American University of Antigua - 4 Year Medical Program

The American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine provides a medical education equal to highest U.S. medical educational standards. The purpose of the training at AUA is to prepare students to pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), for U.S. medical licensure, and to provide the foundation for postgraduate specialty training. AUA students begin their clinical experience during their first semester at the Holberton Hospital in St. Johns, Antigua (200 beds). Clinical rotations are completed at U.S. teaching hospitals.

The curriculum is modeled after U.S. medical schools and the university does their utmost to prepare students for the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) which is required in order to graduate. Students take their first four semesters of basic sciences courses at the Antigua campus. The faculty is experienced and dedicated to teaching, and many have received distinguished teacher awards from the students of the medical schools at which they taught before they came to AUA. The fifth semester Preliminary Clinical Training course is taught through the auspices of the Greater Miami Health Education and Training Campus (GMHETC). After the fifth semester students take the USMLE Step I, and then proceed to clinical rotations, both mandatory and elective, at AUA affiliated hospitals in the U.S.

AUA offers two distinct programs for students interested in earning a medical degree - a four year MD program and a six year MD program. 

The four year MD degree program is designed for students who have either have an undergraduate degree or have completed at least 90 college credits and all prerequisite courses. The program starts with four 16-week semesters in Antigua where the curriculum is comprised of courses in Basic Sciences and their application to clinical medicine. Semesters begin in January, May and September, and students can begin their studies in any semester.After completing and passing all Basic Sciences courses, students start the Clinical Sciences segment of the program at AUA-affiliated ACGME approved teaching hospitals in the U.S.

A Pre-Medical Program is offered in Antigua to students who are starting their medical career directly from high school and non-traditional students who do not have or are missing prerequisite courses for the four-year M.D. program.The program consists of college level science and humanities courses to prepare students for medical school, and helps them to think critically and develop good communications skills. The admissions committee may also recommend that students who completed prerequisite courses unsatisfactorily repeat those specific classes before starting the four-year MD program. Upon successfully passing these required courses, students are promoted to the next level. 

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