Spartan Health Sciences University is a
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medical school
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located in
Vieux Fort
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,
Saint Lucia
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, in the
Caribbean
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. Spartan confers upon its graduates the
Doctor of Medicine
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(MD) degree.
Spartan graduates are eligible to practice medicine in 46 US states, and focuses on graduating doctors to work in the
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.
History
Spartan was established in Saint Lucia on 7 January 1980,
as St. Lucia Health Sciences University. The first campus was located in
Castries
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, the capital city. In November 1983, the school was renamed Spartan Health Sciences University and relocated to Vieux Fort.
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.
In 1997, it was listed from the
World Directory of Medical Schools
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after the St. Lucia government awkwardly acknowledged the existence of the school. Relationships between the government and the school have since improved, and today some of their graduates intern in the St. Lucia Ministry of Health.
The school started a nursing program in 2012, which by 2017 had graduated two classes of St. Lucian nurses.
Curriculum
The MD program at Spartan is a 14-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 that are completed at teaching hospitals approved by the university.
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. A school of veterinary medicine was opened on January 14, 2015, and was developed in collaboration with Techmedics Inc. Dr. Viinay Sarikonda serves as the Asia Pacific President and Global Recruitment Head.
Spartan University operated, providing medical education and training to numerous successful graduates.
Accreditation
Spartan Health Sciences University is chartered and licensed in Saint Lucia.
The university was listed in the
FAIMER
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and in the
Avicenna Directory for medicine (both now continued) The school is listed in the
World Directory of Medical Schools
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In 2013, Spartan was granted provisional accreditation by the
(CAAMP-HP).
See also
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International medical graduate
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List of medical schools in the Caribbean
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Universities and colleges in Saint Lucia
Medical schools in the Caribbean
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia
Universities and colleges established in 1980
1980 establishments in Saint Lucia
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