school at Mona has accreditation with conditions. The veterinarian medical school at St. Augustine is also accredited with conditions. Efforts are underway to align the curriculum and admission standards of the three medical schools.
==== Regional competition ====
Even with the expansion, the UWI medical schools are facing new competition. Many for-profit medical schools have been established in the Caribbean region, with the first established in Grenada in 1976. Generally, these schools cater to students from the United States, but they sometimes offer scholarships to local students, providing an alternative to UWI programs or going abroad for medical education to Canada, the United Kingdom, or the United States. The quality of these offshore medical schools differ, though the CAAM-HP accredits some.
==== Research ====
The Faculty of Medicines has a research arm called the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR), formerly the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI). The CAIHR comprises the George …
