St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine (SMUFOM) is a
private medical school located in
Willemstad
Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...
,
Curaçao, which started operating in 2003.
In October 2005, the school had half the number of students it needed to break even, and in October 2007, Banco de Caribe announced an auction of the university property. Education of students never halted and the auction never actually manifested. In 2010, SMU came under the administration of Priyamvada Sharma.
In 2013 the university became a designated educational institution for the Canada Student Loans Program.
Third-year medical students do
clerkships at Pontiac General Hospital, in
Pontiac Pontiac may refer to:
*Pontiac (automobile), a car brand
*Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief
Places and jurisdictions Canada
*Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality
** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...
,
Michigan
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.
St. Martinus University is listed in the
World Directory of Medical Schools The World Directory of Medical Schools is a public database of institutions that provide medical education. There are over 3,600 medical schools listed in the directory. The directory is published as a collaboration of the World Federation for Med ...
, and its graduates are eligible to apply for
ECFMG According to the US Department of Education, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates is "the authorized credential evaluation and guidance agency for non-U.S. physicians and graduates of non-U.S. medical schools who seek to practice ...
certification, allowing them to take the
United States Medical Licensing Examination
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step examination program for medical licensure in the United States sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). P ...
and become licensed to practice medicine in the US. It is recognized by the
Medical Council of India
The Medical Council of India (MCI) was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India until its dissolution on 25 September 2020 when it was replaced by National Medical Commission. The Council grante ...
as a degree-granting university/institution. It is not accredited by the
,
Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine The Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) is an international medical review and accreditation agency service for medical schools.
The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), part of the Unit ...
, or
Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders ( nl, Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie; NVAO) is the independent educational accreditation organisation for higher education institutions in the Netherlands and Flanders. It w ...
.
See also
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International medical graduate An international medical graduate (IMG), earlier known as a foreign medical graduate (FMG), is a physician who has graduated from a medical school outside of the country where he or she intends to practice. The term non-local medical graduate may be ...
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List of medical schools in the Caribbean
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 medical schools recognized by their local governments that award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) and/ ...
References
External links
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Educational institutions established in 2000
Schools of medicine in Curaçao
Willemstad
2000 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles