BENEFITS
PROGRAMS American University of Antigua College of Medicine (AUA), a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), has formed a unique partnership with Florida International University in order to create two innovative programs designed to provide a U.S. medical education in all the ways that matter:
Students of both AUA–FIU programs can look forward to:
1 AUA GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK PROGRAM
• Completing all core clinical rotations backto-back with FIU faculty at FIU-affiliated teaching hospitals
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FIU GRADUATE CLINICAL CORE ROTATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Students who complete the Preclinical Sciences component of the Global Health Track program transition to the Graduate Clinical Core Rotation Certificate Program (Clinical Certificate Program). The Clinical Certificate Program is also open to qualified AUA students who did not participate in the Global Health Track Program but still want the advantages of completing clinical clerkships under the auspices of a US medical school.
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• Furthering their medical education with a global health curriculum taught by FIU and AUA faculty prior to and throughout their Preclinical coursework in Antigua
• Learning medical Spanish to better communicate with a greater number of patients • Becoming American Heart Association BLS and ACLS instructors • Gaining valuable clinical and research experience during FIU rotations, helping them stand out to residency program directors
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CREDENTIALS Upon completion of the program and graduation from AUA, students will receive a: • Doctor of Medicine degree from AUA • Global Health Certificate from AUA • Clinical Certificate Program transcript from FIU • Certificate of Completion from FIU, which indicates that rotations have been completed at their affiliated clinical sites
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GRADS GOT RESIDENCY THROUGH THE FIU PROGRAM IN 2021
YEARS 1 AND 2
YEARS 3 AND 4+
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Global Health Track students complete Basic Sciences on AUA’s campus in Antigua, plus four 2-week blocks before each of the four Basic Sciences semesters and one 1-week block after semester 4.
After completing Preclinical Sciences, both AUA MD & Global Health Track students may apply to the Clinical Certificate Program in which all core rotations take place consecutively at FIU affiliated teaching hospitals in South Florida.
OR P RE CLI NI CAL S CI E NCE S AUA students complete Preclinical Sciences coursework on the AUA campus in Antigua.
E L E C T IV E R OTAT IO N S Students participate in electives in various specialty fields at AUA and FIUaffiliated clinical sites throughout the United States and abroad.