ESTABLISHMENT

CHARCOS Community Health and Research Center of Spartan (CHARCOS) was established in 2011 at SHSU School of Medicine, Basic Sciences Campus, St. Lucia. The CHARCOS office was inaugurated on Thursday 14 June 2012 by Dr. William Ayers, President, SHSU. CHARCOS is an educational research unit, operated / supported by the medical school. All the faculty of the Basic Medical Sciences are program specialists of their area of expertise. The purpose is to create awareness among the community as per the guidelines set by the St. Lucia Medical and Dental Association on different issues

VISION, VALUES & PRINCIPLES

This unit embraces the Primary Health Care Policy of the Ministry of Health – thus; focusing on basic chronic health diseases/challenges directly affecting the population. The Community Health & Research Center of Spartan (CHARCOS) seeks to enhance health, wellbeing and equitable outcomes in St. Lucia by contributing to improving the quality of primary health care, health promotion and population health initiatives through research, evaluation and building the capacity of the workforce.

OBJECTIVES & MISSION

• Development of critical thinking skills;
• Commitment to a topic of interest;
• Close collaboration with active faculty members who are leading scholars
• Application of knowledge to real-world situations

CORE GOALS

• Public health is a vital contributor to the health of people at all system levels;
• Advancements in public health require evidence-based practice; building community self-care and collective-care capacity is important; and
• Community health practice, research and policy are trans-disciplinary in nature.

SCHOLARLY GOALS

• Development of critical thinking skills
• Commitment to a topic of interest
• Close collaboration with active faculty members who are leading scholars
• Application of knowledge to real-world situations

SERVICES

☐ Organization of Health Camp in collaboration
☐ Practice and Learn to conduct Health Survey
☐ Writing Scholarly Articles / Reviews
☐ Participation in Seminars / Conferences
☐ Basic / Clinical Research Education
☐ Certificate of appreciation / recognition
☐ Use of Medline search (PubMed / PubMed Central)
☐ Financial support for Publication / Research Presentation

Certificate Courses
☐ HIPAA Certification
☐ NIH – Protecting Human Research Participants
☐ NIH –IPPCR – since 2020
☐ NIH – Principles of Clinical Pharmacology
☐ PAHO Virtual Campus Courses