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"Where I’m From": The Hospital as A Microcosm

Longitudinal | Selective

This selective explores the ways in which culture, identity, and narrative shape our lived realities and diverse experiences of healing. The course defines culture broadly, allowing for many derivations and definitions of identity and their intersections with health, healing and healthcare systems.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
  • Type: Humanities in Medicine
Courses for enrolled students.

3D Bioprinting & Biofabrication

Academic LOA | Dual Degree, Certificate

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is at the forefront of 3D bioprinting, developing the technique and technology for printing soft biological materials. This unique opportunity allows you to synergize your medical degree with this valuable, cutting-edge technology through an online program.


  • Location: External to MCASOM
  • Format: Virtual
  • Type: Scholarship Opportunities, Summer Experience
Courses for enrolled students.

A Movement for Care

1-2 weeks | Selective

This course will introduce the language and concepts of careful and kind care that animate a global movement for care, and support students in identifying mini-revolutions – local actions to transform healthcare from industrial healthcare toward careful and kind care for all.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Hybrid, Virtual
Courses for enrolled students.

AAMC's Careers in Medicine Exploration through Podcasts

1-2 weeks | Selective

This selective is designed to help medical students to choose a medical specialty and plan a career in medicine through podcasts. It features exploration of 120+ medical specialties listed on the AAMC’s Careers in Medicine website with insight from physicians in the field of interest.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
Courses for enrolled students.

Abdominal CT

1-2 weeks | Selective

UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health developed a 5-day “virtual elective” experience in abdominal CT. Students will review relevant anatomy, develop a systematic approach to interpreting clinical imaging, and gain experience reading CT and communicating their findings.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
  • Type: Clinical
Courses for enrolled students.

Abdominal Transplant Surgery

1-2 weeks | Selective

The Mayo Clinic Arizona Transplant Department is the largest transplant center in the United States, performing over 250 liver transplants, 500 kidney transplants, and 25 pancreas transplants per year. The transplant service is a truly multidisciplinary team comprised of surgeons, nephrologists, hepatologists, NPs/PAs, nurse coordinators, pharmacists, case managers, social workers, fellows, and residents. Each member of the team serves an important purpose for the care of our patients.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical, Surgery
Courses for enrolled students.

Adaptive Triathlon

Longitudinal | Selective

Explore the field of adaptive medicine primarily through volunteering to support an adaptive triathlon for children with movement disorders. This triathlon will consist of swim, bike, and run events structured to meet the individual movement abilities of each athlete.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Service Learning
Courses for enrolled students.

Adolescent Medicine

3-8 weeks | Selective

Acquainting students with the common medical problems and normal physical and mental health of adolescents. Rotation information will be sent to the student prior to rotation start date.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical
Courses for enrolled students.

Advanced Clinical Anatomy

1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective

Designed for students who have chosen an area of post-graduate specialty in which knowledge of advanced topics in clinical anatomy is essential to competency. Through self-directed learning & peer teaching, students will explore clinical cases that illustrate the importance of anatomical knowledge & demonstrate important relationships among anatomical structures.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical, Surgery
Courses for enrolled students.

Advanced Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology

1-2 weeks | Selective

This is a one or two week selective where medical students will have the opportunity to explore one or two specific areas of Radiology and learn about the role and impact these areas have on patient care. Perfect for students interested in pursuing Radiology residency.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical