AUA’s curriculum is integrated and flexible, going beyond examinations and preparing the students to face the challenges that await them in clinical training and practice. AUA is one of only two international medical schools to utilize a U.S. modeled two-semester program based on emerging paradigms in medical education, featuring a clinically integrated course of study in which students accompany attending doctors and interact with patients beginning in students’ first semester. The courses employ a variety of teaching methods other than large group didactics, such as small group sessions, clinical case discussions, simulations and hands-on laboratory experience. This curriculum promotes the skill and art of medicine, critical thinking and lifetime learning.