Learning to become an effective, ethical leader with the tools to positively influence healthcare is not just for future department chairs or hospital CEOs. The Mayo Clinic Leadership Forum selective is the starting point for a broader initiative. This selective will focus on developing the following leadership principles through student-driven discussions.
The Mayo International Health Program (MIHP) helps Mayo learners pursue elective rotations to learn and assist in providing medical care to underserved international populations in well planned and mentored settings.
Work as a consultant at one of McKinsey & Company's global locations, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement, including gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, developing and communicating recommendations, while learning the business of medicine.
On the heart failure and cardiac transplant teams, learn about the pathophysiology of the failing heart, the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure, artificial heart support systems, and heart transplants encompassing the spectrum of medicine, surgery and pathology.
ASL is the 5th most used language in the United States and is the primary language of many Americans who are hearing impaired. Studying medical ASL will promote better awareness of this community.
Most medical terms are derived from etymological roots of Greek or Latin origin. It is therefore both advantageous and valuable to familiarize oneself with these roots, as this knowledge will provide its possessor with added context in the art of navigating through the immense medical lexicon.
Students are given the opportunity to observe and participate in the evaluation of patients (and their families) with birth defects, inherited diseases or complex medical conditions that are suspected to have a genetic component, including inborn errors of metabolism.
Students are given the opportunity to observe in the evaluation of patients (and their families) with birth defects, inherited diseases or complex medical conditions that are suspected to have a genetic component.
Students spend a week reading and reflecting on medical humanities writings. The books you select should be related to the medical humanities themes that give you insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood, resilience, historical or personal perspectives on medical practice, etc.
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.
