In this Selective, students will serve as editors of the Enrichment Newsletter. The Enrichment Newsletter provides the student body with information about current Enrichment opportunities, including Selectives, Global Health, Dual Degrees, etc.
A close look at scientific journals shows that good science and good writing do not often coexist and that easily understood writing is hard to find. Learn about the publications process and about the function and content of each section of a biomedical paper.
Opportunities will work directly with family medicine residents and faculty. They will see patients in the outpatient clinic, the hospital, sports clinic, and possibly in the emergency room or nursing home. Students will see a wide variety of patients of all ages and with all types of medical problems.
Students will experience the family physician’s role in providing continuity care from birth through adulthood in the outpatient setting. Students will observe family medicine faculty in the outpatient clinic and will see a variety of patients of all ages and with all types of medical problems.
This selective showcases the breadth of family medicine through interactive lectures, shadowing physicians and non-physicians, and hands-on skill workshops while offering an opportunity to experience the family physician’s role within the health care team.
This course is designed to facilitate a smooth transition into clinical rotations by helping learners to improve electronic health record skills, to quickly find valuable clinical information, and to solidify history and exam skills. Prerequisites required.
This course combines lecture and interactive learning in a kitchen setting. Lectures provide the evidence for the impact of diet interventions on disease outcomes. Students will learn cooking strategies and techniques for incorporating functional foods into meals and for preparing meal plans.
The student will shadow at the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner. In their state-of-the-art facility, talented and dedicated staff of highly trained physicians make public inquiry into sudden and unnatural deaths to protect the living from an untimely death.
The selective includes 8 (2-hour) neuroanatomy lab sessions (you must attend at least 5) that incorporate game-based learning strategies, plus supplemental conferences/meetings/shadowing. Sessions are structured to fit the neuroanatomy taught in the Neuroscience course.
This opportunity is primarily a hospital-based experience. In the morning, students attend daily teaching rounds with the hospital staff consultant. In the afternoon, students see hospital consultations in conjunction with the hospital staff person. Opportunities are provided for students to see the consultation and formulate their impressions and plan prior to the hospital staff consultation.