St. George's University (SGU) medical students who took the USMLE 1 for the first in 2011 achieved a 95% pass rate. The first-time pass rate for students at US and Canadian medical schools for this same period is 94%. SGU's US and Canadian students who took the USMLE Step 1 for the first time in 2011 achieved a 96% pass rate.
For three years, since 2009, the first year SGU medical students took the National Board of Medical Examiner's (NBME) Comprehensive basic sciences, the mean score achieved by SGU students is 64. This score is higher that a cohort of over 20,000 US medical student first-time test takers from LCME-accredited medical schools.
Of 2011 graduates:
93% of eligible US graduates who applied for a postgraduate position (residency), obtained a position by July, 2011. 97% obtained a position by July, 2012.
Of 2012 graduates:
91% of eligible US graduates who applied for a postgraduate position, obtained a position by July, 2012.
Way to go!
Don't forget, CaRMS applications are due soon!
Some of you looking to apply to residency in Canada should review the individual program requirements on the CaRMS website: http://www.carms.ca/eng/r1_program_e.shtml
You should also check out the CaRMS IMG match results from 2012: http://www.carms.ca/eng/operations_R1reports_12_e.shtml
Best of luck in 2013!
