*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
Approximately 125 Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) medical sciences students volunteered to aid and care for those receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the Barbados community.
“I experienced a new area of the island and enjoyed witnessing the process of vaccine administration here in Barbados,” said fourth-semester student Grey Dietz about this hands-on experience.
Over the course of five weeks, student volunteers participated at numerous vaccination sites to direct patients through the vaccination process, including documenting medical histories, screening and monitoring patients after receiving the vaccine, and filling out vaccination cards.
“I decided to volunteer for this event because as a future physician it is my duty to reach out and get involved in as many health-promoting opportunities as possible, to identify ways to help better the communities we are a part of,” said third-semester student Tyeler Checkley, who was a volunteer at Barbados Association of Retired Persons.
We are grateful for this opportunity that allowed our students to continue supporting the health and wellness of our Barbados community.
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