The Basic Sciences, which takes place in Antigua at our 50-acre campus, focuses on the medical sciences using our United States-modeled medical school curriculum. In the Basic Sciences, students build a medical knowledge base that will serve them throughout their medical careers. Our Basic Sciences faculty are highly credentialed and recruited primarily from the United States.
Students are required to complete 78 weeks of core and elective clinical clerkships.
Students receive personalized guidance from the clinical faculty and develop the skills and knowledge essential for graduate medical education. Clinical training includes history taking, physical examinations, laboratory analysis, case presentations, clinical workshops, conferences, and online lectures. The clinical department completes the scheduling of clerkships.
Third-year medical students are required to complete core rotations in the following areas:
Family Practice 6 weeks
Internal Medicine 12 weeks
Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 weeks
Pediatrics 6 weeks
Psychiatry 6 weeks
Surgery 12 weeks
Fourth-year medical students must complete 30 weeks of elective clerkships (two terms). Students choose their clerkships based on their interests and goals. Elective clerkships can be in any of the below categories and can be no less than two weeks and no more than four weeks.
Allergy and Immunology Orthopedic Surgery
Anesthesiology Otolaryngology
Colon and Rectal Surgery Pathology
Dermatology Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Family Practice Plastic Surgery
Internal Medicine Preventive Medicine
Medical Genetics Psychiatry
Neurological Surgery Radiology
Nuclear Medicine Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology Thoracic Surgery
Ophthalmology