Program Overview
The medical program offered at St. Martinus University, Faculty of Medicine is a rigorous program that integrates the Basic Sciences into the clinical practice of medicine. The Basic Sciences Program is a 2-year program offered over four semesters of 20 weeks each. We believe that a high-quality education cannot be rushed. Two, 20-week semesters a year affords students the opportunity to integrate and retain the knowledge presented. There are 35 contact hours of teaching per week in each of the first four semesters. This is equivalent to more contact hours over 4 semesters than most Caribbean schools can accomplish over 5 semesters.
In order to successfully complete the basic sciences component of the degree, a student must have successfully passed all courses with a minimum GPA of 2.0. Students who are unable to pass a course in any particular semester are offered a Remediation (remedial exams) at the end of every semester.

Curriculum
As of January 2017, SMUFOM has integrated a Systemic Curriculum to in Basic Science Program. We are among the first and only medical schools in the Caribbean to adopt this modern approach to medical studies. Our Systemic Curriculum allows for our students to be presented.
St. Martinus University has long been working on the development of a better approach to learning in the medical field. After months of careful analysis, SMUFOM has now integrated a new Systemic Approach to Medical Education consisting of the newest trends in medical teaching. This new method allows for the organized teaching of the same system in physiology, pathology, and pharmacology classes thereby leading to an increase in information retention due to facilitation in the process of association. Here are but a few of the advantages of this method of teaching:

Advantage #1: Organized Approach
Every aspect of the method focuses on organization and maximizing returns on student’s education. Generally speaking, it breaks down into different phases. Further organization within these phases facilitates information flow and promotes understanding. Ultimately, this method helps ensure that people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives are able to reach similar understandings.

Advantage #2: Recognizing the Student’s Needs
Though the Systemic Method may seem rigid at first, it’s designed to be flexible and adaptive to a student’s needs. Through the implementation and evaluation process, an instructor will get to know what a student needs to get out of the course. In addition, the instructor may learn about educational preferences or special needs, thereby allowing him/her to re-design the teaching methods to guarantee the highest success rate.

Advantage #3: Recognizing the Student’s Abilities
Likewise, this method will allow an instructor to recognize where individual students excel and where they require more assistance. By recognizing these strengths and weaknesses, a student will gain confidence in their abilities and capabilities, and ultimately do it better.

Advantage #4: Hands-On Design
Each and every university and program has different protocols, requirements, and expectations to fulfill. The Systemic Method is successful because it recognizes this and offers high individual input within its strict structure.