Offshore medical schools have sought to provide increased access to a medical education in order to meet the demands of health care services around the world. In particular, Caribbean medical school have served as an extensive of classrooms in the United States because of the limited spaces that are available to all those who apply to medical school.
Caribbean medical schools have become as popular as they are today because of the peacefulness of these countries and the general island living which is the total opposite of the busy cosmopolitan lifestyle. Students can freely experience free access to the Caribbean’s beautiful white sand beaches, rivers and lush vegetation, including carnival and music which are the spice of the Caribbean. Medical schools in the Caribbean are surely the route to a bright future and wholesome study experience.
The following are names of Caribbean medical schools that can be found in the islands: The American Global University School of Medicine, InterAmerican School of Medical Science, Xavier University of Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Este, St. Matthew’s University, American ISOM, The Greenheart Medical University, University of the West Indies School of Medicine, University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, Saba University School of Medicine, International American University College of Medicine and Saint James School of Medicine, St. George’s School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, All Saints School of Medicine and Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. Countries where these Caribbean medical schools are located include Belize, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Martin, Dominica, Dominica Republic, Jamaica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, the Cayman Islands, Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Most medical programmes at these Caribbean medical schools last for four years, which are divided into two or three years in the Caribbean and two in the United States, UK or other country where studies and are continued at affiliated hospitals. Caribbean medical schools such as Ross are accredited by FAIMER and the WHO.