The University of Medicine and Health Sciences (also known as UMHS) is a private, for-profit

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located in

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in the

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. UMHS confers upon its graduates the

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(MD) degree. The university also has a 5th semester campus in

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UMHS Clinical Science , Caribbean Medical School , UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
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History

UMHS was founded in 2007 by Dr. Robert Ross, the founder and former owner of

Ross University School of Medicine Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) is a private for-profit medical school. Its main campus is located in Barbados, and separate administrative offices are located in Iselin, New Jersey, and Miramar, Florida, in the United States. Prior t ...

. The university had its inaugural class in May 2008, and held its first graduation in June 2012 at the United Nations building in New York City. UMHS is owned and operated by the Ross family, with Dr. Ross's son Warren acting as President

Curriculum

The MD program at UMHS is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-4 are

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semesters that are completed at the university's Saint Kitts campus. Semester 5 (Introduction to Clinical Medicine) is completed at the university's campus in

. Semesters 6-10 consist of 78 weeks of

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(48 weeks of core rotations, 30 weeks of elective rotations) that are completed at affiliated hospitals in the United States. UMHS Auditorium

Accreditation

UMHS is chartered in Saint Kitts and

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by the Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis, a recognized accrediting agency listed in the

FAIMER The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "support the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as it promotes international health p ...

Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA). The school's charter was signed on August 24, 2007. UMHS is also listed in the FAIMER

International Medical Education Directory The International Medical Education Directory (IMED) was a public database of worldwide medical schools. The IMED was published as a joint collaboration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation for Advan ...

(IMED). UMHS received its 6-year accreditation from the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) in May 2015. ACCM is an international accrediting body listed by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), part of the US Department of Education, as "found to use standards to accredit their medical schools that are comparable to the standards used to accredit medical schools in the United States." In addition to its accreditations, UMHS entered an articulation agreement with Georgia University in 2015 and has obtained a provisional license by the state of Florida in 2018.

Student life

Student organizations include: *

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(AMSA)

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