St. George's University, which is home to a med school and has its main campus on the island of Grenada in the West Indies, considers applicants that U.S. medical schools might not, says Bob Ryan, dean of admissions. Those applicants may include students who had a rocky start in c...
What’s more, students at SMUSOM can gain hospital experience and clinical training at the Cayman Island Hospital and the Doctor’s Hospital. The Cayman Island Hospital allows students to explore multiple medical specialties, including orthopedics, rheumatology and gastroenterology. 2. ...
An analysis was undertaken, for the first time, of the total picture of the medical disorders of adults on a small Caribbean island. At present non-infectious diseases, especially diabetes and hypertension, are of major importance. Parasitic infestation of the gut occurred in 50-60 percent of ...
However, not all Caribbean islands are created equal in terms of safety, and it definitely pays to know the particular risks of each island and take precautions. That said, no matter where you travel in the Caribbean, common sense security practices will go a long way in making sure you ...
Offshore medical schools are for-profit, private enterprises located in the Caribbean that provide undergraduate medical education to students who must leave the region for postgraduate training and also typically to practice. This growing industry attracts many medical students from the US and Canada ...
In addition to Star of the Seas joining the fleet, the Royal Beach Club Paradise Island will finally open in Nassau. This new all-inclusive beach club is not included in the cost of your cruise fare; however, it promises an exclusive retreat away from the hustle and bustle of Nassau. ...
Another one of the island’s best villa rental companies isSt. Barth Properties. It was founded by Peg Walsh in 1989. She spends six months a year on the island with her husband, making villa and hotel inspections, as she searches out the finest properties for her collection. ...
former slaveAlexander Hanson Dames, attended two historically black institutions of higher education and earned a degree as a medical doctor. Dames became a well-respected physician whose accomplishments earned him the first statue in Jacksonville, Florida that honored a black man. The statue is situa...
ahead we get slammed again. Another tropical wave has engulfed the island with torrential rain. Bridges are colapsing, or so covered by flood waters you can't even tell a bridge is there. I had to come into San Juan under driving rain for a medical appointment. My ...
History and geography of the United States Virgin Islands, organized unincorporated island territory of the United States, situated at the eastern end of the Greater Antilles, about 40 miles east of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The ter