Medical University of the Americas – Nevis

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Medical University of the Americas
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Type Private for-profit offshore medical school
Established1998
Dean Gordon J. Green, M.D.
Location
Charlestown, Nevis
,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Website https://www.mua.edu

Medical University of the Americas (MUA) is a private for-profit offshore medical school in Charlestown, Nevis. It is owned by R3 Education, Inc. which also owns St. Matthew's University and Saba University School of Medicine [1] MUA confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. [2]

Contents

Students at MUA are primarily from the US and Canada and return to those countries to practice medicine. A typical incoming class at MUA is about 150 students. [3]

Curriculum

The Lorraine Hanley-Browne Library to the left along with the Main Classroom building to the right. MUA Campus, Nevis.JPG
The Lorraine Hanley-Browne Library to the left along with the Main Classroom building to the right.

MUA has a 4-year curriculum leading to a Doctor of Medicine degree. [4] The first two years consist of five semesters of basic sciences taught by approximately 45 full-time faculty with credentials from the United States, United Kingdom, Canadian or Asian universities. [4] After finalizing the basic sciences part of the curriculum, MUA requires students to pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 prior to starting clinical rotations. The final two years are considered the clinical medicine curriculum, which is completed in affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada. The major clerkship programs have accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. [4] Passing USMLE Step 2 is required for graduation. [4]

Pre-medical program

For students that lack the pre-medical education requirements, MUA offers a Pre-Medical Program on its campus in Nevis. [5]

Accreditation, recognition, and approval

The MUA MD program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine. [6] The MUA pre-medical programs are accredited by the St. Kitts & Nevis Ministry of Education. [7]

MUA is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools. [8] It was also listed in the now discontinued FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED) [2] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine. [9]

MUA has received a comparability determination from the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) [10]

Medical University of the Americas has been approved to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford and Grad PLUS Loan programs, which are both administered by the U.S. Department of Education. [11] [12]

On July 27, 2017, Medical Board of California voted to approve and recognize the Medical University of the Americas, Nevis. The approval recognizes credentials of students who matriculated as from May 2015 onward when the new curriculum was implemented. [4]

MUA is approved by the New York State Education Department for clinical training, residency, and licensure in New York. [13] MUA is approved by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) [14] to allow students to complete more than 12 weeks of clinical clerkships in New York State. MUA is one of eight Caribbean medical schools so approved by NYSED. [14]

MUA has received approval by The Commission for Independent Education, and Florida Department of Education for licensure. [15]

Academic outcomes

According to the U.S. Department of Education, 25% of U.S. medical students (7 out of 28) completed the MD program on time in 2023. [16]

Pass rates of its students and graduates on the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE) in calendar year 2023 were as follows: [16]
Step 1 – Basic Science: 84.62%
Step 2 – Clinical Knowledge (CK): 96.97%
Step 3 – Clinical Skills (CS) discontinued as of Jan. 26, 2021

For reference, the pass rates among the top 110 ranked medical schools as reported by U.S. News Best Medical Schools rankings in 2019 were as follows: [17]

Step 1 – Basic Science: 96.3%

Step 2 – Clinical Knowledge (CK): 96.6%

Student loan debt

The US Department of Education reports median student loan debt of Americans who attended was $263,869 in 2022. Default rate as of 2019 was 0%. It also reports an "on time" completion rate of 22% in that same document. [16]

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  2. 1 2 "IMED - FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details". Imed.faimer.org. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Agenda item" (PDF). www.mbc.ca.gov.[ dead link ]
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  6. ↑ "ACCM home". Accredmed.org. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
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