Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine
The Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine is an international review and accreditation service for medical schools.[1]
The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), part of the United States Department of Education, has listed ACCM as "found to use standards to accredit their medical schools that are comparable to the standards used to accredit medical schools in the United States."[1]
The ACCM works on behalf of medical school accreditation for the following Caribbean countries and one middle Eastern country and according to its site there is only one medical school in each of the countries:[2][3]
Country | School | First accredited | Current status |
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Aruba | Xavier University School of Medicine | 2015 | Accredited until May 31, 2018 |
Cayman Islands | St. Matthew's University | 2001 | Accredited until June 30, 2019 |
Nevis | Medical University of the Americas | 2007 | Accredited until May 31, 2022 |
Saint Kitts | University of Medicine and Health Sciences | 2015 | Accredited until May 31, 2021 |
Sint Maarten | American University of the Caribbean | 1995 | Accredited until December 31, 2021 |
Jordan | Medical Programme at the University of Jordan | 2016 | Accredited until May 31, 2022 |
References
- 1 2 http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html
- ↑ http://www.accredmed.org/#top
- ↑ ACCM Accredited Schools. Retrieved on November 3, 2016
External links
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