Saint James School of Medicine
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| Established | 1999 |
| Type | Private, For-profit |
| President | Kallol Guha, PhD, DSc |
| Dean | Ravinder Kenue, MSc, PhD |
| Location | Kralendijk, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands |
| Website | www.sjsm.org |
Saint James School of Medicine (SJSM) is a is a private, for-profit medical school located in Kralendijk, Bonaire, in the Caribbean. Saint James confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.[1] The university also has a campus in Anguilla and administrative offices in Park Ridge, Illinois.[2]
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[edit] History
Saint James School of Medicine was established in Bonaire in 1999 and began instruction in 2000.[1] In 2010, Saint James opened a second campus in Anguilla.[3]
[edit] Curriculum
The MD program at Saint James is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-4 are basic sciences semesters that are completed at either the Bonaire or Anguilla campus. Semester 5 (Advanced Introduction to Clinical Medicine) is completed at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.[4] Semesters 6-10 consist of 96 weeks of clinical study that are completed at affiliated hospitals and clinical facilities in the United States.[5]
[edit] Accreditation
Saint James School of Medicine is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[1] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[6]
In June 2011, the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) granted initial accreditation as a developing school to the university's Anguilla campus.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c https://imed.faimer.org/details.asp?country=&school=saint+james&currpage=1&cname=&city=®ion=&rname=&mcode=665030&psize=25
- ^ http://bonaire.sjsm.org/index.php/contact_us
- ^ http://www.festival.ai/article/view/10024/1/135
- ^ a b http://www.caam-hp.org/programmesAssessed/Saint%20James%20School%20of%20Medicine.pdf
- ^ http://bonaire.sjsm.org/index.php/academics/md_program
- ^ http://avicennadb.ku.dk/avicenna/viewSchool.php?school=324
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