ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY SNAGS APPROVAL IN UNUSUAL STEP

ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HAS REQUESTED A RETRACTION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM WHICH WAS PUBLISHED HERE YESTERDAY (JUNE 9). 
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY, A REVISED VERSION WILL BE FORWARDED SHORTLY

St. George's, June 9, 2009 -- The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) granted full accreditation to St. George's University School of Medicine.  St. George’s University is the first and only private School of Medicine to receive this accreditation.

Full accreditation was previously granted only to public universities in the Caribbean region that met the academic standards and performance criteria mandated by CAAM-HP.

“While St. George’s University has been provisionally accredited by CAAM-HP since 2006, full accreditation further secures our place as the premiere medical school in the Caribbean,” said Charles R. Modica, Chancellor. “This adds to our long list of recognitions and approvals by external bodies, perhaps more than any medical program in the world.”

St. George’s University, founded in 1977 in Grenada, has over 7800 international alumni, and offers degrees in medicine, veterinary medicine, graduate and undergraduate programs. According to a study released in Academic Medicine, Grenada was ranked #1 in USMLE Step One and Step Two/CK in the Caribbean for the highest first-time pass rate among all countries with medical schools in the Caribbean over the past 15 years.