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With the 2023 Global Health Elective dates in full swing, we sat down with AUC Senior Clinical Coordinator, Jeffrey Anderson, to learn more about the Global Health program and how students can apply for the elective.

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) alum Brittany Thompson knew if she graduated medical school in a psychology track, she’d be setting a precedent.

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in collaboration with the Positive Foundation and The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, hosted a successful breast screening event on Saturday, March 11 in Philipsburg.

Fifth-semester student American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) Shelby Hamilton, Class of ’25, learned about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) early when she began puberty at age 10.

Born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) student Nyla Shah, Class of ’26, spent most of the first six years of her life watching her younger sister slowly die of liver disease.

On February 11, 2023, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC Med) hosted its Spring 2023 White Coat Ceremony, where over 140 first semester students were welcomed as the newest physicians-in-training of the class of 2027.

Second-year American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) student Chyrisha Rucker has always been guided by her mother's spirit. Losing her mother to breast cancer as a teenager, she felt her presence when she became a doula — and still feels her presence today. "I felt like my own mother was guiding me as I witnessed mothers and their babies meeting for the first time."

Growing up the son of a single mother in the inner city of the south side of Chicago, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) alum Steven D.

Keren-Happuch Ikechi-Konkwo, Class of ‘25
Black Medical Student Association

New medical students look forward to their first medical school rite of passage with excitement—the White Coat Ceremony. Wearing their first white coat is the symbol of beginning their careers as future physicians.