In Miami Clinicals Pictures Ross Rumor Mill Contacting Me Links One of the biggest things that students have trouble with is living in Dominica. Dominica does not have all the Things that America has. The culture of Dominica is not the same as in America. The first two problems play together very well in Dominica.
Students work VERY hard down here as medical school in general is very hard.
Since everybody else studies very hard that means you have to study very hard since the curve is getting raised. Then when you are stressed out there are not a lot of options for stress relief. Mr. James who runs the store across the street from the school is a big con artist and is not trustworthy but his sister Tina runs a great honest little store a mile or so away. Most students also deal with culture shock. The hardest thing is that they operate on island time meaning that they will get to it when they get to it.