This is a list of medical schools in the Caribbean. Schools are listed in alphabetical order by country or territory, then by name. The list includes recognized by their local governments that award the (MD) and/or (MBBS) degrees. All recognized medical schools are listed in the. Several agencies may also Caribbean medical schools, as listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA). Caribbean medical schools can be categorized as either regional or offshore.
Regional medical schools train students to practice in the country or region where the school is located. Offshore medical schools in the Caribbean primarily train students from the and who intend to return home for and after graduation.
Most offshore schools are dual-campus programs: are completed in the Caribbean, while are completed at teaching hospitals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of 2011, there were 60 medical schools in the Caribbean, 29 of which were regional, 31 of which were. Most of the offshore schools of medicine require applicants to take the.
Learn about the mdeical program at the American University of Antigua, College of Medicine. 6 year accredited program. Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
The departments of education from both United States and Canada contacted the and has required that all Caribbean Medical Schools be required to meet the standards of United States and Canadian medical schools. This led the CARICOM to create the , an organization which will be assessing Caribbean medical schools.
While CAAM-HP was established in 2003, another medical accrediting body was established in 1994, the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM). This body represents the Governments of, and the Confederation of. Those schools that do not receive accreditation from CAAM-HP, ACCM or other accrediting bodies recognized by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)5 will not be eligible for ECFMG certification. This means that students from those schools will not be able to complete neither examinations nor and therefore will not be able to become United States or Canadian doctors, if their school is not certified by the year 2023. Some schools include a list of affiliated hospitals for their Clinical Rotations part of the program, however, many of these hospitals are not certified, many clinical rotations that are completed at hospitals that are not ACGME certified will not be considered as completion of rotation, if the hospital is not ACGME certified, hospitals that are certified are sometimes referred to as 'Green book hospitals'. Retrieved September 21, 2011. Federation of State Medical Boards.
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» » » American University of Antigua - 6 Year Medical Programme The American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine provides a medical education equal to highest U.S. Medical educational standards. The purpose of the training at AUA is to prepare students to pass the U.S.
Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), for U.S. Medical licensure, and to provide the foundation for postgraduate specialty training. AUA students begin their clinical experience during their first semester at the Holberton Hospital in St.
Johns, Antigua (200 beds). Clinical rotations are completed at U.S. Teaching hospitals. The curriculum is modeled after U.S. Medical schools and the university does their utmost to prepare students for the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) which is required in order to graduate.Students take their first four semesters of basic sciences courses at the Antigua campus. The faculty is experienced and dedicated to teaching, and many have received distinguished teacher awards from the students of the medical schools at which they taught before they came to AUA.
The fifth semester Preliminary Clinical Training course is taught through the auspices of the Greater Miami Health Education and Training Campus (GMHETC). After the fifth semester students take the USMLE Step I, and then proceed to clinical rotations, both mandatory and elective, at AUA affiliated hospitals in the U.S. AUA offers two distinct programs for students interested in earning a medical degree - a four year MD program and a six year MD program. The six year degree program leads to both an Associate in Science (AS) in Pre-Health Sciences degree and an MD degree. The program incorporates college level science and humanities courses in a pre-medical program followed by medical school courses. This track is ideal for graduating high school students who are committed to medicine and are ready to begin their medical studies immediately after completing high school.
It is also the path for non-traditional students who need to complete prerequisite courses before being accepted to the medical program.