Spartan Health Sciences University, School of Medicine offers a four-year (40 calendar months) academic program leading to the Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.), and is taught on a trimester (four months) schedule.
The curriculum of the University’s Doctor of Medicine degree program encompasses a comprehensive course of Basic Sciences, Pre-clinical, bridging curriculum and Clinical Sciences that is four (4) academic years. The trimester period commences in January, May, and September of each year. A student may elect to enter in any one of the three (3) trimesters.
To provide the best possible medical education to the students, the curriculum is under continuous review by the Deans of Basic and Clinical Sciences in conjunction with the faculty, consultants, and Board of Trustees.
The five trimesters of the Basic Science program is an integrated presentation of the following:
● Basic medical sciences include Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology, and Pathology.
● Pre- clinical didactics include General Introduction to Medicine and Physical Diagnosis. Didactic lectures in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics/Gynecology and Surgery.
● A bridging curriculum is introduced for integration of Basic Sciences into Clinical Sciences.
The Clinical Science program consists of four (4) trimesters and is committed to broad exposure in the major clinical disciplines of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Psychiatry.
The Bridging Curriculum consists of a series of problem solving exercises and clinical case studies, some in small groups settings, intertwined with the Basic Sciences and Introduction to clinical sciences. Students will apply acquired basic science knowledge to pre- clinical science topics using critical decision making techniques.
They will also engage in a sequential process involving:
● Acquisition and presentation of medical knowledge
● Data Interpretation
● Problem Analysis
● Guided and self-directed learning activities
● Application of New Knowledge
The challenges of increased demands in the clinical curriculum and the emphasis on the integration of basic and clinical data in modern medical education necessitate the addition of a fifth trimester to the existing on-island curriculum. The inclusion of a fifth trimester with an organ-system review and expansion of the basic-clinical sciences interrelationships will better prepare our students for their clinical experiences and U.S.M.L.E. examinations.
No student will be eligible for graduation until all academic requirements and financial obligations to the University have been fulfilled.
Ms Halina Feder, RN
• 1972 – 1974 Medical School for Nurses in Warsaw, Poland (Registered Nurse)
• 1991 -2015 Operating Room RN with responsibilities to introduce Operating Room to Nursing Students, Medical Students, new employed Nurses and OR Technicians to aseptic technics, scrubbing for surgery, wearing sterile OR attire follow all hospital protocols, regulations and infection control procedure at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York
Mr. Murali Mohan Rao Guntupalli, MBA
• B. Sc., MBA (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad
– a philanthropist, social worker and president for Socio Economic Voluntary & Educational Society (SERVE) at Guntur
Addagada C. Rao, MD
• 1960-1965: Five -year Medical Course at Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India
• July 1967-June 1972: Five Years Residency in General Surgery Completed at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn NY
• Physician surgeon in the community for over 40 years
Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions-CAAM-HP (On Probation till 2022)
The Government of St Lucia has chartered and licensed the University.
The Government of St Lucia has chartered and licensed the University. It is also accredited by the Monitoring Committee appointed by the Government of St. Lucia to oversee Spartan’s standards.”