
Health Sciences
- General Information
- Why opt for accreditation?
- Why study in an accredited school?
- Accreditation process
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Accreditation is an objective process of peer review, designed to attest to the quality of educational programs under development. In medicine, it is a certification of the capacity and competencies that medical education programs have in providing comprehensive training, which guarantees patient safety and the exercise of competent doctors at a global level.
In the view of the training of doctors with the best national and international standards, and in compliance with the strategic mission of INTEC to train capable, integrity and internationally competitive citizens, who contribute to the sustainable development of society through science and technology.
The medicine career of INTEC initiates in 2015 its process of international accreditation with the Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions (CAAM-HP), accreditation body for schools of medicine, veterinary and dentistry in the 15 countries members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), recognized by world federation for medical education (WFME).Obtaining accreditation from CAAM-HP involved a demanding review process that evaluated each facet of INTEC's medical program. Whose compliance with the requirements and standards evaluated allowed us to successfully receive the great honor of being the first university in the country and Spanish-speaking in the Caribbean to receive it. This accreditation is exclusive of medical schools that meet or exceed the highest standards in the industry.
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This accreditation will contribute to the institutional strengthening of the medical career, guaranteeing compliance with international standards in terms of structure, function, and performance. Resulting in graduates who meet the educational requirements for continuous training and therefore fit for professional practice in society.
It will allow our graduates to continue to position themselves successfully in the specialized medical training programs in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the country. Doing them part of the international benchmark.
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- Accreditation is a validation that the academic program, the teachers, the internal processes and the buildings, the laboratories and the services of the university correspond to high international standards and allow to reach the objectives of Higher education.
- From 2023, the United States will only recognize the titles of students graduated from accredited universities.
- More and more the field of work requires graduates of schools that have been accredited internationally.
- More and more the field of work requires graduates of schools that have been accredited internationally.
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Dr. Raymundo Jiménez
Dean of the Health Sciences AreaAccreditation is a process that leads to continuous self-study and continuous evaluation in search of improvement, so more and more students will find a better medical school than they are right now, so it is a process of continuous improvement .
Dr. Fernando Santamaria
Health Sciences Area CoordinatorThis accreditation has provided the possibility to ensure that students have an opportunity to do a specialty in the United States, to access the American Health system, and from another part of the world and that they will not be alibis in the perception and Pursuit of his dreams.
This gives us a tremendous tranquility, but this does not mean that we already obtained the accreditation and that already concludes the process, now we have to maintain that accreditation and to keep it we must try to improve constantly and to solve everything that can and should Fix, so this is a job that started a long time ago, but still continued.
Accreditations obtained
International accreditation: the medical school is accredited until 2023 by the Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions (CAAM-HP) (accrediting agency recognized by the world federation for medical education, WFME).
National accreditation: until 2022 by the ministry of higher education science and technology.
Documents of interest
Degree Offer
Postgraduate Offer
The international accreditation of Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions (caam-hp), will allow our graduates to continue positioning themselves successfully in specialized medical training programs in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the country.