Georgian American University
The Medical School in Georgian American University was established in 2017. The undergraduate MD curriculum at GAU MD School functions as a 6-year (360 ECTS) medical program designed to meet the challenges of training competitive and highly qualified doctors for the 21st century.
Main features of the GAU MD curriculum are:
- Partly integrated core curriculum with both vertical and horizontal integration
- Increasing number of electives over the years of study
- A body-system approach – integrated system-based courses address the major body systems
- Courses of Problem- and Case-based learning
- Spiral model of the curriculum that allows reviewing key basic topics in more depth
- Early exposure to clinical settings and mastering clinical skills throughout the 6 years
- Longitudinal research skills teaching
- Social and public health including Medical Ethics, Behavioral Medicine, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Evidence-based Medicine, Health Law, Healthcare management
- Student-oriented approach with increasing role of independent study
- Relevant assessment methods based on Miller’s pyramid model including traditional (oral/written) examinations, MCQ testing, OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) and portfolio
- Meeting requirements set out in Global standards of undergraduate medical education of World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
- Clinical training components of the study program are implemented through agreements with a number of medical clinics and hospitals
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