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San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Logo of San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
MottoEscuela de medicina enfocada en la comunidad
Motto in English
Community-focused school of medicine
TypePrivate Medical School
Established1978
PresidentYocasta Brugal-Mena, M.D.
Location
Caguas
,
Puerto Rico
,
USA
CampusUrban, 25 acres (100,000 m2)
ColorsBurgundy  
Websitehttp://www.sanjuanbautista.edu/

The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSOM) is a private U.S. medical school, located within the San Juan Bautista Medical Center in Caguas, Puerto Rico. It formally opened its doors in 1978.

The school offers a four-year Doctor of Medicine Degree Program (M.D.) and a local Transitional Year Program. The first two years of the curriculum are Basic Sciences Courses within the school campus and the last two years Clinical Sciences at the hospitals. Mostly, Spanish is spoken, but medicine is taught in both Spanish and English. The faculty is composed of experienced medical doctors and professors that integrate knowledge with practice. The school also offers programs in Nursing and Master in Public Health.

History

The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSOM) was founded in 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's a non profit corporation, incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. On June 22 of 1979, it was authorized by the Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico to offer studies pertinent to the M.D. degree. The Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico is the governmental agency with the responsibility to coordinate the efforts related to the higher education in Puerto Rico.

The Institution has continued to develop through the years, and it moved its facilities to the city of Caguas in 1988, one of the most important urban centers in Puerto Rico. Nearly 150,000 people live in this progressive city of Puerto Rico. Caguas is located in the East-Central region of the island, 18 miles (29 km) south of San Juan the Capital City of Puerto Rico. Due to the short distance between Caguas and San Juan, it is accessible to ports and airport facilities, thus permitting the fast movement of people and merchandise. This element facilitates commercial, industrial and tourism expansion activities. The commercial development effect of urban growth during the last twenty years has allowed the construction of shopping centers with modern amenities and installations. Around the periphery of the city, arise modern, recreational, sports and cultural facilities which have been developed in recent years.

On February 1998, the Middle States Association (MSA), granted Candidacy for Accreditation Status to the School. The self-study design was accepted and the School was authorized to start its self-study process in April 2001. Thanks to this Candidacy, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine was certified on November 1998 to participate in the Title IV Program of the Department of Federal Education, specifically in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Through the Puerto Rico Health Reform, there was the opportunity of buying hospitals from the government. The School of Medicine saw the possibility of growth and presented a proposal to buy Caguas' Regional Hospital, Dr. Eduardo Garrido Morales, and on July 1, 1999 took control over its operations under the name of San Juan Bautista Medical Center. On June 2004, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for the Higher Education Accreditation. The school is also member of the Board of Medical Examiners of Puerto Rico.

In 2006, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its Legislative Assembly approved the act that creates the Regional Academic Medical Centers. This act establish that the four medical schools in Puerto Rico will lead and coordinates the health services of a determined area of the island under an environment of health education and the integration of the community in the academic development of the medical students interns and residents. The San Juan Bautista School of Medicine and its hospital the San Juan Bautista Medical Center, is part of these Academic Medical Center, serving the Central Region of Puerto Rico. (Regional Academic Medical Centers of Puerto Rico Act: Act 136 of 2006).

Up to June 2009, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine has graduated more than 1,000 medical doctors that have been integrated successfully to provide health care in Puerto Rico and abroad. Many students have also been able to continue graduate medical education or residencies in Puerto Rico and in the United States.

Events

On May 31, 2008, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton visited the SBJMC facilities as part of her Presidential primaries campaign in Puerto Rico. She attended a meeting of the Hospital Association of Puerto Rico about the Universal Health Plan Insurance.[1][2][3][4] A couple of months later, the SJBMC had the Third Year White Coat Ceremony (Class of 2010) at its facilities.[5]

Campus

The School facilities are located on the spacious grounds of the San Juan Bautista Medical Center, previously known as the Dr. Eduardo Garrido Morales Caguas Regional Hospital; between State Highways 52 and 172 in an urban development known as Turabo Gardens. This is a tertiary hospital facility constructed in a 25-acre (100,000 m2) ground. The 52 acres (210,000 m2) hold the Hospital and the School, which houses the administrative offices, the basic sciences dependencies of the medical school; the administrative offices, basic sciences faculty offices, Library/Learning Resources Center, teaching and research laboratories, development clinical skills program infrastructure (e.g. standardized patient), and community-based medicine offices. Also, it provides space for student council organizations as well as meeting room for the students, student lounge, basketball court, recreational areas; and at the medical center, the cafeteria and gymnasium. The experimental surgery and clinical trials facilities are located in an adjacent structure. The SJB library is one of the most complete medical libraries in the Caribbean, and ir offers online resources and a quiet environment for the students to study. The San Juan Bautista Medical Center has approximately 481,527 square feet (44,735 m2) of construction, and has 375 approved beds for hospitalization, with the following clinical departments: Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Ob/Gyn, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, Primary Medicine and Clinical and Pathology labs. Primary, secondary and tertiary health care services are provided to the Caguas Health Region which encompasses 13 surrounding towns and cities.

The San Juan Bautista Medical Center is the principal clinical training facility for third and fourth year students of San Juan Bautista Medical Center who complete clerkships in each of the following disciplines: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Anesthesiology and Sub specialties. Likewise, many students do clinical electives at this center. In fourth year, students can complete elective cleckships in any hospital of Puerto Rico or the United States. Clinical training at the San Juan Bautista Medical Center brings the student into contact with a patient population drawn from many different socio-economic groups whose health problems represent all categories of medical conditions requiring complex tertiary care to routine and preventive care. It offers possibilities for experience in public practice outreach clinics and rural medicine, through the Community Medicine approach.

San Juan Bautista Medical Center

The San Juan Bautista Medical Center (SJBMC)[6] has been part of the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine since 1999. The Institution is recognized for taking the lead in educating primary care physicians, and had demonstrated a strong commitment to the community. The San Juan Bautista Medical Center is accredited by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). The Hospital is recognized as a non profit organization by the Treasury Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America. The actual hospital departments are: Anesthesiology, Clinical Sciences Associate, Cardiovascular Laboratory, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, Neonatology, Orthopedic Surgery, Outpatient Service, Pathology, Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Radiology, General and Ambulatory Surgery. SJBMC also serves as the main district hospital in the Southeastern part of the island.

Licenses and Accreditations

LCME accreditation and loss of LCME accreditation

In November 2006, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine received the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) team visit as a final step in the program accreditation process.[7] As part of the accreditation procedure, a process of reconsideration was held with a final decision of accreditation by the LCME, on June 15, 2007. This made San Juan Bautista the fourth LCME accredited medical school in Puerto Rico. LCME public announcement was: "At its June 5–7, 2007 meeting, the LCME granted accreditation to the medical education program leading to the M.D. degree at the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The decision to grant accreditation will take effect at the beginning of academic year 2007–2008, and apply to all students enrolled in the M.D. program and taking coursework leading to the completion of the M.D. degree at that time."[8][9]

On October 3, 2011, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) withdrew its accreditation of the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. As a result, it could no longer accept new students via the AMCAS applicaton process and its current fourth year medical students could not participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).[10][11] On October 12, 2011, the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine filed a federal lawsuit against the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges in the District Court of Puerto Rico.[12] On November 18, 2011, The LCME Appeals Panel reconvened, and affirmed each of the areas of non-compliance originally cited by the LCME. However, rather than maintain the loss of accreditation, the panel instead placed the medical education program on probationary accreditation, pending the LCME's consideration of the results of a full survey visit to take place as previously scheduled on January 29 – February 1, 2012.[13]

As of March 19, 2012, the LCME lists the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine as having "Full Accreditation – On Probation."[14]

After the site visit held on February 2012, in the June 2012 LCME Meeting, the school was granted with a Full Accreditation-On Probation. That means that the school still accredited with regular reports to be provided to the LCME, but the current enrolled students and applicants have all the benefits in terms of Student Loans, USMLE Boards and Residency applications.

Student organizations

  • General Student Council (CGE)
  • San Juan Bautista Alumni Association
  • Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity, Dr. Luis Izquierdo Mora Chapter – 2006
  • Medicine Student Association of Puerto Rico (AEMPR)
  • Medical Student Association for Community Health Improvement (MSACHI)
  • American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
  • American Medical Association – Medical School Section (AMA-MSS)
  • Christian Medical Students Society
  • Emergency Medicine Students Association (EMSA)
  • Pediatrics Interest Group (PIG)
  • Anesthesiology Interest Group (AIG)
  • Plastic Surgery Interest Group (PSIG)
  • Student Tutoring Program
  • Student Counseling, Orientation & Guidance and School Promotions Committees
  • Middle State Commission and LCME Accreditation Student Committee

Faculty Members

  • Yocasta Brugal Mena, M.D – (School of Medicine, President) Clinical Pathology, Former Deputy Director of Institute of Forensic Medicine of Puerto Rico[citation needed]
  • Edgardo Cartagena, M.D – (Internal Medicine, Department Director, Faculty Director) Pneumology[citation needed]
  • Rolance Chavier, M.D – Family Medicine (Puerto Rico Medical Association-AMPR, President)[citation needed]
  • Walmor De Mello, M.D, PhD – Cardiology and Physiology, Nobel Prize in Medicine nominee, International Mentor of the American Heart Association[citation needed]
  • Raul Garcia Rinaldi, M.D – Thoracic Surgery and General Vascular Surgery[citation needed]
  • Luis Izquierdo Mora, M.D – Family Medicine, Former Puerto Rico Secretary of Health, Former Senator of Puerto Rico, Doctor of the Year 1983 of the American Academy of Family Physicians[15]
  • Luis Mejia Rivera, M.D, PhD – Pharmacology and Biochemistry. Pfizer adviser and spokesman. [citation needed]
  • Nelson Montanez, M.D, J.D, PhD – Hematology-Oncology[citation needed]
  • Edwin Rodriguez Cruz, M.D – Interventional Pediatric Cardiology[citation needed]
  • Luis Sanchez-Longo, PhD – Neuropsychology[citation needed]
  • Luis Soltero Harrington, M.D – Cardiothoracic Surgery[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Presenta propuestas de salud" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Dia. 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "HILLARY TALKS HEALTH CARE IN PUERTO RICO". MSNBC. 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Clinton Focuses on Health Care in Puerto Rico". The Wall Street Journal. May 31, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Rain Doesn't Dampen Clinton's Spirits in Puerto Rico". The Boston Globe. May 31, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Estrenan sus batas blancas" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. July 19, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  6. ^ "SAN JUAN BAUTISTA MEDICAL CENTER – CAGUAS, PR". Hospital Data. 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  7. ^ "LCME:Visit Schedule". LCME. 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  8. ^ "San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Granted LCME Accreditation". LCME. 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  9. ^ "Three New Medical Schools Join AAMC Membership". AAMC. 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2008. [dead link]
  10. ^ Barzansky, Barbara. "Letter to Yocasta Brugal, MD, President and Dean, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine from LCME" (PDF). Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  11. ^ "Information for San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Students and Applicants". San Juan Bautista – Students. Association of American Medical Colleges. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  12. ^ "Escuela de Medicina San Juan Bautista, Inc. v. Liaison Committee on Medical Education et al". Justia Dockets & Filings. Justia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  13. ^ Wecker, Menachem (November 21, 2011). "What Medical School Probation Means for Students". U.S. News. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  14. ^ Liaison Committee of Medical Education (March 19, 2012). "LCME Directory of Accredited Medical Education Programs". LCME website. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  15. ^ "LUIS IZQUIERDO MORA – WONCA GLOBAL FAMILY DOCTOR FOR FEBRUARY 2006". Wonca News. 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2008.

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