Clinical Science program
Clinical Science Program
The Clinical Sciences Program is comprised of 78 weeks of core and elective clinical rotations at hospitals in the US, England, and Guyana. In this program, students participate in the patient care process while rotating through various medical specialties, under the guidance of the clinical faculty and staff physicians.
Examinations
At the end of each core rotation, students will be tested and evaluated by the respective clinical faculty. Students must pass AISM Clinical Science Comprehensive Examination before he or she can be considered as completing the academic requirements leading to a Medical Doctor Degree from AISM. The following are core Clinical classes (A total of 56wks): to medical school and other health-related disciplines.
Core program
- Internal Medicine (12wks)
- Surgery (12wks)
- Family Medicine (8wks)
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (8wks)
- Pediatrics (8wks)
- Psychiatry (8wks)
Supplementary opportunities
The remaining 22 weeks provide the student with an opportunity to explore various medical specialties. Specialty classes are taught in 4wks sessions. These may include, but are not limited to:
- Anesthesiology
- Neurology
- Cardiology
- Ophthalmology
- Dermatology
- Orthopedics
- Emergency Medicine
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Endocrinology
- Pulmonary Medicine
- ENT
- Radiology
- Family Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Gastroenterology
- Sports Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology
- Tropical Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Urology
- Nephrology
- Vascular Surgery
Four and Five year MD
Along with the basic sciences program, this element of the degree comprises the four-year MD with the five-year MD having the addition of the pre-med course.