Graduates of the Medicine program at Universidad de Las Américas become primary care physicians with a comprehensive and holistic education, grounded in rigorous training in the basic sciences, preclinical studies, and clinical and surgical disciplines. This preparation equips graduates to assume professional roles in delivering individualized healthcare with a global perspective and a strong commitment to advancing the medical profession.
Furthermore, graduates deliver basic clinical and surgical care for common and high-priority health conditions affecting individuals and their families by integrating the best available medical evidence into their professional practice. This is done in accordance with national healthcare protocols and evidence-based medicine while incorporating intercultural, interprofessional, and interdisciplinary perspectives, along with principles of gender equity, human rights, and the rational use of healthcare resources. Graduates can manage the dynamic health-disease process in accordance with primary healthcare strategies at all levels of care. This involves applying critical thinking, following appropriate referral and counter-referral procedures, and actively participating in health promotion, disease prevention, curative care, patient recovery, and rehabilitation. Likewise, graduates respond effectively and efficiently to urgent and emergency medical situations and participate in research initiatives.
Finally, graduates are expected to practice responsibly, demonstrating ethics, social commitment, and empathy towards patients. Graduates are prepared to work in both public and private healthcare systems within the country, as well as in international hospital settings. Graduates are encouraged to pursue postgraduate education and contribute to health development processes, utilizing their medical expertise to address the most pressing local, regional, and global health challenges.
Demographic Data: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly and a breakdown by men and women. Enrollment by ethnicity presents data on the most representative ethnic groups of the program.
Student Completion:
Retention and graduation rates are calculated through the 2020-2021 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students. Retention rates are calculated in 1 and 2 years.
Graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. The percentage of graduates in each cohort by gender considers only actual graduates, not the original makeup of the cohort.
Scholarship information: Information is divided by the type of scholarship granted.
Geographic Data: Presents the composition of the students of the program.
Add'l. Demogr. Data: Includes information on marital status, disability, and first-generation students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.