FAQs

Yes, of course. The pre-med science courses offered are: Introduction Biology I & II with a lab, General Chemistry I & II with a lab, Organic Chemistry I & II with a lab, General Physics I & II with a lab, Cell Biology, Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Genetics and Microbiology.

KMCIC faculty remains unrivalled with many members who are accomplished researchers and notable scientists in their respective fields. They are published authors who continue to produce articles and author textbooks. They are sensitive to their students’ needs and are easily accessible.

KMCIC has clinical sites in the United States at teaching hospitals and various clinical out-patient programs that are affiliated with US medical schools. Students start their clinical education by attending the Family Practice I / Internal Medicine I (formerly known as The fifth semester) taught at the clinical sites as a bridge between the basic science curriculum and the clinical science curriculum at one of AUA’s current four locations in the United States—The Physician Education Group in Atlanta, GA, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, or Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, NY. Then students sit for the USMLE Step 1 examination. Students are then required to rotate through 44 weeks of required Core disciplines and 31 weeks of elective clerkships. The Core disciplines are Internal Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, OB-GYN, Pediatrics and Psychiatry. All rotations are completed at ACGME-affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States.

*Students must complete their Basic Sciences studies at the AUA Campus in Antigua or if transferring from another institution to AUA, that university must be recognized by the Medical Board of California in order to be eligible for clinical rotations, residency placements and medical licensure in the State of California.

Important note: AUA students who matriculate into the Basic Sciences studies at the Kasturba Medical College International Center (KMCIC) are eligible to participate at all other sites available to AUA students for all clinical rotations, residency placements and medical licensure EXCEPT in the State of California.

While some of our affiliated hospitals offer all of the Core services and several elective opportunities we do not currently have agreements with any facility that encompasses all Core clerkships in one location. Also, many specialty hospitals do not provide all of the needed Core clerkships in one geographic location. We are, however, continuing to build new relationships that will allow for such arrangements.

You will be assigned a Clinical Coordinator who will support you and appoint your clinical rotations, however, you are responsible for contacting your coordinator to begin scheduling.

KMCIC is unique because it is the only US-modeled curriculum where clinical training begins in the very first semester. Clinical rotations are done in U.S. affiliated hospitals.

The Basic Science courses are designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge to sit for and then pass the USMLE Step I Exam.