Clinical Training
During your clinical rotations, you will not only apply what you’ve learned during your Basic Medical Sciences course work, but you will likely discover the area of medicine that you are most passionate about as well. As an AUC student, you will have the opportunity to choose from attending clinical sites in the United States, England and Ireland.
An Overview...
Once AUC students leave the Basic Sciences Campus on St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles they will matriculate into the clinical portion of the medical education program. Clinical training is 72 weeks in length and clerkships can be scheduled at one hospital or many hospitals across the United States, England and/or Ireland.
Clinical clerkships are separated into Core Rotations and Elective Rotations. Core rotations are the foundation of a student’s clinical education. Elective Clerkships are medical sub specialties under each of the main Core Clerkships, and students choose their objectives according to their preferred area of postgraduate residency training.
To ensure that AUC graduates meet current licensure requirements throughout the United States, students are required to take Family Medicine and Neurology in their fourth year. These subjects are “required electives.”
Preparation…
The Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) courses taught at AUC in the second through the fifth semester of Basic Medical Sciences will engender the clinical skills necessary for clinical clerkships and professional development. Students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to perform the following:
- Complete a history
- Conduct a physical examination
- Assess and plan for the care of patients
- Conduct library and computer search of relevant information for patient care
In addition, students are introduced to the clinical medical information necessary for the third year. This will be done in a Problem-Based Learning format stressing a review of the basic sciences, the development of case-centered learning goals and the introduction of a series of core medical conditions. Behavioral Medicine will be fully integrated into the courses.
