Clinical Education

Your clinical education at Medical University of the Americas takes place primarily in the second half of your academic program: Semesters 6 to 10—your final semesters before earning your M.D. and entering a residency program.

The Clinical Medicine program at MUA is 72 weeks:

  • 42 weeks of required core rotations in Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  • 30 weeks are elective clinical rotations that may be in any of the various medical specialties, depending upon the student’s future goals.