Special Note for Indian Students :
Course of duration for Indian Students is five and half years and the entire five and half year of course shall be conducted at Saint Lucia in the University campus which includes six month of preclinical sciences, two years of Medical sciences, two years of clinical sciences and 1 year of compulsory rotational internship in our affiliated hospitals at Saint Lucia.
5.5 Years MD/MBBS Program Timeline
Preclinical
The First six month of the MD program is called Pre- Clinical program. The first year of study acts as a foundation course for the MD Program and is an important part of the complete course in order to understand the next level of Medical Sciences & Clinical Sciences.
Medical Sciences
Our basic sciences curriculum, called Medical Sciences, is an organ systems-based curriculum that organizes the teaching of medicine by systems within the body, like the digestive or respiratory systems. This approach, which mirrors how medicine is actually practiced, gives you a big picture look at the physiological, anatomical, and biochemical processes of an organ system all at once.
Clinical Science
After successful completion of the Medical Sciences curriculum in two years, students finish the Clinical Sciences curriculum in next two years at the CUCOM affiliated hospitals.
The clinical training apart from various theoretical lectures on different disciplines involves rotations in clinical departments which enables the students to have hands-on real-life experiences of dealing with patients in emergency, critical care units, wards and operation theaters together with exposure on diagnostic services and interpretation of diagnostic results in correlation with clinical findings.
Internship
Indian students must complete 12 months of internship in CUCOM approved hospitals in Saint Lucia where they will be posted in rotation to different departments.
This period of training includes ward posting, exposure to HDU and ICU, work in rural health centre, etc. for comprehensive practical learning.
Successful Pathway for Indian Students
Commonwealth University College of Medicine (CUCOM) gives Indian students the opportunity to earn a 5.5 years MD (equivalent to MBBS in India) degree and fulfill all the requirements established by the National Medical Commission of India (erstwhile MCI).
Students have also the opportunity to choose American route alongside their 5.5 years MD program to complete their Residency (PG) in USA.
