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Specialties

Beginning with Academic Year 2010-11*: As part of the M4 curriculum, all students are required to complete the Specialties Course which includes 17 weeks of the following: Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Radiology,  and Urology.  Students may take any 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 17 weeks in a single block. Click here for recommended or required textbooks for the Specialties.

Anesthesiology: 2 Weeks
Dermatology: 2 Weeks
Emergency Medicine: 2 Weeks
Neurology: 2 Weeks
Ophthalmology: 1 Week
Orthopaedics: 2 Weeks
Otolaryngology: 2 Weeks
Radiology: 2 Weeks
Urology: 2 Weeks

*As recommended and approved by the M3/M4 Curriculum Subcommittee, M4 COM students beginning with the Class of 2011, are no longer required to complete a 2 week selective experience as part of the required weeks of instruction and credit in the in the Specialties Course.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:  Program Number:  SPEC 722

DURATION:  17 Weeks Total  (2 Weeks each Specialty except Ophthalmology, 1 Week)

ASSESSMENT:  Student performance is evaluated by department members using the standard College of Medicine Student Performance Evaluation form. Grading is Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Completion of an on-line "Final Course Evaluation" for each Specialty is required before receiving a final grade.

REPORTING TIMES: Click here to link to the Student Affairs web site for the Reporting Instructions for the required Specialties.

CLINICAL SITE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS & FORMS: Click here to link to the Student Affairs web site for the compliance requirements and forms for affiliated hospital sites.

ABSENCE POLICY: Click here for the Residency Interview and General Absence Policy for Required Specialties Experiences.

EVALUATION POLICY: Click here for the Specialty Course Evaluation Policy.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Click here for listing of Coordinators and Directors