INTRODUCTION
Specialist training in surgery has been a reality in the English-speaking Caribbean for about 30 years. Since the first graduate in 1977, there have been a further 74 graduates in the combined specialties of General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Paediatric Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otorhinolaryngology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. Through its contribution to Caribbean life, the DM surgery training programme has been and remains a major determinant of the standard of surgical care offered to Caribbean people.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
