President Neal S. Simon, J.D. Total enrollment 1,950 (2011) Founded 2004 | Established 2004 Undergraduate tuition and fees 31,000 USD (2011) Phone +1 212-661-8899 | |
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Students 1,400 (graduates as of 2015) Nickname AUA Caribbean Medical School Address Jabberwock Rd, Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda Similar American University of the Car, University of Health Sciences, Saba University School of, Medical University of the Am, Ross University Profiles |
American University of Antigua (AUA) is a for-profit medical school with a US-based curriculum. Its basic sciences campus is located on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Administrative headquarters are located in Manhattan, New York and it is a division of Manipal Global Education Services. AUA confers the Doctor of Medicine degree upon it’s graduates.
Contents
- American university of antigua campus fly through
- History
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- Accreditations and Approvals
- US Department of Education
- Match
- Campus
- Curriculum
- Basic Sciences Years 1 and 2
- Basic Sciences Year 3 and 4
- Fast Track to Medical School Program ASPre Med Degree Program
- Global MD
- Graduate Certificate Program Core Clinical Certificate Program
- Financial Aid and Scholarships
- No MCAT Admissions Policy
- Graduate Success
- Agreements
- References
American university of antigua campus fly through
History
In 2004, Neal Simon, JD, co-founded American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine. Simon is also the school’s President.
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Accreditations and Approvals
Historically, it’s been more difficult for Caribbean medical schools to obtain accreditations from the various governing bodies that confer accreditations, recognition, and approval on medical schools. As of December 2016, AUA has earned accreditation and approval from the following organizations, agencies, and departments of education.
US Department of Education
“In 2013, the United States Department of Education, through its National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), determined that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, through its appointment of the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) as its sole authorized medical school accreditor, employs standards and procedures for the accreditation of medical schools that are comparable to those employed by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) to accredit medical schools in the United States.”
Match
Graduates are eligible to participate in the National Resident Matching Program (US) and the Canadian Resident Matching Service (Canada).
Campus
In January 2010, AUA opened its 17-acre (69,000 m2) campus. The $60 million facility houses more than 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of classrooms, a simulation laboratory, a multi-story library, study rooms, an amphitheater, a courtyard, tennis courts, athletic fields, and administrative and faculty offices.
In August 2011, AUA announced plans for an $18 million expansion of the Antigua campus. The expansion will bring the campus to a total of 27-acres.
The school’s facilities include a Simulated Learning Center, which has SimMan 3G®, SimBaby™, Harvey®, and Noelle® simulators, an Anatomy Lab that is equipped with cadavers for dissection and protection, plastinated body part specimens, models, X-rays, and CT and MRI sections, as well as computer stations with instant access to Adams Atlas, V.H. Dissector, and prerecorded prosected demos.
Students learn Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) at the school’s American Heart Association™ International Training Center, which was established in partnership with representatives of the Mayo Clinic.
There is also a simulated ward (The Osler Suites) on the AUA campus where students can work with standardized and professional patients to gain clinical experience before leaving Antigua to complete clinical rotations throughout the United States and Canada.
Curriculum
Since 2010, the university has followed the two-semester academic year calendar that US medical schools follow. The curriculum is also modeled on that of US medical schools. AUA students complete the program in two parts: Basic Sciences and Clinical Sciences.
Basic Sciences (Years 1 and 2)
Courses follow a two-semester schedule and are taught in Antigua. They include foundational lectures and laboratory competency courses that cover key concepts in human structure, anatomy, medical cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, clinical medicine, Emergency Medical Training, microbiology, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, behavioral science, and neuroscience. The purpose of this component of the MD Program is to prepare students for Clinical Sciences where they will apply what they’ve learned in a hospital setting.
During Basic Sciences students must take and pass the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1, which tests their knowledge of everything they’ve studied up to this point. This test is seen by faculty and medical school administrations as an indicator of a student’s ability to apply that knowledge to the practice of medicine.
Basic Sciences (Year 3 and 4)
During this time, AUA students complete their clinical rotations within AUA’s network of more than 40 affiliated teaching hospitals throughout the United States, Canada, and India. As of October 2015, AUA’s USMLE Step 1 first time pass rate is 97 percent.
Clinical Sciences curriculum lasts a total of 84 weeks and requires students to successfully complete core and elective rotations. Students spend 6 weeks participating in foundational rotations in family and internal medicine before proceeding to 44 weeks of clinical core rotations in family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatry. Elective rotations are then completed during the remaining 34 weeks and are offered in more than 57 specialties.
Fast-Track to Medical School Program - AS/Pre-Med Degree Program
Through a partnership with AICASA, AUA accepts AICASA graduates who complete the prescribed AS in Health Sciences curriculum and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA set by AUA. All students matriculated in the AS in Health Sciences degree-earning program are automatically enrolled in the fast-track option.
Global MD
Offered through an agreement with Florida International University (FIU), “the AUA-FIU Global MD Program is a comprehensive, four-year longitudinal track in global health that is integrated into the curriculum at American University of Antigua College of Medicine.” Once AUA students complete the program successfully, they receive their MD degree and a Global Health Certificate from AUA and a certificate of completion of the Graduate Clinical Core Rotation Certificate Program from FIU.
Graduate Certificate Program - Core Clinical Certificate Program
In 2013, AUA and FIU created this program, allowing students to complete all of their core clinical rotations back to back at clinical sites affiliated with Florida International University (FIU) and under the instruction of FIU faculty. In addition to the Clinical Clerkship Certificate program, AUA students have the opportunity to attend elective rotations at FIU. Those elective rotations also include medical research projects.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
AUA currently lists 16 scholarships on its website, some of which are automatically awarded to qualified applicants. They are categorized as academic, cultural, and service awards. Eligible AUA students can apply for US or Canadian federal loans.
No MCAT Admissions Policy
MCAT scores are not required and not considered part of AUA’s applications process. The school’s “approach to evaluating students [is] holistic” and test scores are not part of any admissions decision. Americans and permanent residents of the United States, however, are required to submit MCAT scores to satisfy governmental regulations.
Graduate Success
AUA graduates have obtained residencies in competitive specialties like integrated plastic surgery, neurosurgery, pathology, anesthesiology, radiology-diagnostic, physical medicine and rehabilitation, ophthalmology, child neurology, and orthopedic surgery. AUA graduates have matched at residency programs in the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Duke University in the United States. In Canada, they have obtained residencies at McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and University of Saskatchewan. The majority of AUA graduates obtain residencies in the primary care specialty area.
Agreements
In 2013, AUA signed a landmark affiliation agreement with the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine that allows AUA clinical students to complete all of their core clinical rotations in the Greater Miami Area.