Windsor University School of Medicine

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Windsor University School of Medicine
Type Private
Established2000
President Dr. Srinivas Gaddam (deceased) [1]
Dean Dr. Andy Vaithilingham
Students1,500 (Fall 2011) [2]
Location
Cayon, Saint Mary Cayon
,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean
Campus Rural
Colors    Blue and gold
Website www.windsor.edu

Windsor University School of Medicine is a private offshore medical school located in Cayon, Saint Mary Cayon Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. Windsor confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. [3] The university also has clinical education campuses in Carbondale, Illinois and Houghton Lake, Michigan. Administrative offices are located in Monee, Illinois. [4]

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History

A building on the Windsor University Saint Kitts campus Windsor Campus.jpg
A building on the Windsor University Saint Kitts campus

Windsor was founded in December 1998 on Grand Turk Island in Turks and Caicos by Dr. Srinivas Gaddam. Instruction began with a class of eight students. In 2000, the university relocated to Bird Rock,[ citation needed ] a town in the Saint George Basseterre Parish in Saint Kitts, with twelve students. [2]

In 2004, Windsor acquired the Royal Plaza Inn in Carbondale, Illinois as a site for 5th semester training and announced plans to relocate the Bird Rock campus to the town of Cayon in the Saint Mary Cayon Parish. [5] [6] Windsor began construction on the new Cayon campus in 2006.[ citation needed ] Windsor acquired the Atrium Plaza hotel in Houghton Lake, Michigan and the Sidney Inn in Sidney, Ohio for use as additional 5th semester training sites in 2009 and 2010, respectively. [7] [8]

Currently the Windsor campus at Cayon contains six buildings on 42 acres (0.17 km2; 0.066 sq mi) of land. [9] The most recent addition, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw building, was completed in September 2010, at which time the enrollment was approximately 1,100 students. [10] Also in September 2010, Windsor announced plans for further expansion with new laboratories and a 1500-seat auditorium. [11] The university enrollment was approximately 1,500 students as of October 2011. [2]

Curriculum

Library and administration building Windsor Administration Building.jpg
Library and administration building

The MD program at Windsor is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-4 are basic sciences semesters that are completed at the university's Saint Kitts campus. Semester 5 (Introduction to Clinical Medicine) is completed either at the Saint Kitts campus or at one of the university's three clinical education campuses in the United States. Semesters 6-10 consist of 72 weeks of clinical clerkships [12] that are completed at either Joseph Nathaniel France General Hospital in Saint Kitts or hospitals in the United States. [13]

Windsor also offers a 3 semester pre-medical program for high school graduates who have not completed the necessary prerequisites for the MD program. [14]

Accreditation and recognition

Windsor University School of Medicine is chartered in Saint Kitts and accredited by the Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis, [15] a recognized accrediting agency listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA). [16] The university is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools [17] and accredited with the CAAM-HP in 2023. [18]

Student life

Several student organizations exist at Windsor. These include, but are not limited to:

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  2. 1 2 3 "Windsor University School of Medicine held its Inaugural Commencement Exercises". SKNVibes. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
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