Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine
The Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) is an international medical review and accreditation agency 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]
In 2017 ACCM was granted a 10-year recognition by the World Federation on Medical Education (WFME)[2]
The ACCM works on behalf of the governments in relation to medical school standards in the following Caribbean countries and one middle Eastern country and according to its site there is only one ACCM accredited medical school in each of the countries:.[3]
| Country | School | First accredited | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curacao | Avalon University School of Medicine | 2019 | Accredited until May 31, 2022 |
| Commonwealth of Dominica | All Saints University School of Medicine | 2019 | Accredited until May 31, 2022 |
| Aruba | Xavier University School of Medicine | 2015 | Accredited until May 31, 2025 |
| Anguilla, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint James School of Medicine | 2019 | Accredited until May 31, 2022 |
| Cayman Islands | St. Matthew's University | 2001 | Accredited until June 30, 2025 |
| 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, and extended due to Covid to Nov 30, 2021 |
| Saint 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 |
As of 2020, various schools (Aureus University School of Medicine in Aruba, Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain and Jordan University of Science & Technology in Jordan) were pending onsite full accreditation inspection which would be scheduled after travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic were removed.[4]
See also
- List of medical schools in the Caribbean
- Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions
References
- ^ a b "National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA)". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Recognition Programme - World Federation For Medical Education".
- ^ "ACCM Accredited Schools/". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). ACCM.
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