School of Medicine · AUW
School of Medicine
The School of Medicine combines medical education with AUW’s wider commitment to community service and women’s leadership.
Community-oriented education
Medical learning shaped by people and place
Established in 1990, the School of Medicine offers medical education grounded in community needs and social accountability.
The supplied Medicine material describes community-oriented education, Problem-Based Learning, collaborative and community-based learning, and evidence-informed practice.
The school connects academic and clinical training with research and person-centred service.
Educational approach
Problem-based and community-oriented learning
Medicine teaching is described as community-oriented and problem-based, using collaborative and community-based learning to connect scientific knowledge with clinical and social contexts.
The approach is intended to prepare graduates for evidence-informed, person-centred practice.
Academic pathway
Programs
Research
Inquiry, evidence, and community priorities
Research is integrated into academic and clinical training. The supplied material identifies clinical, laboratory, public-health, community-health, medical-education, women’s-health, child-health, infectious-disease, noncommunicable-disease, and health-systems themes.
A Student Research Unit is described as supporting research planning, methods, writing, ethics, workshops, and student research activity.