Dominica will have a new medical school opening in Portsmouth later this year. It will launch in the town of Picard, according to Carey James, president of the American Canadian School of Medicine.
The old Ross University School of Medicine will be replaced with this institution. In August 2018, Ross administrators announced that it would close in Dominica and transfer to Barbados in January 2019. This was a huge economic blow for this area as the students were an invaluable source of income for local businesses and enterprises, as well as the airport.
The American Canadian School of Medicine will officially open for orientation on August 14 if everything goes according to plan, James said.
“After we learn of those accreditation decisions, we can actually start enrolling students,” he said. “We have two crucial accreditation visits coming up at the end of April and the beginning of May.”
James said that the institution began accepting applications last week. “The American Canadian School of Medicine is proud of its curriculum and the training it would be able to offer,” he said. “The teaching method is mostly small group-centred, physician-led, and involves groups of 10 students.
“Through a clinically integrated curriculum, a sizable network of teaching hospitals, a vibrant international student environment, traveling faculty from top US medical schools like Yale and Penn State, and integrated preparation for the US and Canadian licensing exams, ACSOM maintains a strong commitment to training excellent physicians.”
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