The mission of CUCOM is to prepare physicians, provide broad medical education, quality care to patients and society with compassion, passion for knowledge, commitment, tolerance and dedication in a culturally diverse environment.

Your clinical education at Commonwealth University School of Medicine takes place primarily in the second phase of your academic program, before earning your degree and entering a residency program.

During these clinical years, you will be tested based on new material from lectures, books and notes, series of rotations on the wards of various teaching hospitals in the U.S.

The Commonwealth University Clinical Medicine program consists of 72 weeks (18 months) of clinical rotations:

• 44 weeks (11 months) of required core rotations in Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Family Medicine
• 28 weeks (7 months) of elective clinical rotations that the student may select based upon their projected medical specialty.
• During your clinical education, your success depends not only on what you know, but also on how you perform as a team player on par with students, residents and attending physicians.

The hands-on training conducted at affiliated hospitals and ambulatory clinics allows students to further hone their physical examination, diagnostic critical thinking and communication skills through direct patient care.

It also serves as an important bridge between the first four semesters and the clinical portion of the curriculum.

CUCOM students complete the clinical portion of the curriculum—and the majority of their training—in the United States at leading teaching hospitals across the country.

And because our students are given hands-on experience from semester one, they transition into the clinical semesters with confidence and the tools they need to succeed.

Additionally, CUCOM students have the option to complete all of their clinical rotations in one single geographic location.

This is important because it not only helps to ensure a consistent clinical experience as they rotate through different disciplines, but it also helps to lower related expenses.

• The clinical portion of the curriculum is without a doubt one of the most exciting – and most complex – periods of our students’ entire medical education experience.
• We understand how challenging it can be to progress through your rotations while staying on track to earn your medical degree and prepare for residency.
• The student support feature links every CUCOM clinical student with their own team of dedicated advisers who will be with you every step of the way, so you can stay focused on the important task at hand – your clinical training.

• The IFOM exams are standardized, objective exams that are used in various countries (Ukraine, Panama, and Oman, among others) as an international standard to measure the academic performance of their medical graduates.
• The IFOM exams are used by organizations around the world for various purposes, including as an entrance requirement to graduate training programs (e.g., residencies) and as a certification exam, enabling one to practice medicine in that country.

The IFOM examinations measure the core knowledge expected internationally of students at critical points in their undergraduate medical education.

They are organized by National Board of Medical Education NBME in the US which also develops and manages the USMLE examinations.

The IFOM program comprises two separate exams; the Clinical Science Examination (CSE) and the Basic Science Examination (BSE).

They are also accepted by Hamad Medical Corporation and the American University of Beirut as entrance examinations for their residency programs.

You must be a medical student or medical graduate of one the medical schools included on IMED registry.

The examinations can be taken in any order and can be repeated to obtain higher scores.

• The IFOM BSE is a 4 hour computer based exam with 160 MCQ questions.
• It tests basic science knowledge that international students should have prior to the start of clinical training. It covers anatomy, biochemistry, histology, microbiology, organ systems, pathology, pharmacology and physiology.
• The passing score is 582.
• BSE can only be taken once a year on one of 3 available testing periods at any Prometric location.

• The CSE is a 4-hour computer based exam with 160 MCQ questions.
• It tests clinical knowledge that international students should have at a time just prior to receiving their graduate degree. It covers family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery and psychiatry.
• The passing score is 573.
• CSE can be taken up to 3 times a year during any of the 3 testing periods at any Prometric location.

• USD 25000 / Year + Malpractice Insurance
• Discount: 5000 USD
• Fee Structure: 20000 USD/6 Months inclusive of Malpractice Insurance