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
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...
recognized by their local governments that award the
Doctor of Medicine
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(MD) and/or
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
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(MBBS) degrees.
All recognized medical schools are 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 4,100 medical schools listed in the directory. The directory is published as a collaboration of the World Federation for Med ...
(WDMS). Several agencies may also
accredit
Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...
Caribbean medical schools, as listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA).
Categories: Regional vs. Off-shore
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
United States
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and
Canada
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who intend to return home for
residency
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* Artist-in-residence, a program to sponsor the residence and work of visual artists, writers, musicians, etc.
* Concert residency, a series of concerts performed at one venue
* Domicile (law), the act of establishing or m ...
and
clinical practice
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after graduation. Most
offshore medical school An offshore medical school is a medical school that caters "primarily to foreign ( American and Canadian citizens) students, wishing to practice medicine in the US and Canada" according to the World Bank, compared to local schools that focus on thei ...
s are dual-campus programs:
basic sciences
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are completed in the Caribbean, while
clinical clerkships are completed at teaching hospitals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
List of current Caribbean medical schools
See also
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Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine
Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...
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World Directory of Medical Schools
The World Directory of Medical Schools is a public database of institutions that provide medical education. There are over 4,100 medical schools listed in the directory. The directory is published as a collaboration of the World Federation for Med ...
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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 b ...
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Offshore medical school An offshore medical school is a medical school that caters "primarily to foreign ( American and Canadian citizens) students, wishing to practice medicine in the US and Canada" according to the World Bank, compared to local schools that focus on thei ...
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List of medical schools
Medical schools are developed, monitored and credentialed by national organizations in each country. The agency responsible for this recognition in most countries is the Ministry of Health. Medical schools that are recognized by the appropriate ag ...
Notes
References
External links
World Directory of Medical Schools
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Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...