Avalon University School of Medicine | A Caribbean Medical School

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Avalon University School of Medicine
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• Avalon University School of Medicine
• (AUSOM) offers comprehensive medical training
  designed
• to prepare students for medical practice in the
  United
• States, Canada, and in most countries around the
  world.
• Having a curriculum modeled after U.S. medical
  schools,
• AUSOM students are taught and trained in both
  the basic
• and clinical sciences for the purpose of being
  competent
• physicians. Having the quality of education at
  AUSOM at an
• affordable tuition cost, we currently have
  graduates
• practicing medicine in North America and in
  countries
• around the world.

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• AUSOM operates on a three semester schedule
• with an rolling admissions process. Students are
  
• able to enroll into AUSOM at any of the three
  start
• dates with classes beginning in January, May and
  
• September. Each semester is 15 weeks in length,
• with a short break in between semesters.

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• The first 4 semesters of the MD program, the
  basic
• sciences, are completed on the beautiful, well-
• developed island of Curacao. This is a very
• important time for AUSOM students, with the goal
  
• being to build a solid foundation of the medical
  
• level subjects.

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• Small class sizes allows for a more personalized
• education, and having highly qualified faculty
  are one
• of many ways AUSOM is able to ensure academic
• support. Student mentorship programs and
  tutoring are
• also available to further assist in
  strengthening the
• students basic science knowledge. Also with a
  Wi-Fi
• ready campus and extended library hours, we want
  
• students to make the most of their opportunity
  during
• the basic sciences.

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• Upon completion of the basic sciences, students
  will soon
• after begin our Fifth Semester in Beckley, West
  Virginia.
• This preclinical semester is 16 weeks in length.
  The first 8
• weeks is designed to prepare students for their
  clinical
• science years, and the final 8 weeks is the
  board
• preparatory portion. Students will be provided
  with
• USMLE Kaplan material, and there will be live
  board
• preparatory instruction. Upon completion of the
  Fifth
• Semester, students will sit for the USMLE Step 1.

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• After completion of the USMLE Step 1, students
  will begin
• their clinical rotations. AUSOM requires
  students to
• complete 72 weeks of clinical rotations at our
  affiliated
• teaching hospitals across the United States and
  in Curacao.
• The sites in the United States in which students
  will have
• the opportunity of completing these rotations
  are Ohio,
• Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.

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Admissions Office P.O. BOX 480 Girard, OH
44420 USA admissions_at_avalonu.org Toll Free - 1
855 282 5668 Ph - 330 759 8008 Fax - 330 759 8041
Curacao Campus Address Santa Rosaweg 122-
124, Curacao Ph 5999 788 8008 Vonage 1 330
269 0261