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Medical Illustration

Longitudinal | Selective

Introduction to medical illustration as a communication and educational tool.

Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
Format: Virtual

Students see patients in various stages of malignant disease and have an opportunity to actively participate in discussions concerning the evaluation and assessment of new drugs and modalities in the management of patients with malignant disease.

Location: Minnesota
Format: In-Person
Type: Clinical

Medical Spanish

Longitudinal | Selective

The Medical Spanish Longitudinal Selective is an opportunity to gain and practice the skills required to communicate and connect with Spanish-speaking patients in the clinical setting. Sessions will include demonstrations and practice with the use of interpreters, interactive grammar practice, building medical vocabulary, practice building rapport with Spanish-speaking patients, as well as practicing taking histories, physical exams, and discussing treatment plans in Spanish.

Location: Minnesota
Format: In-Person
Type: Belonging

Medical Spanish

Longitudinal | Global Health, Selective

Learn to communicate more successfully with Spanish-speaking patients by improving your Medical Spanish skills through interactive grammar practice, practice obtaining histories and physical exams in Spanish, as well as learning how to use interpreters in the clinical setting effectively.

Location: Arizona
Format: In-Person
Type: Belonging

Medical Spanish Distinction Track

Longitudinal | Distinction Track

The Distinction in Medical Spanish is a formalized path for medical students with advanced to Native Spanish proficiency to become bilingual English-Spanish physicians. This distinction track seeks to advance MCASOM’s efforts to develop physicians capable of providing quality, patient-centered care to diverse patient populations and help reduce health disparities by increasing the number of Spanish-speaking physicians in the U.S.

Location: Arizona, Minnesota
Format: Hybrid

Military Medicine in Austere Environments

1-2 weeks | Global Health, Selective

Students participate in a course that trains medical professionals, military, and first responders in limited resource medical care. Curriculum delivered will be a combination of didactic presentations, case presentations, hands-on skills stations, simulations, and Procedural Skills Lab activities.

Location: Arizona
Format: In-Person

Mindfulness

Longitudinal | Selective

Let go of expectations and be here now as you explore mindfulness in a supportive, fun environment amongst friends. Learn to notice and be with what is because this moment is all there is.

Location: Arizona
Format: Hybrid

Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (M.D./M.S.)

Academic LOA | Dual Degree

Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (MPET) is a field that melds discovery of basic biological mechanisms with translation of those findings into understanding the molecular basis for disease and the discovery/development of novel therapies for human disease.

Location: External to MCASOM
Format: Hybrid
Type: Research

Motorsports Medicine

Longitudinal | Selective

In the Motorsports Medicine Selective, students will shadow the medical team at Phoenix Raceway during races, attend NASCAR safety trainings, and didactics sessions led by motorsports medicine physicians. Students will also engage with physician-mentors in the field to learn about the different paths and opportunities in motorsports medicine.

Location: Arizona
Format: Hybrid

Multidisciplinary Oncology

1-2 weeks | Selective

The oncology selective encompasses oncologic care across multiple disciplines (including medical oncology, hematology-oncology, surgery, radiation oncology, and pathology) blended with didactic lectures on clinical and research topics and peer-to-peer debriefing times.