*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.
Patricia Brathwaite, BSc, MBBS, DM O&G
Biography
Dr. Patricia Brathwaite is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Foundations at Ross University School of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and Doctor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.
Dr. Brathwaite’s clinical experience in women’s health spans both Jamaica and Barbados. She is deeply committed to empowering women to prioritize their health and well-being, a passion she had advanced through direct patient care as well as community health education, including public talks on a variety of women’s health topics.
Since joining Ross University School of Medicine in May 2022 as Adjunct Sessional Faculty and subsequently as an Assistant Professor in July 2025, Dr. Brathwaite has been actively involved in facilitating small group learning for preclinical medical students. She has a passion for medical education and is dedicated to supporting students in their academic and professional growth.
- Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona (2007)
- Medical/Doctoral Degree: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of the West Indies, Mona (2009)
- Residency: Doctor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology (DM O&G), University of the West Indies, Mona (2017)
- Other Degrees/Training:
- Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Medical Education, Training to Teach in Medicine Program, 6-month Certificate Program (2022-2023)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) provider
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) provider
- Obstetrics
- Gynecology
- Women’s health
- Lifestyle Medicine
- Medical education
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
- Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP)
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) Associate
- The International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE)