This answer must have taken alot of effort and time. In the future, I am going to try to back up my claims with links/actual statistics so there will be no need. I'm going to provide the links for the statements I made but before I do so I want to clarify I don't have a personal vendetta against the school. I will, however, correct people when they compare it to AKU or KEMC. Its documented results cannot compete with these schools at the present time.
So...about the graduates. Admittedly, I don't have a link for this statement and this information was derived through a very 'unscientific/nonscientific' channel. There is a sample size of about 500 students on the facebook page for Shifa and one can scroll down various pages to get a general idea of the number of students from abroad. Also, there are different groups from different years of graduation which is also helpful.
This is not a reliable method though so let's assume for a moment that there aren't a hundred North Americans that have either studied or are studying there. ALL Pakistani medical schools have many local graduates trying to come abroad. In fact, the directories that I will post will consist of mostly local grads who came abroad. Now, understandably the school has graduated less than ten batches so it is in its beginning stages. God-willing, more graduates will be able to get their residencies of choice if they want to go abroad.
When I was researching different medical schools in Pakistan, it was very important for me to see what type of networks they have abroad. Are their graduates PDs? Have their graduates been able to secure residencies apart from FM/IM? (Shifa is newer so I don't hold it to the same standards). The way I went about this is looking at North American directories.
AKU:
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RMC:
Rawalpindi Medical College Graduates Directory By Year of Graduation
Mind you, they don't have the best websites, but it is a start. For the AKU one, you have to e-mail the admins for info on graduates. You asked for AKU and RMC...I could give you DOW/Fatima Jinnah/ KEMC/ as well.
Again, Shifa is new so don't have expectations of a website.
The other point seemed to be saying that Shifa graduates who are doing residency (or are in that transition phase giving their USMLES) do not have time to inform people. This is really the first time I have heard of that on a medically-oriented forum.
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Now, if Shifa graduates are busier than graduates from UK, the U.S., Canada, the Middle East, Southern Ireland, and other countries, then that is a different matter.
Since questions seem to be personally directed at me now, I'll try give a general answer (although I really don't agree with the use of ad hominem arguments).
1) I have never been to Shifa. I don't see what that has to do with anything. Its as though there is an implication that one must attend the school to write about it. Most people here have not visited AKU Medical College but the school's reputation speaks for itself (same for DOW/KEMC/etc).
2) Admittedly, I only have a rough approximation of how many graduates have gotten residencies abroad (I would say less than or equal to ten if even that). And from those graduates that have gotten residencies, I would imagine most would be in family or internal in a community medical center.*
*This is just personal speculation. I don't know who matched into what, that is why I was asking in the first place (see first post above).
I've never seen so much resistance/hostility to simply stating 'this number of people matched in my class, can't give you details because we are busy in residencies.' Graduates from medical schools around the world let other people know come match day (either NRMP/or CARMS) and it has nothing to do with 'bragging'. It just let's future graduates know that a
significant number of people have done it and it is possible.
Anyways, NRMP and CARMS are starting up again soon so let's see how Shifa graduates fare this time. These schools are not set up to feed into the U.S. medical system, but it should be that if a person is aiming to come back they can do so without having to take another 2-3 years to improve their resume (which we both know is the case for many of the North American graduates of Shifa).