Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT), Franklin García Fermín, reported this Wednesday that the country’s medical schools already have international accreditation.
According to García Fermín, for 17 years the country’s universities have not received this type of approval.
“Yesterday we were accredited and we achieved it unanimously, it was a very tough process, but we did it. Medical schools in the Dominican Republic are already certified, which means we can receive foreign medical students and send Dominicans to the United States,” he explained.
Participating in the Weekly Lunch of the Corripio Communications Group, García Fermín said that since 2005 the country had lost that certification.
“Since 2005, the Dominican Republic did not have this approval and yesterday, after more than a year working, accreditation was achieved. This certification places the country in a prestigious position at the international level”, he expressed.
The head of the MESCyT also said that the arrival of North Americans to study medicine in the country will help the national economy, as happened in the past.
Likewise, Juan Francisco Viloria, Vice Minister of Evaluation and Accreditation reported that they completed the comparability report of the 11 medical schools in the country.
“The National Committee for Accreditation and Foreign Medical Education of the Ministry of Education of the United States voted unanimously yesterday, which means that as a country we have guaranteed comparability so that American students can study careers in the area of Health with federal loans that will be granted by the United States government,” he said.
The meeting was also attended by José Cancel, Administrative and Financial Deputy Minister, Evarista Matías, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Genaro Rodríguez, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, and Julián Sosa, Director of Communications.
A NOTE
Of the 52 universities that exist in the country, only 11 have medical schools, among which are the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University (UNPHU ), and the Ibero-American University (UNIBE).
In addition, the Technological University of Santiago (UTESA), the Central University of the East (UCE), the Dominican Organization and Method University (O&M), the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC), the Eugenio María de Hostos University (UNIREMHOS), the Technological University of Cibao (UCATECI), and the Northeast Catholic University (UCNE).
