Dr Zain Hasan
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Monday 02 November 2026 21:18:09 GMT
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Pebbles :
I have also served on four residency admissions committees, so I have firsthand experience evaluating applicants. In my experience, the medical school itself was not a primary screening filter. Rather, USMLE performance, letters of recommendation, application completeness, visa status, and other applicant-specific qualifications were important considerations when reviewing thousands of applications and selecting candidates for interviews. I am certainly not suggesting that every Caribbean medical school is equivalent or that prospective students should overlook legitimate concerns regarding accreditation, educational quality, attrition, or residency placement. Those are important considerations that deserve transparent, objective evaluation. However, your presentation is one-sided, unnecessarily negative, and lacks the data needed to support such definitive conclusions. There is a significant difference between offering informed guidance to prospective medical students and discouraging an entire group of aspiring physicians based on personal predictions. You are entitled to your opinion, but opinion should not be presented as evidence, and speculation should not be presented as fact. I think you could have done a much better job providing a balanced, evidence-based perspective rather than reinforcing the very stigmas that many qualified physicians have worked hard to overcome.
2026-11-03 00:40:56
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Marj :
Saw your video and wanted to give my input based off some families. My husband graduated from a Caribbean medical school and completed his clinical rotations and residency in the U.S. now an attending at a prestigious organization. Two of his cousins also graduated from Caribbean schools—one is an interventional cardiologist and the other specializes in pulmonary and critical care. Graduating from a Caribbean medical school doesn’t prevent you from pursuing your desired specialty. It may be more challenging for some, but not for everyone.
2026-11-02 22:06:36
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wellnesspapí 🫐 :
as a caribbean grad, I agree lol would not go if I had to do it all over again..
2026-11-04 03:56:46
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TooBurntFub :
My brother went to aca he’s a doctor in California
2026-11-03 20:39:54
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S :
I think you’re right
2026-11-02 21:43:33
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Wo :
🥰🥰🥰
2026-11-02 21:44:24
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Pebbles :
Your predictions are not data, nor are they evidence-based conclusions. They are opinions, which you are certainly entitled to. However, making sweeping predictions about the future of Caribbean medical graduates, particularly based on speculative assumptions about AI, without presenting validated evidence is misleading. There are numerous reasons why international medical graduates (IMGs) have historically faced lower residency match rates, including institutional preferences for U.S. medical graduates, visa requirements, program-specific screening criteria, and longstanding biases against IMGs. These factors deserve a far more nuanced discussion than what you’ve presented. Interestingly, you graduated from a DO program yourself. While DO physicians are fully licensed and qualified physicians in the United States, the degree continues to face its own challenges regarding public recognition and historical stigma. I would therefore expect greater appreciation for the importance of challenging educational stereotypes rather than perpetuating them. You also selectively highlighted some of the largest and oldest Caribbean medical schools without discussing their tuition costs, attrition rates, or how they compare with smaller institutions. Higher tuition does not automatically translate into better education or outcomes. Some smaller Caribbean schools may offer more affordable tuition and competitive board examination and residency match outcomes. A meaningful comparison would require school-specific, independently verified data, which you have not provided. For context, I am a Caribbean MD graduate myself, and not from any of the institutions you mentioned. I successfully matched into Internal Medicine and subsequently completed clinical training including residency and fellowships at Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the University of Toronto.
2026-11-03 00:40:25
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