Windsor University School of Medicine

Windsor University School of Medicine
Type Private
Established 2000
President Dr. Srinivas Gaddam (deceased)[1]
Dean Dr. Andy Vaithilingham
Students 1,500 (Fall 2011)[2]
Location Cayon, Saint Kitts
Campus Rural
Colors          Blue and gold
Website www.windsor.edu

Windsor University School of Medicine is a private medical school located in Cayon, Saint Kitts, in the Caribbean. Windsor confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.[3] The university also has clinical education campuses in Carbondale, Illinois and Houghton Lake, Michigan. Administrative offices are located in Monee, Illinois.[4]

History

A building on the Windsor University Saint Kitts campus

Windsor was founded in December 1998 on Grand Turk Island in Turks and Caicos by Dr. Srinivas Gaddam. Instruction began with a class of eight students. In 2000, the university relocated to Bird Rock, a town in the Saint George Basseterre Parish in Saint Kitts, with twelve students.[2]

In 2004, Windsor acquired the Royal Plaza Inn in Carbondale, Illinois as a site for 5th semester training and announced plans to relocate the Bird Rock campus to the town of Cayon in the Saint Mary Cayon Parish.[5][6] Windsor began construction on the new Cayon campus in 2006. Windsor acquired the Atrium Plaza hotel in Houghton Lake, Michigan and the Sidney Inn in Sidney, Ohio for use as additional 5th semester training sites in 2009 and 2010, respectively.[7][8]

Currently the Windsor campus at Cayon contains six buildings on 42 acres (0.17 km2; 0.066 sq mi) of land.[9] The most recent addition, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw building, was completed in September 2010, at which time the enrollment was approximately 1,100 students.[10] Also in September 2010, Windsor announced plans for further expansion with new laboratories and a 1500 seat auditorium.[11] The university enrollment was approximately 1,500 students as of October 2011.[2]

Curriculum

Library and administration building

The MD program at Windsor is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-4 are basic sciences semesters that are completed at the university's Saint Kitts campus. Semester 5 (Introduction to Clinical Medicine) is completed either at the Saint Kitts campus or at one of the university's three clinical education campuses in the United States. Semesters 6-10 consist of 72 weeks of clinical clerkships[12] that are completed at either Joseph Nathaniel France General Hospital in Saint Kitts or hospitals in the United States.[13]

Windsor also offers a 3 semester pre-medical program for high school graduates who have not completed the necessary prerequisites for the MD program.[14]

Accreditation & Recognition

Windsor University School of Medicine is chartered in Saint Kitts and accredited by the Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis,[15] a recognized accrediting agency listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA).[16] The university is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[3] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[17] In July 2014, Windsor applied for accreditation by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) and was not approved. The program will be reassessed for CAAM-HP approval in 2016.[18]

Student life

Several student organizations exist at Windsor. These include, but are not limited to:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SKNVibes | In Memory: Srinivas Gaddam, MD". www.sknvibes.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Windsor University School of Medicine held its Inaugural Commencement Exercises". SKNVibes. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. 1 2 "FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details". faimer.org. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. ↑ "Windsor University School of Medicine - Contact Us". windsor.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  5. ↑ "Upscale Housing and Tourism Development Initiatives Unveiled for Cayon" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis. 2004-08-18. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  6. ↑ Stephen Rickerl (2011-01-30). "Royal Plaza Inn - a med school?". The Southern. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  7. ↑ Cheryl Holladay (2009-10-01). "Atrium Plaza site of medical boards study conferences". The Houghton Lake Resorter. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  8. ↑ Tom Barnett (2011-07-13). "Extensive renovations under way at Sidney Inn". Sidney Daily News. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  9. ↑ "Windsor University School of Medicine - Student Academic Policies and Procedures Handbook" (PDF). windsor.edu. p. 62. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Medical University names new classroom building in honour of Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw". SKNVibes. 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  11. ↑ "Windsor University Plans to Expand". The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  12. ↑ "Windsor University School of Medicine - Curriculum". windsor.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  13. ↑ "Windsor University School of Medicine - Clinical Rotations". windsor.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  14. ↑ "Windsor University School of Medicine - Premed/MD Program". windsor.edu. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  15. ↑ "Accredited Institutions - St. Kitts & Nevis Accreditation Board". gov.kn. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  16. ↑ "FAIMER - Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools - Saint Kitts and Nevis". faimer.org. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  17. ↑ "Avicenna Directories - Windsor University School of Medicine". avicenna.ku.dk. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  18. ↑ http://www.caam-hp.org/programmesAssessed/Windsor%20University%20School%20of%20Medicine.pdf
  19. ↑ "AMSA International Medical Schools". amsa.org. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  20. 1 2 "A place for second chances – Windsor University School of Medicine". SKNVibes. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  21. ↑ "Windsor University students spread love at Cardin Home". SKNVibes. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  22. ↑ "Windsor University donates to Haitian earthquake relief". SKNVibes. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

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