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/territory, then name. The list includes medical schools recognized by their local governments that award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) and/or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees.

All recognized medical schools are listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED) and/or the Avicenna Directory for medicine. Several agencies may also accredit Caribbean medical schools, as listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA).^[1]

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 and Canada who intend to return home for residency and clinical practice after graduation.^[2] Most offshore schools are dual-campus programs, where basic sciences are completed in the Caribbean while clinical clerkships are completed at teaching hospitals in the United States.^[3]

As of 2011, there were 60 medical schools in the Caribbean, 29 of which were regional, 31 of which were offshore.

Current medical schools in the Caribbean

Country/Territory	School	Established	Degree	Regional/Offshore	IMED/Avicenna Listed	Accreditation
Anguilla (UK)	Saint James School of Medicine	2001	MD	Offshore	Both[4][5]	CAAM-HP [Initial Developing School] (2nd Lowest Form of Accreditation)[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	American University of Antigua College of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Both[7][8]	New York State Education Department (NYSED),[9] CAAM-HP[10]
Antigua and Barbuda	University of Health Sciences Antigua School of Medicine	1983	MD	Offshore	Both[11][12]
Aruba (NL)	Aureus University School of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Both[13][14]
Aruba (NL)	Xavier University School of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Both[15][16]	CAAM-HP, ACCM[6]
Barbados	American University of Barbados School of Medicine	2011	MD	Offshore	Both[17][18]
Barbados	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (Cave Hill)	1967	MBBS	Regional	Both[19][20]	CAAM-HP[6]
Belize	Washington University of Health and Sciences (WUHS)	2010	MD	Offshore	Both	FAIMER, IMED, AMSA, Belize Ministry of Education.
Cayman Islands (UK)	St. Matthew's University School of Medicine	2002	MD	Offshore	Both[21][22]	ACCM[23]
Cuba	Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina	1999	MD	Offshore	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Ciego de Avila	2000	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Cienfuegos	1990	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Granma	1982	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Holguin	1976	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Las Tunas	1986	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Matanzas	1969	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Pinar del Rio	1976	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Sancti Spiritus	1994	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de La Habana	1976	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de Santiago de Cuba	1962	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de Villa Clara	1966	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Camaguey	1968	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Guantanamo	1982	MD	Regional	Both	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education
Curacao (NL)	Avalon University School of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	Both	WHO, Avicenna Directory for medicine,International Medical Education Directory (IMED),[24] Chartered and Recognized by the Government of Curacao
Curacao (NL)	Caribbean Medical University School of Medicine	2007	MD	Offshore	Both
Curacao (NL)	St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine	2000	MD	Offshore	Both
Dominica	All Saints University School of Medicine	2006	MD	Offshore	Both	WHO, Avicenna Directory for medicine,International Medical Education Directory (IMED)
Dominica	Ross University School of Medicine	1978	MD	Offshore	Both	CAAM-HP,[6] Medical Board of Dominica
Dominican Republic	Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo Escuela de Medicina	1972	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Departamento de Medicina	1976	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Departamento de Medicina	1538	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Católica Nordestana Facultad de Ciencias Medicas	1978	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao Escuela de Medicina	1983	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Central del Este Escuela de Medicina	1970	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) Escuela de Medicina	1982	MD	Offshore	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña Escuela de Medicina	1966	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago Escuela de Medicina, Santiago de Los Caballeros	1979	MD	Regional	Both	Secretary of State for Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic	Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago Escuela de Medicina, Santo Domingo	1981	MD	Regional	Both	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
France	University of the French West Indies and Guiana	1982	MD	Regional	Both
Grenada	St. George's University School of Medicine	1977	MD	Offshore	Both	CAAM-HP,[6] NYSED, Grenada Ministry of Health
Guyana	American International School of Medicine	1999	MD	Offshore	Both	World Health Organization
Guyana	Georgetown American University	2013	MD	Offshore	Both	NAC (National Accreditation Council) of Guyana[25]
Guyana	Texila American University	2010	MD	Offshore	Both	NAC (National Accreditation Council) of Guyana[25]
Haiti	Université d'Etat d'Haïti Faculté de Médecine	1867	MD	Regional	Both
Haiti	Université Lumière Faculté de Médecine	2006	MD	Regional	IMED only
Haiti	Université Notre Dame d'Haïti Faculté de Médecine	1997	MD	Regional	Both
Haiti	Université Quisqueya Faculté des Sciences de la Santé	2002	MD	Regional	IMED only
Jamaica	All American Institute of Medical Sciences	2011	MD	Offshore	Both	CAAM-HP,[6] IMED,[26] WHO[27]
Jamaica	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (Mona)	1948	MBBS	Regional	Both	CAAM-HP[6]
Montserrat (UK)	Seoul Central College of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	IMED only
Montserrat (UK)	University of Science, Arts & Technology Faculty of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	IMED only
Saba (NL)	Saba University School of Medicine	1994	MD	Offshore	Both	NVAO ACCM[23]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	International University of the Health Sciences (IUHS)	1998	MBBS/MD	Offshore	Both	Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis[25]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	University of Medicine and Health Sciences	2008	MD	Offshore	Both	Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis[25] ACCM
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Windsor University School of Medicine	2000	MD	Offshore	Both	Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis[25]
Saint Lucia	American International Medical University	2007	MD	Offshore	Both	The Ministry of Education, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia	Atlantic University School Of Medicine (AUSOM)	2010	MD	Offshore	Both
Saint Lucia	College of Medicine and Health Sciences/aka Destiny University	2001	MD	Offshore	Both	Provisional Accreditation from the Government of Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia	International American University College of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Both
Saint Lucia	Spartan Health Sciences University	1980	MD	Offshore	Both	CAAM-HP,[6] Ministry of Education, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia	Washington Medical Sciences Institute	2011	MD	Offshore	Both
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	All Saints University College of Medicine	2011	MD	Offshore	Both
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	American University of St Vincent School of Medicine	2012	MD	Offshore	Both	Ministry of education SVG and National Accreditation board
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Trinity School of Medicine	2008	MD	Offshore	Both	CAAM-HP,[28] Ministry of education SVG and National Accreditation board
Sint Maarten (NL)	American University of Integrative Sciences	1999	MD	Offshore	Both
Sint Maarten (NL)	American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine	1978	MD	Offshore	Both	ACCM[23]
Trinidad and Tobago	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (St. Augustine)	1967	MBBS	Regional	Both	CAAM-HP[6]

See also

• International medical graduate
• List of medical schools

References

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External links

• World Directory of Medical Schools
• ValueMD Caribbean Medical Schools Directory