Longitudinal | Global Health, Distinction Track
The Global Health Equity Scholars Program is a comprehensive program that is designed to help learners develop a foundation of the breadth of global healthcare and the importance of achieving global health equity, with an emphasis on diverse and medically underserved resource-poor communities.
1-2 weeks | Global Health, Selective
This is a one-week selective focusing on furthering understanding of basic and intermediate Global Health topics.
Longitudinal | Global Health, Selective
This selective is intended to provide medical students with an understanding of the realities, opportunities, challenges, and skills associated with practicing surgery in a global setting, with an emphasis on resource-poor environments and sustainable partnership.
1-2 weeks | Selective
Graphics-based medicine is the use of comics to tell stories of illness, health, and healthcare. The combination of text and image create a powerful medium to express meaning beyond traditional barriers.
3-8 weeks | Selective
In this longitudinal selective, students will explore the gut microbiome through reading "I Contain Multitudes" by Ed Young. Students will gain an understanding of the dynamic interactions between the microbiome and the human body as well as explore the functional roles of the microbiome in areas such as digestion, metabolism and the immune system. The goal is to allow students to further their understanding of the microbiome and the critical role it plays in individual health and disease pro
3-8 weeks | Selective
This rotation should provide an experience comparable to a month of OB/GYN internship, during which you function as an intern under the supervision of the fellow and/or senior resident and Gynecologic Surgery consultant.
1-2 weeks | Selective
The student will shadow GYN practitioners in the outpatient and inpatient setting treating common gynecologic conditions and will observe several gynecologic procedures performed in the outpatient setting (ultrasound, IUD insertion, etc.), as well as inpatient gynecologic surgeries.
1-2 weeks | Selective
This one-week selective will give medical students an introduction to the field of hand surgery through two days of OR shadowing, one day of hand clinic shadowing, and a didactics/surgical skills session.
| Global Health, Selective
The Harry Hoffman II Humanitarian Student Fund, established in 1986 in honor of Dr. Hoffman, provides financial assistance to Mayo Clinic School of Medicine students seeking an opportunity in a medically underserved area.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Intern with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and learn more about health care policy, assist in developing drafts of program policy for HHS, as well as review and analyze legislation. This internship can occur in-person in Washington, DC, virtually or hybrid.
