The medical curriculum at the FMS at Cave Hill has been accredited by CAAM (Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Medicine) and is primarily based on the medical curriculum of the UWI Mona campus in Jamaica. The FMS through its efforts to harmonize with the other UWI campuses (Mona and St. Augustine) will be working closely with those campuses to continuously improve the medical curriculum in accordance with CAAM recommendations and internationally accepted accreditation standards. Courses offered in Phase I and II are listed below:
PHASE I
YEAR 1
SEMESTER 1
MDSC1000 Fundamentals of Disease and Treatment (part I)MDSC1103 Meiosis to Man: Introduction to Embryology and Histology
MDSC1105 Locomotor System
MDSC1201 Cell Biology
MDSC1202 Introduction to Medical Practice
SEMESTER 2
MDSC1000 Fundamentals of Disease and Treatment (part II)
MDSC1104 Introduction to Molecular Medicine
MDSC1201 Introduction to Medical Practice
MDSC1203 Health Care Concepts*
MDSC1205 The Respiratory System
MDSC1206 Neuroscience 1
MESC2103 The Cardiovascular System
YEAR 2
MDSC2103 The Cardiovascular System
MDSC2104 Digestive System
MDSC2105 Health and the Environment*
MDSC2201 The Endocrine System and the Skin
MDSC2202 Introduction to Medical Practice (Unit 2)
MDSC2203 Neuroscience II- The Central Nervous System
YEAR 3
MDSC3101 Clinical Haematology
MDSC3102 Renal/Urinary & Reproductive
MDSC3103 Human Nutrition
MDSC3104 Health Services Management
MDSC3200 Understanding Research
MDSC3201 Junior Medicine Clerkship
MDSC3202 Junior Surgery Clerkship
MDSC3203 Aspects of Family Medicine
* These courses will be rotated in semester 2 of year 1 and year 2
PHASE II
Year 4 / Clinical Rotations
Anesthesia & Intensive Care
Ophthalmology
Psychiatry
Emergency Medicine
Radiology
Pathology & Microbiology
Obstetrics
Medicine, Law & the Humanities
Community Health
Dermatology
Orthopedics
Elective
Year 5/Clinical Rotations
Medicine
Surgery
Community Health
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Child Health
Elective
