Improving Pathways for Students to Succeed in Healthcare
Partner Organizations
AMCA partners share knowledge and best practices to identify potential collaboration opportunities to accentuate pathways and enhance prospective student competitiveness and preparation for admission to the member colleges.

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
At the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, you do not simply learn to be a doctor. To become an osteopathic physician, you will learn to treat patients as unique persons, deserving of compassionate, dedicated care. AZCOM's student-centered faculty and curriculum will prepare you for a career as a physician with rigorous, yet rewarding hands-on programs that emphasize direct patient care experience. We will help build your future as a member of tomorrow's healthcare team.
The educational mission of AZCOM is to produce qualified osteopathic physicians. Because the D.O. degree signifies that the holder is a physician prepared for entry into the practice of medicine within postgraduate training programs, graduates must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care, including direct hands-on assessment and treatment.
As scientists and practitioners of the healing arts, osteopathic physicians subscribe to a philosophy that regards the body as an integrated whole with structures and functions working interdependently. Therefore, osteopathic physicians treat their patients as unique persons —an approach that underscores the osteopathic commitment to patient-oriented versus disease-oriented health care and sociological/spiritual needs.

A.T. Still University
A.T. Still University (ATSU) of Health Sciences is the founding institution of osteopathic healthcare, established in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still, DO. As a leading health sciences university, ATSU is comprised of two campuses (Kirksville, Missouri, and Mesa, Arizona) on more than 200 acres with six prestigious schools. The culturally rich learning environments include residential and online healthcare related graduate degrees as well as community-based partnerships worldwide. ATSU has more than 1,300 employees dedicated to its not-for-profit mission and an average annual enrollment of over 3,100 students from 35 countries. ATSU is renowned for its preeminence as a multidisciplinary healthcare educator, and is focused on integrating the founding tenets of osteopathic medicine and the advancing knowledge of today’s science.

Central Arizona Area Health Education Center
CAAHEC was organized to create and grow Arizona’s healthcare workforce recruitment programs, and to recognize those health professionals who are tirelessly giving back to our underserved communities. Our mission is to improve access to quality healthcare, particularly primary and public health throughout Arizona, but primarily in rural or underserved communities. We address this through improving the supply and distribution of a vibrant healthcare workforce.

Creighton University Health Sciences – Phoenix
Creighton University is a Catholic, Jesuit university founded in 1878 in Omaha, Nebraska. The university’s School of Medicine opened in 1892, and is committed to educating physicians in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition of caring for the whole person – mind, body and spirit. The school has two campuses, one in Omaha, Nebraska and one in Phoenix, Arizona. The School of Medicine is committed to preparing future doctors for the medical challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in patient care, teaching, research and service. Graduates of the Creighton University School of Medicine practice in all 50 states and are recognized nationally for their extraordinary clinical skills, communication, empathy, cultural competence and commitment to service.

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
The Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine is a national school for diverse learning opportunities. With three campus locations in Rochester, Minnesota; Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; and Jacksonville, Florida; as well as more than 70 smaller, regional practices in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, you’ll have options to experience a wide variety of practice settings and work with cases from the common to the complex. Through a collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), you’ll also have options to complete your training with more than a medical degree. In addition to a medical degree, all medical students receive a certificate in the science of health care delivery that closes the gap between what you learn in your training and the challenges of the current health care environment. Students also have the option to pursue a variety of dual-degree options. These programs give students the opportunity to prepare for every possible career aspiration while they complete their medical education.

Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences is committed to educating the health professionals of the future, both to meet the needs of Mayo Clinic as well as to spread the Mayo culture and philosophy of health care beyond the walls of the institution. Our goal is to be a national/international leader in the transformation of health sciences education.

Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (MCGSBS) is committed to training the next generation of health science leaders in biomedical research and education. A fundamental goal of MCGSBS is to promote an academic environment that supports trainee and faculty development and facilitates biomedical innovation.

Mayo Clinic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Mayo Clinic, we strive to maintain and further develop a learning environment in which individual differences are valued, allowing all staff and students to achieve their fullest potential.
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University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated 500 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,400 faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, access, and advocacy.
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University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson delivers cutting-edge programs in medical education, highly innovative and collaborative research opportunities, as well as advanced patient care in an environment where excellence creates a foundation for community responsive action. Founded on the campus of the University of Arizona in 1967 as the state’s first MD degree granting college and a resource for the people of Arizona, today the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson ranks among the top medical schools in the nation for research. From an initial class of just 32 students, the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson matriculates 120 students annually and to date has graduated more than 4,000 physicians. College of Medicine – Tucson students, faculty, staff, and alumni continue more than 50 years of service in advancing medical care, biomedical research and knowledge in Arizona — and around the world.