• Standards for the Accreditation of Medical Schools in CARICOM
• Standards for the Accreditation of Veterinary Schools in CARICOM

• Procedures of the CAAM

• Accreditation Procedures for the CAAM

• Accreditation Guidelines for New and Developing Schools

• Students’ Role in the CAAM

• Guidelines For Accreditation Survey Visits

• Guide for Writing a Report on a Visit of a Survey Team

• Guide to the Institutional Self Study for Programmes of Education in Medicine
• Guide to the Institutional Self Study for Programmes of Education in Veterinary Medicine

• Instructions for Completing the Medical Education Database and Institutional Self Study
• Instructions for Completing the Veterinary Education Database and Institutional Self Study

• Medical Education Database
1. Institutional Setting
2. Medical Students
3. Educational Programme
4. Faculty
5. Educational Resources
6. Internship
• Veterinary Education Database
1. Institutional Setting
2. The Students
3. Educational Programme
4. Faculty
5. Educational Resources

• Database Form for Required Courses and Clerkship – Medical Education
• Database Form for Required Courses and Clerkship – Veterinary Education

• Annual Medical School Questionnaire
• Annual Veterinary School Questionnaire

• Dental Education Database
1. Institutional Setting
2. Dental Students
3. Educational Programme
4. Faculty
5. Educational Resources
6. Internship
7. Continuing Professional Education

CAAM has written to institutions offering training in veterinary medicine informing them of its readiness to begin the accreditation of veterinary education programmes.

UK Government recognises CAAM as the official accreditation authority for New and Developing Medical Schools in the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. In a letter to the Executive Director of the CAAM, the Overseas Territories Department informed that,

“…following a change to UK legislation in 2003, the General Medical Council (GMC) no longer has jurisdiction for accrediting medical schools outside the UK. An alternative body had to be sought to provide the necessary oversight and regulatory framework. After a careful examination of the options, it has been concluded that CAAM-HP is the appropriate body to take on the role that was previously carried out by the GMC. This recommendation follows discussions with the GMC, Department for International Development and the Department of Health.

HMG policy on accreditation and endorsement of new and developing medical schools in the Caribbean Overseas Territories can be summarised as follows:

• HMG recognises CAAM-HP as the official accreditation authority for new and developing medical schools in the Caribbean Overseas Territories.

• HMG would endorse a new medical school for a listing in the World Health Organisation World Directory of Medical Schools and/or the International Medical Education Directory (IMED-FAIMER) once CAAM-HP is satisfied that the institution is ready to admit its first class of students and has issued initial provisional accreditation.”

Documents for veterinary medicine were finalised. However the completion of the documents for dental medicine is still in progress.

The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM) and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) successfully hosted an Invitational Conference on Accreditation of Medical Programmes in the Caribbean, May 13-15, 2007, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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The CAAM is now a full member of the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and was represented at its international meeting held in April 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

The CAAM was represented by its Executive Director at the XV Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of CARICOM held on October 19, 2006. The Authority has a responsibility to COHSOD.

An Act to give effect to the Agreement establishing the CAAM in Jamaica was passed in the Senate on July 21, 2006 and is now in effect. The Act may be cited as the Caribbean Accreditation Authority (Medicine and other Health Professions) Act, 2006.

July 14, 2004 marked the launch of the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions in Jamaica by former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.

The Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM) was initially signed by five (5) Heads of Government (Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago) at the Ninth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community held in St. Lucia, November 13, 2003.