Michael Mifsud

Oceania University of Medicine

Oceania University of Medicine (OUM) was founded on the South Pacific island nation of Samoa in 2002. The University has evolved from a local mission to better meet the health needs of underserved island communities to a now internationally-accredited medical school with students and graduates in many countries. OUM-trained physicians are currently practicing physicians in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Samoa, and in many major metropolitan areas in the United States. OUM became the only internationally-accredited medical school in the South Pacific when it received formal accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) in 2010 and re-accredited in May 2015, for an additional five years. PAASCU is one of only a few international accrediting bodies charged with ensuring that non-US medical schools are held to standards comparable to those applied to US medical schools. OUM is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools, a joint publication of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research and the World Federation for Medical Education, and is recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). OUM students are eligible to sit for the Australian Medical Council Exam, Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCEE), New Zealand Registration Exam (NZREX), as well as the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).