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In May, AUA students and faculty participated in the on-campus Mural Contest. The contest theme – medicine at the heart; celebrating the local community and acknowledging the diversity of faculty and staff – brought in five submissions. Kendra Kramer, a MED 2 student, had the winning entry. She created a mural depicting AUA’s diverse student population, faculty, and staff who have come together to work as a team and a community to...Read More

For applicants who want to practice medicine in the United States, approved accredited International Medical Schools in the Caribbean offer a good choice. Approved and accredited Medical Schools in the Caribbean follow a curriculum that mirrors most United States Medical Schools and their graduates have a long history of obtaining residency in U.S. teaching hospitals. But applicants should be aware that there are also a number of International Medical Schools...Read More

A career in medicine is one of the most sought-after career options in India. Either that or engineering. While more and more parents are encouraging alternative fields, an MBBS degree has not lost its value. In fact, the value is ever increasing. Medical aspirants have several reasons to become a doctor, but in order to do so, they have to first secure a seat in one of the prestigious medical...Read More

Completing medical school training is a major achievement that medical students should celebrate, however, it is only a checkpoint on student’s journeys towards a successful medical career. Following medical school, students enter the next phase of their education through medical residency programs, which last from three to seven years, where they receive comprehensive, postgraduate training within a specialized field (or subfield) of medicine. Canadians citizens studying medicine abroad have a...Read More

Early in your medical school career, you will likely hear suggestions from teachers and older students that studying for your medical licensure exams is a rigorous ordeal. The most common licensure exam is the USMLE, and medical students often spend months, or even years, of their lives to study for all the steps of the exam. Fortunately, this doesn’t need to be a huge roadblock to success in your medical...Read More