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St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is identified as a medical training establishment in Luton, England. The school is listed by IMED as a satellite of Ecole de Médecine St Christopher Iba Mar Diop (EM-SCIMD), a college within the Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN) in Dakar, Senegal; the IMED also confirms that the Senegalese Ministry of Health has given the school a legal charter to operate.

St. Christopher lacks accreditation in the UK, and achieved prominence when BBC coverage highlighted the school as an example of a loophole allowing essentially unregulated medical schools to operate in the UK. This led to an investigation by the General Medical Council, resulting in the withdrawal of registration of at least one doctor, and the publication of a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St. Christopher. The GMC website was subsequently amended to include a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St Christopher by name as unacceptable.

United States

• Alabama lists SCCM in a list of "Colleges of Medicine or Schools of Medicine" which are not approved by the Board for applications for certificates of qualification.
• Indiana lists SCCM on the list of "Questionable Foreign Medical Schools" and applications for licensure from graduates will be considered on a "case by case" basis.
• Maine lists SCCM on their list of "Unaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions".
• Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists SCCM on their list of "degree suppliers that do not meet the requirements of ORS 348.609(1)."
• Texas lists SCCM on their list of "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas" as defined by Texas Code 61.302(11).

External links

• Official website
• Companies House, company record 04066576 incorporated 6/9/200, wound up 19/6/2006; company record 05763382 incorporated 30/3/2006, compulsory liquidation 16/1/2008.

References

1. Some medical degrees 'worthless', BBC News, 6 November 2005
2. GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools, The Guardian, November 7, 2005
3. GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see list
4. General Medical Council. "Acceptable primary medical qualification". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
5. UK based medical colleges: General Medical Council statement of non-recognition of UK-based "satellite" colleges.
6. Credential Watch
7. Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. "Medical Education Requirements". Retrieved 2006-08-27.
8. "Medical Licensing Board of Indiana" (PDF).
9. Maine Higher Education. "Unaccredited Schools" (PDF). UnaccreditedSchools-042706.pdf. p. 48. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)
10. http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx
11. Oregon State Law Chapter 348
12. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
13. Texas Code 61.302

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