Caribbean Universities Which Offer Clinical & Laboratory Studies

Ross University

• Ross University School of Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine both have a clinical sciences curriculum. In a student's fifth semester, he is immersed in the advanced introduction to clinical medicine course. Ross University also awards students with clinical clerkships, where they learn and make use of core skills in carrying out physical evaluations and diagnosis. The programs which form the nucleus of clinical studies are medicine, gynecology/obstetrics, pediatrics, surgery, and family medicine.

  Ross University School of Medicine

  P.O. Box 266

  Roseau, Dominica

  West Indies

  767-445-5355

  877-767-7338

  rossu.edu/medical-school/academics/clinicalscience.cfm

  Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine

  P.O. Box 334

  Basseterre, St. Kitts

  West Indies

  869-465-4161

University of the West Indies

• Another internationally known Caribbean university that has clinical offerings is the University of the West Indies. With several campuses located in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, and Barbados, the Faculty of Medical Sciences, based at the Mona campus in Jamaica, extends to the School of Clinical Studies & Research, the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, and University Hospital of the West Indies. The Clinical Trial Centre in Jamaica aids in laboratory studies and research where medical students undertake clinical trials sponsored by the faculty.

  Faculty of Medical Sciences

  The University of the West Indies

  Mona, Jamaica

  876-927-2556

  [email protected]

  mona.uwi.edu/fms/about.php

St. George's University

• At St. George's University, the duration of the clinical studies program is 80 weeks. Comprising medicine, surgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and clinical studies, St. George's University educates between 80-100 students each semester at its clinical centers. Students engage in clinical internships, clerkships, and rotations. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approves the clinical studies programs. In clinical studies at St. George's, students gain the necessary skills to further medical education in postgraduate training.

  St. George's University School of Medicine

  University Centre

  Grenada, West Indies

  [email protected]

  800-899-6337

  sgu.edu/school-of-medicine/sgu-medical-clinical-sciences-program.html