The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) is an international, profit-oriented, international-based curriculum-based medical school with the primary science base campus in Sint Maarten, and is based in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The school is owned by Adtalem Global Education, formerly DeVry Inc. since 2011, AUC is fully accredited by Ireland-based Accreditation Committee for Medicine (ACCM), meeting the requirements of the government secured student loan program, and is therefore approved to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and other federal financial aid programs. The US Department of Education has determined that the commission's accreditation standards are proportional to those applicable to US medical schools.
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History
Founded by American educator Dr. Paul Tien in 1978, the main campus of the American University of the Caribbean was originally located on the island of Montserrat, but was forced to move to its present location in Sint Maarten after a previously inactive Soufriere eruption. Volcano hills.
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While the medical campus is being built in Montserrat, the AUC began conducting classes under the Montserrat charter in a rented room on the College of Mount St. campus. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first class, with 107 students, began on August 14, 1978.
Montserrat
The government of Montserrat gave AUC a plot of 25 acres (100,000 m) with Plymouth, where a new campus of 17 buildings was built. The AUC began organizing classes on the new campus in Montserrat in January 1980.
On September 17, 1989, Hurricane Hugo hit the island, damaging the campus. Students and faculty are evacuated.
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While the Montserrat campus is being rebuilt, AUC operates at a temporary location in Plainview, Texas on the campus of Wayland Baptist University. Ray Seidel, MD works with AUC and the Board of Education (the state of Texas) to help put AUC on their temporary Campus. The class started again on 17 October 1989 for 3 semesters before returning to Montserrat.
Montserrat
The Montserrat campus was rebuilt and AUC reopened for classes in September 1990. Long considered inactive, the SoufriÃÆ'¨re Hills volcano in Montserrat erupted on July 18, 1995, leaving most of the island uninhabitable, including the entire city of Plymouth. Students and faculty are evacuated, and campuses are buried under volcanic ash.
Belize and St. Maarten
AUC reopened its operations in September 1995. 250 students were sent to temporary locations in Belize and 280 students were sent to temporary sites in St. Maarten, at that time part of the Netherlands Antilles. However, on September 5, 1995, Hurricane Luis hit St. Maarten, destroyed much of its infrastructure, and delayed the opening of the St. Maarten for three weeks. In September 1996, AUC moved all students and faculty in Belize to a temporary facility in St. Louis. Maarten.
St. Maarten
AUC purchased a plot of land in the village of Cupecoy on the Dutch side of St. Martin and the construction of a permanent campus began in July 1996. The new campus opened on 1 May 1998. The new AUC campus consists of teaching and learning facilities featuring classrooms and laboratories, anatomical imaging laboratories, microbiology, and medical library.
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma attacked Sint Maarten on 5 and 6 September 2017 and the AUC campus, including dormitories, suffered minor damage but classes had to be canceled and all students evacuated from Sint Maarten Island, as the island attempted to restore basic services. According to the official AUC storm update page, students take refuge in buildings designed and designed to withstand category 5 hurricanes (Building 2). Inventory is distributed to sheltered students, co-workers and loved ones after the storm. Some residences where students live "are completely destroyed - and food and water are scarce", according to the CBC. The school arranges for students to begin the next semester on September 29, 2017, after making arrangements with the University of Central Lancashire to share their facilities until students can return to the Sint Maarten campus. Most students have resumed classes on the Sint Maarten campus but some fourth and fifth semester students will complete basic science in Preston, England.
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Curriculum
After completing the initial 5 semesters (20 months) study in the Medical Sciences section of the St. Maarten AUC, students then undertake 4.5 semesters (18 months) of training in the Clinical Science section (also known as Clinical Year) at AUC affiliated education hospitals, where students can choose between educational hospitals in the United States, United Kingdom, or Ireland. Both the necessary core rotation (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, and Psychiatry) and elective rotation in any specialization can be taken at one or more different clinical sites. After a total of four years of training, students are awarded a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree.
The level of residency achievement for first qualified AUC graduates is 88.5 percent by 2016. At least twenty of these residents are named head residents in ten specializations by 2016.
Accreditation and license
AUC is registered with the Avicenna directory of the World Health Organization and in the ECFMG IMED/FAIMER medical school database, which shows that the school is recognized by the appropriate local government agency.
AUC is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Medical College (ACCM), an independent Irish-based organization that accredits medical schools on behalf of several governments, including the governments of Sint Maarten and the Netherlands Antilles.
Some countries have their own approval process for medical school, all of which have approved the AUC. This includes California. In addition, New York and Florida have approved AUC to allow medical students to conduct clinical rotations in their state.
AUC graduates can apply to the General Medical Council of United Kingdom for registration (training residency) in the UK without prejudice. The only provision relating to AUC graduates is for students who, "... were transferred to the American University of the Caribbean after a period of study at another medical school."
See also
- Medical school
- International medical graduates
- List of schools of medicine in the Caribbean
References
External links
- Official website
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