Preparing tomorrow’s physicians

Vision: Avalon Graduates are expected to be fit to practice medicine rather than just to be fit to pass assessments or examinations.

Mission: The mission of Avalon University School of Medicine is to prepare competent physicians who can serve communities locally and around the world. Avalon graduates are committed to patient safety and public health while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and ethical behavior required for medical practice.

Core values of AUSOM:

  • Education
  • Empathy
  • Integrity
  • Respect
  • Commitment

Strategic Plan Priorities of Avalon University School of Medicine 2023-2025

Education

Goals Action plan Measurable outcome
Evaluate and restructure the curriculum to equip students with leadership skills and prepare them for medical practice locally and worldwide
  • Implement two tracks of the basic science curriculum by September 2023.
  • Implement the NBME shelf-examination policy in 2023.
  • Increase the weightage for NBME shelf-examination to 40% in the overall grade of clinical rotation by the year 2024.
  • Achieve a USMLE Step 1 first-time pass rate above 95% within three years, up from the current 85%.
  • Improve the USMLE Step 2 first-time pass rate to 85% within three years, from the current 65%.
  • Increase the residency matching rate to 75% by the year 2025.
  • Attain above 95% passing rate for students on the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), India, up from the current 90%.
  • Develop and support the infrastructure and educational resources for the entire medical program.
  • Enhance educational resources and processes to foster critical thinking, communication skills, self-directed learning, and scholarly achievement.
 Empower the library committee to acquire the necessary educational resources for both basic science and clinical students by the beginning of 2024.
  • Increase student satisfaction with library and educational resources to 95% by the end of 2024.
  • Attain a faculty satisfaction rating of 95% regarding the available educational resources for teaching and learning by the end of 2024.
Optimize student recruitment, admission practices, and programs to prepare well-rounded and competent physicians.
  • Implement the new admission policy, requiring a minimum MCAT score of 480 for admission into the accelerated program by September 2023.
  • Will offer scholarships for students based on MCAT scores starting from the entering class of September 2023.
  • Replace the current premed program of Avalon with a Bachelor of Health Sciences program by September 2023.
  • Provide scholarships to local students.
  • Admit at least 30% of students into the accelerated program within three years.
  • Offer a minimum of five scholarships per semester based on MCAT scores.
  • Increase the recruitment (total number of entrants) into medical school by 100% within three years.
  • Increase pipeline admissions for MD up to 10 students per year.
Develop new competency-based and career-focused models of medical education and training. Offer career counseling sessions to every student.
  • Increase graduate satisfaction to a mean value of 4.5 for every question/item on the graduates’ survey by the end of 2024.
  • Increase faculty publications focused on education to five per year.
Continuously improve education and training to produce well-rounded and competent physicians committed to patient safety and public health. Establish and map core competencies in the curriculum.
  • Increase the graduation rate (graduation within 7 years) to 90% by the year 2025.
  • Increase the residency matching rate to 75% by the year 2025.