Electives Catalog
Phase 2 Elective Offerings Heading link
Phase 2 Elective Offerings were created as an opportunity for third year students to be exposed to specialties during a two week experience. These electives may also be taken in the 4th year based on availability.
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M3 Elective Offerings
- Fundamentals of Anesthesiology – UI Health
- Fundamentals of Dermatology
- Fundamentals of Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery & Robotics
- Fundamentals of Orthopaedics
- Fundamentals of Otolaryngology – UI Health
- Fundamentals of Radiology – UI Health
- Fundamentals of Transplant Surgery – UI Health
- Fundamentals of Urology – UI Health
- Fundamentals of Wound Care – UI Health
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Courses that are online only
Course Dates Immunological & Biomedical Successes of Treating/Curing Refractory/Untreatable Diseases Sept. 30 – Oct, 11, 2024
Artificial (Augmented) Intelligence in Medicine On Hold until future dates are determined Compassion Resilience, and Emotional Awareness Training for Healthcare Professionals (CREATE) April 08 – April 20, 2024
Aug. 12 – Aug. 24, 2024
Oct. 07 – Oct. 19, 2024
Jan. 06 – Jan. 18, 2025
Mar. 17 – Mar. 29, 2025
April 14 – April 26, 2025Emerging Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Planning
(formerly COVID: Emerging Infectious Diseases)Jan 06-Feb 01, 2025
(Can be 2 or 4 weeks)Genes, Drugs & Practical Application in Medicine Jan 06- Feb 01, 2025 Health Humanities Sept. 09 – Sept. 21, 2024
Feb. 03 – Feb. 15, 2025Issues in the History of Modern Medicine – Anti-Racist History of Medicine Jan 20 - Feb 01, 2025 Neuroscience Perspectives in Psychiatry Oct. 07 – Oct. 19, 2024
Ophthalmology Online Visiting Students ONLY (non-UICOM) Survey of Medical Informatics No longer scheduling students for AY 22-23. Not available for AY 23-24. Wikipedia for the Medical Editor Mar 03- Mar 29, 2025
Electives by Department Heading link
Please refrain from contacting the sites until the specified dates:
– March 1: Advocate Christ (non-peds), Advocate Illinois Masonic, Advocate Lutheran General, Cook County, and Mount Sinai.
– April 1: Advocate Christ Pediatric electives until April 1.
– January 22: For all other sites.
Electives marked NC, NPF and * denote:
NC: All electives with (NC) are non-clinical/do not have patient care;
NPF: All electives with (NPF) do not count as physician supervised patient-facing and cannot be used to satisfy the Physician Supervised Patient-Facing Elective graduation requirement.
*: Electives with * are not in the lottery.
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Specialty Anatomy - UI COM (NC) (NPF)*
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Dermatology
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Emergency Medicine
- Advanced Emergency Medicine – All Sites (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Core Emergency Medicine – AIMMC (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Core Emergency Medicine – ALGH (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Core Emergency Medicine – ACMC (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Core Emergency Medicine – LCOM (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Core Emergency Medicine – JBVA (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Emergency Medicine Clinical Research Assoc Elec – UI Health (Does not count as Acute Care requirement) (NPF)*
- Emergency Ultrasound – UI Health (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)
- Medical Toxicology – UI Health/SHCC (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)*
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Medicine
- Ambulatory Medicine – ALGH*
- Asthma/Allergy and Immunology – UI Health *
- Cardiology – UI Health
- Cardiology Consult- AIMMC*
- MICU/Critical Care Medicine – UI Health/JBVA (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Critical Care Medicine – AIMMC (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)*
- Critical Care Medicine – Weiss Memorial Hospital (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)*
- Disability Medicine- UI Health*
- Endocrinology – UI Health
- Endocrinology – ACMC *
- Endocrinology – ALGH *
- Gastroenterology – UI Health
- Gastroenterology – ALGH *
- Gastroenterology – ACMC *
- Gastroenterology – AIMMC *
- Geriatric Medicine – UI Health/JBVA
- Geriatric Medicine – ALGH *
- Hematology/Oncology – UI Hospital/JBVA
- Hematology/Oncology – ACMC *
- Hepatology – UI Health
- Infectious Diseases – UI Health/JBVA
- Infectious Diseases – ALGH *
- Infectious Diseases – ACMC *
- Infectious Diseases – AIMMC *
- MedPeds – UI Health
- Nephrology – UI Health/JBVA
- Nephrology – ACMC *
- Nephrology – ALGH *
- Transplant Nephrology – UI Health *
- Primary Care Medicine – AIMMC *
- Pulmonary Medicine – UI Health/JBVA
- Pulmonary Medicine – ACMC *
- Rheumatology – UI Health/JBVA
- Sleep Medicine – Sleep Science Center
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Medical Education
- Clinical Medical Spanish – UI Health (NC) (NPF)
- Clinician Executive Medicine Program (CE-MED) – UI Health/SPHPI (NC) (NPF) *
- Empowering Clinician-in-Training to Address Domestic Violence – UI Health (NC) (NPF) *
- Ethics and Professional Standards– UI Health (NPF)*
- Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning – UI Health (NPF) *
- Global Medicine (GMED) Program – UI Health (NC) (NPF) *
- Global Mental Health – UIC CME (NC)(NPF)*
- Innovation Medical Program (IMED) – UI Health (NC)(NPF) *
- Issues in the History of Modern Medicine – UI Health (NC)(NPF)*
- Legislative Education & Advocacy Development (LEAD) – UI Health/SPHPI (NC)(NPF) *
- DoCS Fall & Spring Tutoring Elective– UI Health (NC)(NPF) *
- DoCS Fall Tutoring Elective– UI Health (NC)(NPF) *
- DoCS Spring Tutoring Elective (NC)(NPF) *
- Urban Medicine (UMED) Program – UI Health (NC)(NPF) *
- How We Die – UIC CME (NC)(NPF) *
- Perils of the Normal – UIC CME (NC)(NPF) *
- Advancing Clinical Reasoning- (NC) (NPF)*
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Neurology
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Ophthalmology
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Orthopaedics
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Otolaryngology
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Pediatrics
- Breastfeeding Medicine – UI Health
- Genetics – UI Health
- Pediatric Cardiology – ACMC*
- Pediatric Cardiology – UI Health
- Pediatric Critical Care – UI Health (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Pediatric Development – ACMC *
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine – ACMC* (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Pediatric Endocrinology – UI Health
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – ACMC*
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – UI Health
- Pulmonology/Allergy-Immunology – ACMC*
- Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology – UI Health
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases – UI Health
- Pediatric Nephrology – UI Health
- Pediatric Neurology – UI Health
- The Craniofacial Center – UI Health
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Psychiatry
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders – JBVA
- Child Psychiatry – UI Health
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry – JBVA
- Consultation and Emergency Psychiatry – UI Health (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)
- Psychiatry Admitting Clinic – JBVA (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)
- Neuropsychiatry – UI Health
- Women’s Mental Health – UI Health
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Radiation Oncology
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Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Medical Science
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Surgery
- Anatomy and Surgery Intensive (ASI) – UI Health (NC) (NPF) *
- Burn Surgery -SHCC *
- Cardiothoracic Surgery – UI Health
- Colon and Rectal Surgery – UI Health
- Surgical Critical Care – SHCC * (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Surgical Critical Care – UIH (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Neurosurgery – UI Health
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – UI Health
- Organ Transplantation – UI Health
- Pediatric Surgery – UI Health
- Plastic, Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery – UI Health/SHCC*
- Surgical Oncology – UI Health
- Trauma Surgery – SHCC * (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)
- Surgical Critical Care – AIMMC * (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Trauma Surgery – Mt. Sinai * (Does not count as Acute Care requirement)
- Vascular Surgery – UI Health
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Urology