Type Private, For-profit President William R. Ayers, MD Address 00124, Saint Lucia Founded 1980 | Established 1980 Dean Gurumurthy,MBBS Phone +1 758-454-6128 | |
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Former names St. Lucia Health Sciences University (1980-1983) Location Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia Similar International American University, Saint James School of, University of Health Sciences, International University of the He, Saba University School of Profiles | ||
Spartan health sciences university school of medicine information video part 1
Spartan Health Sciences University is a private, for-profit medical school located in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, in the Caribbean. Spartan confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
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History
Spartan was established in Saint Lucia on January 7, 1980 as St. Lucia Health Sciences University. The first campus was located in Castries, the capital city. In November 1983, the school was renamed Spartan Health Sciences University and relocated to Vieux Fort.
Curriculum
The MD program at Spartan is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-5 are completed at the Saint Lucia campus; semesters 6-10 consist of 80 weeks of clinical study that are completed at teaching hospitals approved by the university.
In addition to the medical program Spartan also has a school of nursing. The nursing program was chartered by The Government of St Lucia and is licensed the University. It is also accredited by the Monitoring Committee appointed by the Government of St. Lucia to ensure that standards are comparable to those set by the Liaison Committee of Medical Education as required by the Department of Education in the United States. A school of veterinary medicine was opened on January 14, 2015 and was developed in collaboration with Techmedics Inc.
Accreditation
Spartan Health Sciences University is chartered and licensed in Saint Lucia. The university is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED) and in the Avicenna Directory for medicine In 2013, Spartan was accredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions.
Licensure restrictions
In the United States, the medical boards of the following states have listed Spartan as an institution whose graduates are ineligible for licensure:
In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council has listed Spartan as an institution whose graduates (who started their course of study on or before December 31, 2008) are ineligible for licensure.