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Specialties

As part of the M4 curriculum, all students are required to complete the Specialties Course which includes 19 weeks of the following: Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Radiology, Urology, andeither Senior Forum or a Selective (selected from the approved electives).  Students may take any two-week specialty in the M3 year following completion of the prerequisites.  To insure maximum flexibility in the M4 year, the curriculum is designed in two or four-week blocks, that students may take in any order. Students will not be required to take all 19 weeks in a single block.

Anesthesiology: 2 Weeks
Dermatology: 2 Weeks
Emergency Medicine: 2 Weeks
Neurology: 2 Weeks
Ophthamology: 1 Week
Orthopaedics: 2 Weeks
Otolaryngology: 2 Weeks
Radiology: 2 Weeks
Urology: 2 Weeks
Selective 2 Weeks*

*As recommended and approved by the Specialty Committee of the M3/M4 Curriculum Subcommittee, COM students are required to complete a 2 week selective experience as part of the required 19 weeks of instruction and credit in the in the Specialties Course.

This 2 week Selective Requirement can be fulfilled by completing one of the following:

  1) Senior Forum. 

  2) A Selective chosen from the approved electives.  A selective is defined as a 2 week approved clinical or non-clinical elective from the UIC-COM On-Line Clinical Experiences Catalog.  An approved clinical or non-clinical 4 week elective may only be modified to 2 weeks with the approval of the Program Director.  

  3) A Research Elective. Students may apply 2 weeks from an approved elective to this requirement. Please note: Upon completion, a final project, academic paper, abstract or presentation must be submitted to the Associate Dean for Curriculum for review to receive a final grade. 

  4) A Self-Designed Elective (including domestic and international externships.) 

ASSESSMENT:  Student performance is evaluated by department members using the standard College of Medicine Student Performance Evaluation form. Grading is Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:  Program Number:  SPEC 722

Duration:  2 Weeks