User:Privatemusings/st.chris
| Company type | Private unaccredited medical school |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Ibrahima Diop Mar |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | http://www.stchris.edu/ |
St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine (SCIMD-COM) is a private medical college in Luton, England. It is connected to the Ecole de Médecine St Christopher Iba Mar Diop (EM-SCIMD) which is a college within the Universite El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse (UEIN) in Dakar, Senegal[1].
A BBC report of 2005 highlighted the college as an exploiting a loophole allowing poorly regulated medical schools to operate in the UK.[2]. The school does not have accreditation in the UK, and following the BBC report was the subject of a General Medical Council inquiry[3] into the issue which resulted in the publication of a list of schools deemed unacceptable for registration, including St. Christopher.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ IMED listing
- ^ Some medical degrees 'worthless'
- ^ GMC launches inquiry into private medical schools, The Guardian, November 7, 2005
- ^ GMC Today, July/August 2007 (p18), see list