Why I started MDCaribbean
My interest in Caribbean medical education began years before this website. Several doctors our family had seen in Greater Victoria trained in the Caribbean. One young family physician, a graduate of Saba University School of Medicine, made a particularly strong impression on me.
When my son began exploring medical school options, I wanted to understand the possibilities beyond Canada. I spent years researching schools and their routes toward medical training and practice in North America. I soon discovered that the most important questions were often the hardest to answer clearly.
How current is a school’s accreditation? What does the published tuition actually include? Where do students complete their clinical rotations? How are residency results calculated? What must a graduate verify before pursuing licensure in a particular U.S. state or Canadian province?
Those questions were the starting point for MDCaribbean.
A personal visit to Saba
I accompanied my son to Saba in late December 2025, ahead of the start of his MD program in January 2026. I visited the school and spent time exploring the island. I loved the dramatic green landscape, the slower pace of life and the friendliness of the people I met. Reaching Mount Scenery was an especially memorable part of the visit.
Being there helped me appreciate the setting in which a student might live and study. Assessing teaching quality, clinical placements, residency outcomes and licensing eligibility takes independent sources and careful verification.
Family connection. My son attends Saba. I disclose that connection because readers deserve to know it. His name and personal academic details remain private. The school is subject to the same evidence standards and limitations as every other institution covered by MDCaribbean.
What MDCaribbean is building
We organize Caribbean medical school information to make comparisons more useful and easier to check. Our profiles and guides focus on accreditation and institutional recognition, published tuition and mandatory fees, admissions requirements, clinical education, residency reporting and the steps applicants must verify for their intended licensing jurisdiction.
We begin with regulator and government records, use official school publications for school-specific details, identify school-reported claims and flag missing or outdated information. Each directory listing is a starting point for further research.
The website and research directory remain under development. We aim to make it easier to see what the evidence supports and where information is still missing.
About the founder
I’m Karim Bennouna, a researcher and digital entrepreneur based in British Columbia, Canada. I hold a Ph.D. in Business from Queensland University of Technology and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Southern Cross University. My professional background includes corporate financial analysis, research and digital publishing.
That background informs the site’s attention to documentation, definitions and costs. My expertise is in business research and financial analysis. For medical education, accreditation and licensure, MDCaribbean draws on the relevant institutions and authorities.
Our independence and editorial standards
MDCaribbean does not allow payment to change a school’s evidence labels, comparison order or editorial findings. Advertising, paid placements and referral relationships, if used, must be clearly labelled and kept separate from independent research.
Read our Editorial Methodology and Disclosures, or Request a Correction if you find an outdated or unsupported claim. Before making decisions, confirm current requirements with the responsible school, regulator or licensing body.