Medical University of the Americas offers a traditional curriculum in the Basic Sciences that also provides opportunities for early exposure to clinical applications:
Semester One: In the first semester at MUA, you will start with the fundamentals: Cellular Biology, Embryology, Histology and that quintessential right of passage for every medical student—Gross Anatomy with human cadavers.
Semester Two: In the second semester, you will move on to the body’s molecular building blocks (Biochemistry) as well as the complex interplay among the body’s different systems (Physiology). You will also get an opportunity to tackle important behavioral topics in Medical Psychology and Medical & Legal Ethics classes.
Third Semester: In the third semester, you will continue to enhance your understanding of what makes us human with studies in Neuroscience and Medical Genetics. You will also start to learn about what makes us unhealthy, including infectious diseases (Microbiology) as well as Epidemiology.
Fourth Semester: In the fourth semester, you will build on your knowledge of the path of disease, exploring its impact on the body’s systems (Pathology) as well as therapeutic efforts to deal with it (Pharmacology). You will also develop your clinical skills with your first Physical Diagnosis class—great preparation for the clinical clerkships in the U.S. and Canada that will be starting soon.
Fifth Semester: In the fifth semester, you will expand on your knowledge of disease in Clinical Pathology, continue developing your skills in physical diagnosis and prepare extensively for the USMLE Step 1 Exam.
