Updates
CAAM-HP News and Activities
A brief outline of some activities of and involving the CAAM-HP
June 2009
Journal Publication – Academic Medicine
A manuscript titled ‘Accreditation of Undergraduate Medical Eucation in the Caribbean: Report on the CAAM-HP’ and co-authored by staff from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) and the CAAM-HP was published in the June issue of Academic Medicine.
April 2009
Presentation at the 10th Biennial Conference of INQAAHE
The Executive Director also presented a paper entitled ‘Quality Assurance of medical education programmes in the Anglophone Caribbean: Accreditation by the CAAM-HP as one method of assuring quality’ at the 10th Biennial Conference of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), March 30 to April 2, 2009 in Abu Dhabi.
February 2009
CAAM-HP Moves to the Accreditation of Veterinary Education Programmes
The CAAM-HP began the accreditation of other health professions when it undertook the assessment of the education programme of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of the West Indies. Please see assessed schools for more information.
View photos of the visitNovember 2008
Presentation at the AIM Conference
The CAAM-HP Executive Director was invited to make a presentation at the Administrators in Medicine (AIM) Seminar held in Kansas City in November of 2008.
October 2008
Accreditation of Dental Education Programmes
The documents for dental medicine are now complete and CAAM-HP is ready to begin the accreditation of dental education programmes. The institutions offering training in dental medicine have been so advised.
February 2008
Accreditation of Veterinary Education Programmes
CAAM-HP has written to institutions offering training in veterinary medicine informing them of its readiness to begin the accreditation of veterinary education programmes.
January 2008
CAAM-HP Receives Formal Recognition from the UK Government
UK Government recognises CAAM-HP 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-HP, 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.”
(HMG: Her Majesty’s Government)
Documents for Other Health Professions
Documents for veterinary medicine were finalised. However the completion of the documents for dental medicine is still in progress.
May 2007
CAAM-HP/WFME Invitational Conference
The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) 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.
Click here to read more.View photos from the event.
April 2007
INQAAHE Annual Meeting
The CAAM-HP 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.
October 2006
COHSOD Annual Meeting
The CAAM-HP 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 report to COHSOD.
July 2006
Legislation in Jamaica
An Act to give effect to the Agreement establishing the CAAM-HP 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 2004
Launch of CAAM-HP
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.
November 2003
Treaty Establishing the Authority
The Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) 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.
