Patient Facing Electives FAQs
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Does a Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective need to be a 4-week elective?
It can be shorter or longer than 4 weeks, but it does need to be a catalog elective at UIC or another LCME-accredited medical school
Can an elective in the third year count for a Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective?
No, the elective needs to be taken in the fourth year. Electives in the third year can count to the Open Elective graduation requirement.
Can a self-designed elective count for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective credit?
No, a patient-facing elective needs to be a catalog elective either at UIC or another LCME-accredited medical school. The reason for this requirement is to make sure that enough curricular oversight has occurred for the rotations.
Can a fourth year student take a Fundamentals of …. course for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective credit??
Yes, if approved by the department and/or course director fourth year students can use a Fundamentals of … course for Patient facing elective credit.
Can away rotations count for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing credit?
Yes, away rotations that are catalog electives at away LCME accredited medical schools can count after they are reviewed and approved by our registrar’s office, and, if needed, the Assistant Dean for Curriculum.
Can a sub-internship count for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing credit?
A sub-internship can only count for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective credit if that elective is not also counting for UIC sub-internship credit, which means this is a second sub-internship the student is doing.
Which electives are not able to count for the Physician Assessed Patient-Facing elective requirement?
Neither Diagnostic Radiology nor Pathology are able to count, but Emergency Medicine Ultrasound and Interventional Radiology courses (when catalog electives) can count. Courses which focus primarily on teaching students (even when there is some clinical education) are not able to count.
Can a Research elective count for Physician Assessed Patient-Facing credit?
No, all research is non-clinical even if the research covers a clinical topic.
Updated: 10/21/24