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Courses for enrolled students.

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: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Courses for enrolled students.

Medical Spanish

Longitudinal | Global Health, Selective

The primary objective of the class is to enhance medical students’ ability to communicate with Spanish speaking patients so that they can build a better relationship with their patients and put them more at ease in the provider-patient role.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Courses for enrolled students.

Medical Spanish for Beginners

Longitudinal | Selective

Medical Spanish for Beginners is a longitudinal selective that gives students an opportunity to learn the basics of Spanish with a focus on communicating and connecting with Spanish-speaking patients in a clinical setting. This selective, designed for students with little or no prior experience with the language.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: Hybrid
Courses for enrolled students.

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
Courses for enrolled students.

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
Courses for enrolled students.

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

1-2 weeks | Selective

Students will work directly with staff consultants & Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery fellows in both the outpatient & inpatient setting in direct patient contact. Anticipated patients will be women with fibroids, endometriosis, pelvic pain, adenomyosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, and post-menopausal bleeding.


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

MNsure Navigators

Longitudinal | Selective

At the REACH clinic, we often see patients who are uninsured. They often qualify for subsidized coverage, e.g., MN Care, MA, etc. These patients often need assistance with enrolling in this kind of coverage. As a Certified MNsure Navigator you will meet with patients to help them enroll.


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

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
Courses for enrolled students.

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.


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

Neighborhood Christian Clinic

3-8 weeks | Selective

The Neighborhood Christian Clinic is a faith-based healthcare organization that provides care to uninsured patients in Phoenix, AZ. This selective provides the clerkship/post-clerkship phase student the opportunity to develop their ability to evaluate and manage acute and chronic illnesses seen in the primary care setting. Students will be encouraged to use a holistic approach to promote healthy lifestyles.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical, Service Learning