Electives Catalog
Introduction
Add/Drop Deadline: Students are expected to add and drop electives four weeks prior the start date, especially if the elective is at an affiliate site. At minimum, students must add or drop an elective two weeks prior to the start. Any scheduling requests that are less than two weeks prior to the start date will require approval from both the respective department and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Phases 2/3.
Final registration and schedule adjustments for a specific term must be made four weeks prior to the end date of that term:
2025-2026 AY Registration
Term Add-Drop Deadline
- Fall 2025 - 11/21/2025
- Spring 2026 - 3/27/2026
2026-2027 AY Registration
Term Add-Drop Deadline
- Summer 2026 - 7/17/2026
- Fall 2026 - 11/20/2026
- Spring 2027 - 3/26/2027
2027-2028 AY Registration
Term Add-Drop Deadline
- Summer 2027 - 7/16/2027
- Fall 2027 - 11/19/2027
- Spring 2028 - 3/24/2028
Phase 2 Elective Offerings
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.
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*
Courses that are online only
| Course | Dates |
|---|---|
| Immunotherapy/Gene-therapy Treating/Curing Refractory/Untreatable Diseases * | Sept. 28 – Oct. 09, 2026 |
| Artificial (Augmented) Intelligence in Medicine* | This Elective is not offered in AY 2026-2027 |
| Compassion Resilience, and Emotional Awareness Training for Healthcare Professionals (CREATE)* | April 13 – April 25, 2026 Aug 17 - Aug 28, 2026 Oct 12 - Oct 23, 2026 Jan 04 - Jan 15, 2027 Mar 15 - Mar 26, 2027 Apr 12 - Apr 23, 2027 |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Planning* (formerly COVID: Emerging Infectious Diseases) | Not offered in AY 26-27 |
| Genes, Drugs & Practical Application in Medicine* | Not offered in AY 26-27 |
| Health Humanities* | Sept. 28 -Oct. 10 2026 Feb. 01- Feb 13 2027 |
| Issues in the History of Modern Medicine – Anti-Racist History of Medicine* | Feb 01 - Feb 13, 2027 |
| Neuroscience Perspectives in Psychiatry | Oct 12, 2026- Oct 24, 2026 Jan 4, 2027 – Jan 23, 2027 |
| Wikipedia for the Medical Editor* | Not offered in AY 26-27 |
| Psychiatry, Culture, and Society* | TBA-Course Director will determine dates |
| Medical Ethics and Professional Standards* | Sept. 28 - Oct. 09, 2026 |
| Clinical Medical Spanish* | Sept. 14 -Sept. 26, 2026 Feb. 15 - Feb. 27, 2027 |
| Global Mental Health* | March 30 - April 11, 2026 |
| How We Die* | Mar 29 - Apr 10, 2027 |
| Perils of the Normal* | Nov 09- Nov 21, 2026 |
Electives by Department
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.
- March 16: UIH/JBVA
- April 1: Advocate Christ Pediatric electives until April 1.
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.
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)
- Core Emergency Medicine – UIH (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)*
Medicine
- Asthma/Allergy and Immunology – UI Health *
- Cardiology – UI Health
- Cardiology Consult- AIMMC*
- Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) – UI Health/JBVA (Fulfills Acute Care requirement)
- Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)– AIMMC (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 *
- Palliative Care – UI Health/JBVA
- Primary Care Medicine – AIMMC *
- Pulmonary Medicine – UI Health/JBVA
- Pulmonary Medicine – ACMC *
- Rheumatology – UI Health/JBVA
- Sleep Medicine – Sleep Science Center
- Spirituality and Health Elective- UI Health/ UV/ LCHC
- Transplant Nephrology – UI Health
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) *
- Medical 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)*
- History of Modern Medicine (NC)(NPF)*
- Innovation Medical Program (IMED) – UI Health (NC)(NPF) *
- Issues in the History of Modern Medicine – UI Health (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)*
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 Nephrology – UI Health
- Pediatric Neurology – UI Health
- The Craniofacial Center – UI Health
- Pediatric Subspecialties (Infectious Disease and Rheumatology)
Psychiatry
- Advanced Inpatient 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
Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Medical Science
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*