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Office report on foreign medical schools found that between 1998 and 2008, $1.5 billion in federal loan money went to U.S. students studying at foreign med- ical schools. Pass rates on the U.S. Medi- cal Licensing Exam (USMLE) improved for all international medical graduates, but still lagged behind those of U.S.- educated graduates. While a majority of foreign medical schools met the 60-per- cent pass rate requirement in 2008, very few would likely meet the new 75-per- cent rate enacted in 2010. Read the re- port online at
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The big question, said Ms. Wieder-
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horn, “is what percentage of those stu- dents are able to come back here and actually get a residency” to be able to practice medicine in their home states? (See “International Medical Graduates on the Rise,” page 51.)
Texas takes priority Back in Texas, the answer to that ques- tion remained unanswered. AUC’s chief academic officer Bruce
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Kaplan, DO, told the Senate Higher Edu- cation Committee the school sought a collaboration to help “ease the [physi- cian] shortage in your state.” The school boasted an above-average USMLE pass rate of 96 percent and said it worked with THECB to address the concerns raised by limiting the number of students it would send to Texas for core clerkships. AUC also said an extensive review by THECB staff and outside consultants de- termined that the school demonstrated LCME equivalency. THECB spokesperson Dominic Chavez confirmed that in addition to agreeing to the conditional plan, AUC met the same standards it applies to Texas medical schools seeking a certificate of author- ity to operate in the state. They include the quality of the faculty, availability of library and curriculum resources to sup- port the learning environment, student performance on key exams, and accredi- tation.
“This was an entirely unique situation. Nobody here on staff can remember get- ting such a request to seek this type of
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