The Asian Medical Institute, located in Kant, Kyrgyzstan

Kant, Kyrgyzstan

Kant is a city in the Chuy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some 20 km from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.It is the administrative center of the Ysyk-Ata District ....

, trains specialists in the medical sphere

Medical education

Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or additional training thereafter ....

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Organisation

Currently, the Asian Medical Institute has students from over 10 countries including India, Russia, Germany, Pakistan, and Nigeria. The medium of instruction at the institute is the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and the length of study for a MD

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

 is six years.

Accreditation

The Asian Medical Institute, Kyrgyzstan is listed in the Avicenna Directory for medicine

Avicenna Directories

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and also recognized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kyrgyz. It received its recognition from the Ministry of Health, Kyrgyz Republic to train medical professionals, mostly for foreign countries. ASMI students and graduates are eligible for M.C.I, PM&DC and N.MC screening tests. The Asian Medical Institute Diploma is a recognised qualification in other countries for the purposes of practising medicine.