The University of the West Indies School of Medicine

Accreditation & recognition

What does the recorded accreditor evidence say?

CAAM-HP record: Conditional accreditation, 2023–2028.

WDOMS has separate established-school entries: Jamaica/Mona F00014 (ECFMG years 1953–Current), St. Augustine F0001442 (1989–Current), and Cave Hill F0000245 (1967–Current). Each accessible entry includes a Canada Sponsor Note. Confirm the exact degree-awarding school and graduation year; do not use one campus entry for a different programme, including UWI Global. All remaining certification, residency, immigration and licensing requirements apply.

This status is one layer of the decision. Applicants should also inspect the school’s World Directory Sponsor Notes, current ECFMG eligibility, and every state or provincial licensing rule that applies to their intended career path.

Admissions

What should an applicant confirm?

Requirements vary by campus and entry route. As a St. Augustine example, the MBBS page specifies age 18 by the end of the entry year, secondary-school science/English/mathematics qualifications and CAPE/A-level or approved equivalent studies including chemistry and biology. Degree and pre-health routes have separate academic conditions. It requests an autobiographical sketch and evidence of community/co-curricular involvement. Confirm international-equivalence requirements with your selected campus; these are not uniform university-wide entry rules.

Progression and examination gates

The St. Augustine 2025/26 faculty regulations describe phase progression, course and clinical assessments, and repeat/withdrawal limits. They normally require GPA 2.0, and MBBS students failing an examination after three attempts are required to withdraw. These are dated St. Augustine rules, not a substitute for the current handbook at another campus; obtain the regulations controlling your own intake and any internship conditions.

Confirm prerequisite credits, MCAT policy, transfer-credit limits, language requirements, start dates, interview process and any preparatory or extended track attached to an offer. MDCaribbean does not infer an “acceptance rate” when a school does not publish an auditable denominator.

• Ask whether acceptance is direct to the MD program or conditional on a pre-matriculation course.
• Request written progression and dismissal standards before paying a non-refundable deposit.
• For Canadians, verify provincial student-aid and bank medical-line-of-credit treatment separately.

Tuition & financial aid

The published price is not the total cost.

Recorded published figure: Campus, citizenship and government-support category determine fees. St. Augustine publishes a 2026/27 fee booklet; no university-wide USD total is assigned.

Build a term-by-term model that adds mandatory fees, health and evacuation insurance, books, housing, flights, clinical relocation, exam charges and financing interest. A repeated term or delayed rotation can materially change the final debt.

St. Augustine’s 2026/27 booklet separates contributing-country, non-contributing-country and other fee categories, with some tuition quoted in USD and compulsory charges in TT dollars. A fee from that campus must not be assigned to Mona, Cave Hill or another teaching site. Obtain a campus-specific assessment of citizenship, government support and full mandatory fees. Living costs, clinical travel, insurance and post-degree training are separate. No currency conversion, universal calculator amount or scholarship deduction is made.

Financing: distinguish eligibility from availability

Government support and tuition assessment depend on campus, nationality and programme category. A regional public-university place is not a promise of U.S. or Canadian student-aid eligibility. U.S. Federal Direct Loan participation for an individual campus/programme and Canadian designation were not established in this review. Confirm scholarships, home-country support and bank lending separately before relying on a funding plan.

Clinical rotations

Where and how are clerkships delivered?

This established regional MBBS programme has teaching sites in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and The Bahamas under the cited CAAM-HP record. St. Augustine describes a five-year degree, with three preclinical and two clinical years. Local internship and registration after the degree are separate requirements. Do not assume a guaranteed U.S. rotation or the same site allocation at every campus.

Ask for the current core-site list, whether the school schedules every core rotation, typical wait time, expected relocations, housing responsibility, supervision model and any site surcharge.

Residency outcomes

What does the reported result actually measure?

No harmonized, current university-wide entering-cohort completion, attrition or North American Match denominator was established in this review. Graduates’ regional internship, registration and practice pathways also matter. Do not convert individual graduates’ achievements into an institution-wide Match percentage, or transfer this programme’s record to the separate UWI Global School.

Placement counts, first-time attainment and multi-year placement rates answer different questions. The most useful disclosure includes the entering cohort, attrition, on-time graduation, applicants to residency, matched applicants, timing, specialty and whether SOAP or post-Match placements are included.

Trace each claim

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