News

COVID-19 – Impacts on IMGs and Their Contributions to U.S. Health Care In this Issue: Strong Demand for J-1 Visa Sponsorship Continues, Few Issues with Visa Appointment Scheduling Reported ECFMG Medical School Accreditation Requirement Moved to 2024 ECFMG|FAIMER Endorses Recommendations and Resources for Medical Students, Trainees, and Physicians during COVID-19…

ECFMG Messages In This Issue:  A Message from the Leaders of NBME and ECFMG|FAIMER  A Message to Applicants—ECFMG|FAIMER is Open and Processing Your Applications  A Message from the Leaders of NBME and ECFMG|FAIMER Dear International Medical School Educators, Students, and Graduates:  We recognize that the disruptions to USMLE testing present an…

Update on COVID-19 Impact Update #1 CAAM-HP, like most other organisations, has had its operations significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to our offices being closed, the Capacity Building Workshop previously scheduled for July 26-28, 2020, all site visits as well as our Annual General Meeting are postponed…

ECFMG Statement on USMLE® Policy Changes The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE) program has announced three future changes to its examination program. One of these changes, a change in score reporting for Step 1 from a numeric score to a Pass/Fail designation, is designed to improve the transition of…

2023 Medical School Accreditation Requirement: New Resources Earlier this year, ECFMG launched a new website section dedicated to the upcoming 2023 Medical School Accreditation Requirement for ECFMG Certification. This section includes eligibility guidelines that provide more detail on how the requirement will impact individuals applying to ECFMG for Certification and…

MOU between CAAM-HP and Dominican Republic CAAM-HP is pleased to announce that on May 20, 2019 it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology (MESCYT) of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo. The objective of this MOU is for CAAM-HP to provide…

USA Deadline Looms for Local & Regional Medical Schools to Gain Accreditation As the 2023 deadline for international medical graduates to be certified to practise or enter residency programmes in the United States of America (USA) approaches, Caribbean states are seeking accreditation for their medical schools from the Jamaica-based Caribbean…

Announcement The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) is pleased to announce that it is in the process of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Dominican Republic to provide accreditation services to its medical,…

Documents: Nutrition and Dietetics Education Database Documents have been added for Nutrition and Dietetics. Please see updates at the following link: Nutrition and Dietetics Education Database

2018 Workshop

Capacity Building Workshop, July 2018 CAAM-HP Capacity Building Workshop 2018 July 25-28, 2018 Hyatt Regency, Trinidad & Tobago About the Workshop The CAAM-HP received several requests for another capacity building workshop following that held in March 2017.  So successful and well received was this developmental activity that some participants as…

Revised Fees for consultancy and accreditation services Revised July 2018   Fees charged by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP)  As set out in the document, Procedures of the CAAM-HP, one of the important functions of the CAAM-HP is to determine fees payable by institutions…