? or gotten a bad name? This website was made to help students, to guide them and I don't want anyone to be misguided or discouraged to apply to Pakistan which produces some of the best doctors in the world.

oh and Osman123, please don't tell me what to do or not to do, I'm a moderator here its my job to make sure people aren't misguided by posts made earlier. If you are gonna be here, on a site made specifically for people in or applying to Pakistan, and say stuff like that well then mate you are on the wrong site
 
#18 ·
Dude if you're talking about proof then where is your proof that they prepare students for the tests?? many students go from these unis and get residencies but then again students from Chandka etc do the same. Doesn't mean they are specifically prepared for it.

Furthermore, this isn't about mis guiding its about giving your personal experience or info you have. Just because you wrote a few posts and got a badge doesn't mean you're gonna start acting like a big man telling people what to do and giving out warnings.

Oh and for your information this site isn't just for people applying to Pakistan and you don't have a job here mate. Just saying
 
#19 ·
You already have quite an opinion. In which year are you? Last time I checked a guy from chandka secured residency in neuro surgery in John Hopkins back in 2001 I presume. It was a personal act. Many of the government colleges give you a leverage. Leverage as in you won't have atrendnace issues and at the end of the year you can appear for prof and pass with with a 90 day prep and study for steps rest of the year.

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#21 ·
Who is this Haris Khan, and how did he become a mod? Rizwan and medgrunt, DE-mod this guy. He's annoying and just outright starts attacking people. Buddy you're pissing me off. I don't want to start attacking you to show you what you do to other people, but calm down. I dont give a flying *** if you're a mod. stop rubbing it in people's faces and stop imposing your childish opinion onto others.

No Medical College prepares you for USMLE, not even AKU. HarisKhan get into a med school first then come on and comment here about stuff you have no idea on.

AKU, is a modular system and is conceptual vs memorization etc. AKU in no way prepares you for the USMLE. AKU people spend years after graduating to prepare for USMLE's. USMLE is an exam held by ECFMG. It is not held by Dow, or UHS, or PMDC that a paki medical school can prepare you for it. Paki medical schools aren't academies preparing you for USMLEs lol.
 
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Yea now that I look at it, it wasn't the ideal thing to say, but I do apologise for that:)

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Who is this Haris Khan, and how did he become a mod? Rizwan and medgrunt, DE-mod this guy. He's annoying and just outright starts attacking people. Buddy you're pissing me off. I don't want to start attacking you to show you what you do to other people, but calm down. I dont give a flying *** if you're a mod. stop rubbing it in people's faces and stop imposing your childish opinion onto others.

No Medical College prepares you for USMLE, not even AKU. HarisKhan get into a med school first then come on and comment here about stuff you have no idea on.

AKU, is a modular system and is conceptual vs memorization etc. AKU in no way prepares you for the USMLE. AKU people spend years after graduating to prepare for USMLE's. USMLE is an exam held by ECFMG. It is not held by Dow, or UHS, or PMDC that a paki medical school can prepare you for it. Paki medical schools aren't academies preparing you for USMLEs lol.
lol my bad, I guess I was a bit bossy, but that definitely wasn't my intention. Once again I apologise :)
 
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Hey ill try my best, also gonna sound abit noobish but what happened last year?:D cause I have no clue

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I went through some of last years' discussions especially the one on the CMH thread and lol it got hilariously messed up. I think HarisKhan123 is doing a great job overall. Some misunderstandings do arise of course, it's natural and all normal and part of human interaction. It's great to see you all settled this before it turned ugly. :D
Thanks a lot for the compliment :D and ill try my best

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lol that thread really did get out of hand :p
 
#25 ·
I went through some of last years' discussions especially the one on the CMH thread and lol it got hilariously messed up. I think HarisKhan123 is doing a great job overall. Some misunderstandings do arise of course, it's natural and all normal and part of human interaction. It's great to see you all settled this before it turned ugly. :D
 
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