Electives and Pathway Structure
In the months leading to the final year of medical school, students in consultation with faculty and Student Affairs advisors, will choose a Pathway based on specialty choice to complement the core requirements of the M4 curriculum. Each Pathway includes additional student choice to choose from a list of selective courses for at least four of the sixteen weeks to further link curriculum to student career goals. Students may switch from one Pathway to another with the approval of their OSA Advisor, but must complete the requirements for at least one Pathway in order to graduate.
Click here for clarification about selective or pathway requirements as “away” rotations.
Click here for information regarding pathway based on specialty choice.
Click here for answers to FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS regarding M4 Curriculum scheduling and requirements.
Please note – Class of 2022, please click on the tab on the right to see your pathway requirements.
DUE TO THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN, WE HAVE ONE PATHWAY FOR THE CLASS OF 2021
Sub-Internship – 4 weeks
Patient Facing Clinical Elective – 4 weeks
Radiology – 4 weeks
Clinical Connections & Competencies Synthesis – 2 weeks
Open electives – 26 weeks*
Total – 40 weeks
*2 weeks (of the 26) must be a Supplemental Clinical Experience for those
students who were enrolled in a M3 Core Clerkship that was affected by the
COVID pandemic which ended on 4/24/2020.
WE HAVE ONE PATHWAY FOR THE CLASS OF 2022
12 weeks of electives with Patient Interaction
4 weeks of Sub-I
2 weeks of Transitions to Residency Course
24 weeks of Open Electives
Class of 2022 Pathway Requirement Tracking Sheet
Class of 2021 Pathway Requirement Tracking Sheet
Updated Pathway Tracking Sheet
Class of 2020 Pathway Requirement Tracking Sheets
Hospital-Based Pathway
Medical Pathway
Surgical Pathway