We offer
a four-year English program, providing an
outstanding academic model and a comprehensive
training for the practice of medicine. It
encompasses two years of Basic Medical Science
teaching at two campuses, main campus in Belize
and subcampus in Europe; followed by two years
of Clinical Clerkship training. Hope students
can graduate with an M.D. degree in 40 months
if courses are taken continuously. Our Curriculum
follows the American Medical Schools’
educational system and is combined with European
educational exposure. Our academic programs
prepare students for USMLE, which is required
to practice medicine in the United States,
and which standard is recognized and accepted
all over the world. Clinical Clerkship is
available at affiliated ACGME hospitals in
the United States and accredited Teaching
Hospitals in Europe.
We are in the process of developing affiliations
with a major Research Center in the United
States where Hope students can earn credits
towards a combined degree. We now also accept
applicants for the two years pre-medical science
program, which can be taken during three semesters
that would prepare students to enter the M.D.
program.
The
University, in cooperation with Hope International
Medical Foundation, a non-profit humanitarian
organization, desires to respond to the human
sufferings throughout the world by providing
assistance to orphanages, disadvantaged people
and hospitals with critical needs; and to
promote health care, research and education.
Hope University School of Medicine is chartered
by the Government of Belize, Central America.
Our University is recognized by the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
in the United States, and included in the
International Medical Education Directory
(IMED). Hope graduates are eligible to write
the United States Licensing Medical Examination
(USMLE). Upon passing the USMLE Part I and
II, completion of the English test and passing
the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) exam,
they are eligible for residency in the United
States.
