The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSM) is a private medical school in

Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was found ...

. It formally opened its doors in 1978. The school grants the

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(M.D.), Master in Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS), and

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degrees. The institution also has a local Transitional Year program.

History

SJBSM was founded in 1978 in

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as a non profit corporation, incorporated under the laws of

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. In 1979, it was authorized by the

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to offer studies pertinent to the M.D. degree. The institution continued to develop through the years, and it moved its facilities to the city of

Caguas Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founde ...

in 1988, an important urban center in Puerto Rico with nearly 150,000 inhabitants. In February 1998, the

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, granted Candidacy for Accreditation Status to the School. It was in November 1998 that was certified to participate in the Title IV Program of the Department of Federal Education, specifically in the

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. In 1999, the school bought Caguas' Regional Hospital, Dr. Eduardo Garrido Morales, and took control over its operations under the name of San Juan Bautista Hospital. In 2004, SJBSM was accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. SJBSM has been accredited by the

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since 2007. It also became a member of the Board of Medical Examiners of Puerto Rico. In late 2011, the assets of the San Juan Bautista Hospital were acquired by the Mennonite Health System (Sistema de Salud Menonita), changing its name to Hospital Menonita de Caguas. As part of a thirty-year rental agreement, the Department of Health of Puerto Rico conditioned the acquisition on retaining the school of medicine and its residencies.

Licenses and accreditations

(LCME) * Middle States Commission on Higher Education * Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico (CHE-PR) * Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) * Board of Medical Examiners of Puerto Rico
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
(ARC-PA)

References

External links

Official website
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