Critical Care Experience. The Selectives course is two months in duration and can be scheduled at any time during Phase 3. It is designed with the recognition that being a physician encompasses the roles of researcher, educator, and advocate for community health. The Selectives provide students with the opportunity to establish an experiential and knowledge base for these roles. In each of the Selectives' sections, students learn methodology, skills, and content as applied to an independent project.
Students develop a project within the framework of either research, education or community health.
The Selective can be scheduled as a block or as a longitudinal experience. Electives can be scheduled at anytime during Phase 3. Students must complete at least three elective months in order to graduate. Longitudinal electives can be arranged as well. There are no requirements as to the type of electives to be taken, or that electives be done at University of Connecticut-affiliated sites and institutions.