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Data Bank

Countries with accreditation standards comparable to the US

In August 2007 a Freedom of information request was made for;

  1. The last submission and/or documentation by all countries for recognition by the department that the medical schools chartered within that country are governed by accreditation standards that are comparable to the United States.

  2. The staff’s recommendation to the committee.

  3. The countries responses

  4. The U.S. Secretary of Education’s official notification of the Department’s findings.

The following documents were provided by the United States Department of Education for each country;

  1. Australia & New Zealand

  2. Canada

  3. Cayman Islands

  4. Czech Republic

  5. Dominica

  6. Dominican Republic

  7. Grenada

  8. Hungary

  9. India

  10. Ireland

  11. Israel

  12. Mexico

  13. Netherlands

  14. Pakistan

  15. Philippines

  16. Poland

  17. Saba

  18. Slovak Republic

  19. St. Maartin

  20. Sweden

  21. Taiwan

  22. United Kingdom


Countries whose standards were once found comparable to those in the United States and whose approvals have expired.

  1. Costa Rica

  2. Montserrat

  3. Thailand

For the agenda and transcript of the two committee meetings in 2009 in which staff analysis of various country reports were presented and discussed, click,
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html#decisions


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