20 Degrees in Medicine in Central America and Caribbean for 2024
- Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Full time
4 years
Blended
English
IUHS is an international medical school with world-class North American professors, advanced learning technologies enabling you to study virtually from anywhere in the world, clinical training in your community & a personalized and individual approach to each student.
- San José, Costa Rica
Full time, Part time
5 years
On-Campus
Spanish
- Bridgetown, Barbados
Full time
66 months
On-Campus
English
The American University of Barbados (AUB) offers a balanced medical curriculum for Pre Medical Program, comparable to US medical schools and designed to help prepare students to practice medicine in the US, UK, and also the Caribbean. The medical sciences curriculum is taught on AUB's campus in Barbados. The campus is technologically advanced with a new Medical Science Resource center and anatomy lab. Students complete their clinical training in affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom. Sessions commence in January, May, and September, with semester terms of 16 weeks in duration.
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
On-Campus
English
The Medical Education Program at Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU-SOM) is a 4-year program with 166 weeks. It grants a doctor of medicine degree (MD degree).
- Caguas, Puerto Rico
On-Campus
Spanish
The medical education curriculum at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSM) is designed to prepare students with the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide effective, compassionate health care within a rapidly evolving health care environment. SJBSM requires students to achieve proficiency in eight competency domains: Patient Care, Knowledge for Practice, Problem Base Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, System Based Practice, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Personal and Professional Development. These competency domains were identified by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Physician Competency Reference Set (PCRS)to define the desired outcomes across the continuum of education, training, and practice of physicians and other health professionals. Thus, SJBSM requires students to achieve the following general competencies prior to graduation: The medical education curriculum at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSM) is designed to prepare students with the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide effective, compassionate health care within a rapidly evolving health care environment. SJBSM requires students to achieve proficiency in eight competency domains: Patient Care, Knowledge for Practice, Problem Base Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, System Based Practice, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Personal and Professional Development. These competency domains were identified by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Physician Competency Reference Set (PCRS)to define the desired outcomes across the continuum of education, training, and practice of physicians and other health professionals. Thus, SJBSM requires students to achieve the following general competencies prior to graduation: Patient Care: Students must demonstrate a willingness and ability to provide health care to patients that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for treating health problems and promoting health. Knowledge for Practice: Students must demonstrate the application of knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social-behavioral sciences to the delivery of quality and safe patient care. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: Students must be able to investigate and evaluate patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and continually improve their practice of medicine. Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Students must demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, patient's families, and professional associates.
- Bridgetown, Barbados
On-Campus
English
Victoria University of Barbados, School of Medicine (VUB) offers a 5-Year MD Program of global repute. The program is an undergraduate medical program equivalent to MBBS. The curriculum of the program is designed on the basis of the medical curriculum followed in US medical schools and strictly adheres to the requirements of United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), a three-step examination which, once qualified, enables students to get medical licensure in the United States.
- Bridgetown, Barbados
Full time
48 months
On-Campus
English
The American University of Barbados (AUB) offers a balanced medical curriculum for the MD Program, comparable to US medical schools and designed to help prepare students to practice medicine in the US, UK, and also the Caribbean. The medical sciences curriculum is taught on AUB's campus in Barbados. The campus is technologically advanced with a new Medical Science Resource center and anatomy lab. Students complete their clinical training in affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom. Sessions commence in January, May, and September, with semester terms of 16 weeks in duration.
- Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Full time
3 years
On-Campus
English
We offer you an accredited, affordable, hands-on medical school education, to prepare you for a long, rewarding medical career. Our top accredited Caribbean Medical School MD Program covers the Basic and Clinical Sciences.
- Oranjestad, Aruba
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
English
Xavier University School of Medicine has adopted a modern, innovative, and dynamic curriculum aimed at providing highly qualified physicians to the US health care system and worldwide. The curriculum of XUSOM is prepared in alignment with its Mission, Vision, and Educational Objectives.
- Online Curaçao
On-Campus
English
The Pre-Medical program was created for those students who do not meet the Admissions criteria of SMUFOM based on not completing the courses and credits required for Admissions into the MD Program.
- Online Curaçao
On-Campus
English
The medical program offered at St. Martinus University, Faculty of Medicine, is a rigorous program that integrates the Basic Sciences into medicine's clinical practice.
- Roseau, Dominica
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
English
Prospective Students seeking to enter into the Program directly will be required to have the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), A Bachelor's degree in the Physical and Biological Sciences with a minimum grade point average of 3.0, with pre-requisite courses including an entire year with laboratory work in each of general biology, general chemistry, and general physics; one semester with laboratory work in organic chemistry.
- Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
On-Campus
English
Students who register for the BSc in Health Sciences program at Manipal University can enroll in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at American University of Antigua (AUA) after successfully completing two years of the BSc in Health Sciences program.
- Oranjestad, Aruba
Full time
11 semesters
On-Campus
English
Xavier offers a 5.5-year program for students who wish to enter medical school straight out of high school. This gives students a 1.5-year jumpstart on pre-med courses that will accelerate their entry into Xavier’s medical program — upon completion, of course, of all other pre-med requirements.
- Roseau, Dominica
Full time
5 years
On-Campus
English
All Saints University School of Medicine offers six types of programs; the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree program, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Degree program, and Ph.D. Degree program in Life Sciences (Immunology).