Guides & Resources
Guides & Resources for Caribbean Medical School Applicants
Independent guides on accreditation, tuition, USMLE, clinical rotations, and residency - everything you need to evaluate a Caribbean medical school. Every guide is written independently, cites its sources, and is dated.
Guides
Accreditation Explained (CAAM-HP, ACCM, NVAO)
How Caribbean accreditation maps to WFME recognition and US, Canadian, and UK licensing eligibility.
Read guideTuition, Fees & True Cost of Attendance
How to build a realistic 4-year budget: tuition, living, rotations, exam fees, and hidden costs.
Read guideClinical Rotations & ACGME Hospitals
What green-book affiliations, state approvals, and rotation networks mean for your training.
Read guideResidency Match for Caribbean Graduates
How Caribbean IMGs approach the NRMP Match - Step scores, specialty realism, and application strategy.
Read guideUSMLE Step 1, 2 CK, and Step 3
Overview of the three-step US licensing sequence and how Caribbean schools prepare students for it.
Read guideTransferring Into a Caribbean Medical School
Which Caribbean programs accept transfers, credit-mapping rules, and what to prepare.
Read guideNot sure where to start?
Browse the full directory of Caribbean medical schools, compare programs side-by-side with our comparison tool, or read the methodology behind our data.