Windsor University School of Medicine is a

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located in

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, Saint Mary Cayon Parish,

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in the

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. Windsor confers upon its graduates the

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(MD) degree. The university also has clinical education campuses in

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and

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. Administrative offices are located in

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History

Windsor was founded in December 1998 on

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by Dr. Srinivas Gaddam. Instruction began with a class of eight students. In 2000, the university relocated to Bird Rock, a town in the

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in Saint Kitts, with twelve students. In 2004, Windsor acquired the Royal Plaza Inn in Carbondale, Illinois as a site for 5th semester training and announced plans to relocate the Bird Rock campus to the town of Cayon in the Saint Mary Cayon Parish. Windsor began construction on the new Cayon campus in 2006. Windsor acquired the Atrium Plaza hotel in Houghton Lake, Michigan and the Sidney Inn in Sidney, Ohio for use as additional 5th semester training sites in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Currently the Windsor campus at Cayon contains six buildings on of land. The most recent addition, the

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building, was completed in September 2010, at which time the enrollment was approximately 1,100 students. Also in September 2010, Windsor announced plans for further expansion with new laboratories and a 1500-seat auditorium. The university enrollment was approximately 1,500 students as of October 2011.

Curriculum

The MD program at Windsor 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 either at the Saint Kitts campus or at one of the university's three clinical education campuses in the

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. Semesters 6-10 consist of 72 weeks of

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that are completed at either Joseph Nathaniel France General Hospital in Saint Kitts or hospitals in the United States. Windsor also offers a 3 semester

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program for high school graduates who have not completed the necessary prerequisites for the MD program.

Accreditation and recognition

Windsor University School of Medicine 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

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Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA). The university is listed in the

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and accreditation is pending by the CAAM-HP in 2020.

Student life

Several student organizations exist at Windsor. These include, but are not limited to: *

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(AMSA) *

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* Students for Health, a volunteer community service organization. * Eye On You Foundation, formed to "cater for and improve the quality of life for the elderly." * Muslim Students Association *Christian Students Association

References

https://www.windsor.edu/academics/pre-medical-science
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