The University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine (USESOM) is a private

Private university

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, for-profit

For-Profit School

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 medical school

Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...

 located in Oranjestad

Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius

Oranjestad is a small town of nearly 1,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Sint Eustatius island in the Caribbean Netherlands.Oranjestad is a historic harbour town...

, Sint Eustatius, in the Caribbean

Caribbean

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. USESOM confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

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 (MD) degree.

History

USESOM was founded in 1999 in Sint Eustatius by a group of medical school educators and administrators, and began instruction on September 1, 1999.

Curriculum

The MD program at USESOM is divided into eleven semesters. Semesters 1-4 are basic sciences semesters that are completed at the university's Sint Eustatius campus. Semester 5 (Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Physical Diagnosis and USMLE Review) is completed either at the Sint Eustatius campus or in Duluth, Georgia

Duluth, Georgia

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. The remaining six semesters are clinical rotations which take place in hospitals in the United States

United States

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.

Accreditation

USESOM was chartered in and recognized by the government of the Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...

 (now known as the Caribbean Netherlands) on April 21, 1999. The university is listed in the FAIMER

Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research

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 International Medical Education Directory

International Medical Education Directory

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 (IMED) and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.

See also

• Medical school
  Medical school
  A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
  
  
• International medical graduate
  International medical graduate
  An International Medical Graduate or "IMGs", earlier known as a Foreign Medical Graduate or "FMGs", is a term used to describe a physician who has graduated from a medical school outside of the country in which he or she intends to practice...
  
  
• List of medical schools in the Caribbean