To permit students to broaden their clinical experiences beyond their career choice. To afford students the opportunity to obtain increased patient care responsibilities. To make available to students experiences in areas not generally covered by the core curriculum. To re-expose students to the basic medical sciences. To offer the opportunity of some research experience.
Students select their own individual program with the approval of their senior year career advisors.
The Elective Program is intended to reflect the student's own interest as much as possible. The general guidelines, under which the program is administered, try to emphasize the individual aspect of this phase. All elective courses should pertain to the general field of medicine. Electives may be spent in any of the approved electives contained in the Senior Course Catalog or in other approved extramural electives. Salaries, stipends, or other remunerations to students are not permitted as part of any elective course taken for academic credit.