St. George’s University Grenada, West Indies

The Proven Leader in Caribbean
Private Medical Education 

FIRST private medical school in the Caribbean.

• Established in 1976
• First Entering Class: January of 1977
• First Affiliation between NY Hospital and Private International Medical School for conducting clinical training.
• First Graduating Class:  May 1981

RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL LEADER in US Licensing Examinations over the University’s lifetime.

• 1985:  Leader in ECFMG examination results.  An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association cited St. George’s University as having the highest initial pass rate on the ECFMG examination of any non-US medical school with a significant number of US medical students (100+ over the studied period of 1969 – 1982).

• 2008:  15-year Leader in Caribbean USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step II/CK first time pass rate.  An article in Academic Medicine cited Grenada (SGU is the only medical school in Grenada) as the 15 year leader in USMLE Part 1 and 2 first time pass rates.  This article puts Grenada 14.7% ahead of the closest country, Dominica.  (Academic Medicine, Vol 83, No. 10/October 2008 Supplement).

1984.   FIRST private medical school in the Caribbean to be approved by the
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners for the purpose of placing long-term clinical clerks in New Jersey hospitals.

1987.  FIRST private medical school in the Caribbean to be approved by the
New York Education Department for the purpose of placing long-term clinical clerks in New York hospitals.  This approval was a full decade before any other private medical school in the Caribbean was approved.

2007.   FIRST existing private medical school to receive provisional accreditation
by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP).

2009. FIRST private medical school to be accredited by The Caribbean Accreditation The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP)

MOST APPROVED AND ACCREDITED School of Medicine, perhaps in the world.