4-Year MD Program
The 4-year MD program is a full-time program that groups medical education, clinical training, board review, and in-between semester breaks together. The program is composed of 19 months of basic science courses followed by 2 years of clinical sciences, which include 72 weeks of clinical rotations.
- Inorganic/Ceneral Chemistry with labs – 8 credit hoursOrganic Chemistry with labs — 8 credit hours
- General Biology with labs —8 credit hours
- Physics with labs — 8 credit hours
- English —6 credit hours
- Mathematics-3 credit hours
*Must have at least 90 credit hours of undergraduate studies completed
Basic Sciences
The 19 months of basic sciences are distributed across 5 semesters and include 11 organ systems (11 courses). The 5 semesters include a medical ethics course module, 4-course modules of clinical skills training, 4-course modules of preventive medicine, combined with a clinical board series. The clinical board series will utilize patient and physician educators to maximize the experience for each student. Each semester runs for 15 weeks. The details are presented below:
- MD 1001: Foundational Principles of Basic Sciences (13 credit hours)
- MD 1002: Musculoskeletal System (8 credit hours)
- MD 1003: Integumentary System (2 credit hours)
- MD 1004: Clinical Skills1 (2 credit hours)
- MD 1005: Preventive Medicine, Public Health, and Quality Health Parameters (3 credit hours)
- MD 2006: Nutrition and Metabolism (6 credit hours)
- MD 2007: Behavioral Sciences and Neurology (13 credit hours)
- MD 2008: Medical Ethics (2 credit hours)
- MD 2009: Clinical Skills-2 (2 credit hours)
- MD 2010: Preventive Medicine, Public Health, and Quality Health Parameters (4 credit hours)
- MD 3011: Respiratory System (9 credit hours)
- MD 3012: Gastrointestinal System (9 credit hours)
- MD 3016: Hematology and Immunology (4 credit hours)
- MD 3014: Clinical Skills-3 (2 credit hours)
- MD 3015: Preventive Medicine, Public Health, and Quality Health Parameters (4 credit hours)
- MD 4016: Cardiovascular System (10 credit hours)
- MD 4017: Renal System (4 credit hours)
- MD 4018: Endocrine and Reproductive System (10 credit hours)
- MD 4019: Clinical Skills-4 (2 credit hours)
- MD 4020: Preventive Medicine, Public Health, and Quality Health Parameters (4 credit hours)
- MD 5021: Introduction to Clinical Medicine (12 credit hours)
- MD 5022: Review of Basic Sciences (15 credit hours)
CLINICAL SCIENCES
The program’s clinical sciences and rotation portion will prepare students to work directly with patients in real-world environment. The staff at AUSOMA will work directly with students to prepare them to take full advantage of clinical rotations and preparation for placement in residency. The clinical sciences are divided into 12 weeks semesters covering 72 weeks of clinical rotations in 6 semesters.
Students are guaranteed clinical rotations upon successful passing of USMLE Step 1 at our affiliated hospitals throughout the US. Please refer to the clinical sites page on our website for our current affiliated sites, as we are always looking to sign new hospital affiliation agreements.
Additionally, our curriculum provides sufficient flexibility for students to engage in extensive research, pursue advanced degrees, participate in special clinical rotation tracks, and explore other avenues of professional growth.
Students are exposed to adult patients with a variety of disease processes. Objective components emphasized are medical history taking, physical examination skills, case presentation, differential diagnosis of disease processes, and development of a strong foundation of internal medicine knowledge. Student evaluation is based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam – 20%.%
Overall goal is to give broad exposure to surgery and an understanding of the medicine of surgery. It will not serve as a comprehensive course in surgery, but rather a foundation for the role surgery plays in the care of the hospitalized patient. Students will develop an understanding of the common surgical diseases and develop a framework for self-study. In addition, basic manual skills such as suturing, and knot tying will be emphasized. Student evaluations are based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam – 20%.
Designed to introduce core principles and become familiar with common illnesses of pediatrics, common causes of death in childhood, normal growth and development, concepts of family-centered care, and variation in immunology, biochemistry, pathology, and the physiology that occurs as child ages. Student evaluations are based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam – 20%.
Provides a foundation of knowledge and skills through exposure to normal and pathological conditions associated with the female reproductive organs such as menstruation, conception, and pregnancy. Broader concepts of primary care for women with an emphasis on preventive care and periodic screening will also be covered. Student evaluations are based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam -20%.
Provides a foundation of knowledge and skills through exposure to normal and pathological conditions associated with the female reproductive organs such as menstruation, conception, and pregnancy. Broader concepts of primary care for women with an emphasis on preventive care and periodic screening will also be covered. Student evaluations are based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam -20%.
Emphasis on major psychiatric syndromes. Students will work on a multidisciplinary team and are required to be able to employ a bio-psycho-socio-cultural model of assessments and treatments for patients with psychiatric illnesses. Student evaluations are based on the Clinical Component – 80% and the NBME Shelf Exam – 20%.
Students can choose their specialty of interest from a list of the following specialties:
- Anesthesiology
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- Immunology
- Nephrology
- Oncology
- Rheumatology
- Cardiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Neurology
- Pulmonary