Spartan Health Sciences University

Spartan Health Sciences University
Spartan Health Sciences University logo
Former names
St. Lucia Health Sciences University (1980-1983)
TypePrivate, For-profit
Established1980
PresidentWilliam R. Ayers, MD
DeanGurumurthy, MBBS
Location
Vieux Fort
,
Saint Lucia
Websitewww.spartanmed.org

Spartan Health Sciences University is a private, for-profit medical school located in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, in the Caribbean. Spartan confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.[1] Spartan graduates can practice medicine in 46 US states.

History

Spartan was established in Saint Lucia on January 7, 1980,[2] as St. Lucia Health Sciences University. The first campus was located in Castries,[3] the capital city. In November 1983, the school was renamed Spartan Health Sciences University and relocated to Vieux Fort.[4]

In 1989, Spartan University started to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program under Title IV. They continued their participation until 1997. Almost two thirds of their student body received these loans. Due to a high default rate and inability to provide sufficient documentation during US Department of Education review of financial assistance at the school, the school was ordered to repay several hundred thousand dollars back to the program.[5]

In 1997, it was temporarily delisted from the World Directory of Medical Schools after the St. Lucia government awkwardly denied knowledge of the existence of the school.[6] Relationships between the government and the school have since improved, and today some of their graduates intern in the St. Lucia Ministry of Health.[7]

The school started a nursing program in 2012,[8] which by 2017 had graduated two classes of St. Lucian nurses.[9]

Curriculum

The MD program at Spartan is a ten-trimester course of study that consists of three trimester per calendar year. trimesters 1-5 are completed at the Saint Lucia campus; semesters 6-10 consist of 80 weeks of clinical study[10] that are completed at teaching hospitals approved by the university.[11]

Spartan also has a school of nursing. The nursing program was chartered by The Government of St Lucia and is licensed the University. It is also accredited by the Monitoring Committee appointed by the Government of St. Lucia to ensure that standards are comparable to those set by the Liaison Committee of Medical Education as required by the Department of Education in the United States.[12] A school of veterinary medicine was opened on January 14, 2015, and was developed in collaboration with Techmedics Inc.[13]

Accreditation

Spartan Health Sciences University is chartered and licensed in Saint Lucia.[2] The university is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[1] and in the Avicenna Directory for medicine[14] In 2013, Spartan was accredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions.[15]

Licensure restrictions

In the United States, the medical boards of the following states have listed Spartan as an institution whose graduates are ineligible for licensure:

In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council has listed Spartan as an institution whose graduates (who started their course of study on or before December 31, 2008) are ineligible for licensure.[20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "IMED - FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details". Imed.faimer.org. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Spartan Health Sciences University : Caribbean medical school - MD in Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Psychiatry and Surgery".
  3. ↑ "Spartan celebrates 30th Anniversary St. Lucia News The Voice - The national newspaper of St. Lucia since 1885, St. Lucia Newspaper, The Voice St. lucia, Saint Lucia, News". Thevoiceslu.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Dkt. No. 98-7-SP (PDF)
  6. ↑ "Getting An M.D., The Easy Way - Hartford Courant". The Hartford Courant. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ministry of Health welcomes medical interns". December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Spartan School of Nursing | Spartan Health Sciences University".
  9. ↑ "Forty-Two Graduate from Spartan University". 27 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Spartan School of Medicine- Courses offered for first five trimesters". Spartanmed.org. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Spartan Medical University- Clinical Sciences- Clinical Phase Outline". Spartanmed.org. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Spartan Health Sciences University : Caribbean medical school - MD in Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Psychiatry and Surgery".
  13. ↑ "Spartan Health Sciences University : Caribbean medical school - MD in Medicine, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Psychiatry and Surgery".
  14. ↑ "Avicenna Directories - Show school". Avicennadb.ku.dk. 30 November 1999. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Spartan accreditation". SHSU. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Medical Board of California - International Medical Schools Disapproved by the State of California". mbc.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  17. ↑ "PLA: Approved/Disapproved Foreign Medical Schools". in.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  18. ↑ "North Dakota Board of Medical Examiners - Disapproved Medical Schools" (PDF). ndbomex.com. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  19. ↑ "Approved, Unapproved and Disapproved Medical Schools". Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "GMC | Acceptable overseas medical qualifications". Gmc-uk.org. 16 February 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

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