A longitudinal selective focused on providing pre-exposure and training for hands on skills to better prepare medical students for clerkships and specialties in areas like Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Anesthesia, and various Surgical Specialties.
Over the course of 2 months, students will attend a single workshop session, read pre-selected material on various ophthalmology topics, and shadow consultants for a total of 20 hours.
Offering students an opportunity to become more accomplished, confident and capable when presented with a patient with ocular complaints. Students will shadow various consulting staff both in the clinic observing patients and, in the OR, observing surgeries.
Students will shadow ophthalmologists and observe care of patients with ophthalmologic disorders, both in the Mayo Eye Clinic and in the private offices in the greater Phoenix area, as well as be able to observe ophthalmology surgeries in the Mayo Clinic Hospital OR.
The selective occurs in the outpatient clinic setting where the students will rotate through each of the subspecialty clinics including cornea, glaucoma, neuroophthalmology, oculoplastics, retina, and strabismus.
Designed to give students an appreciation for the role of ophthalmology as a medical specialty and an opportunity for them to become more accomplished, confident and capable when presented with a patient with ocular complaints. The course content encompasses clinical ophthalmology.
The oral health selective gives students the unique opportunity to learn oral health screening and assessment skills while working with local, underserved populations in Phoenix.
The students time will be spent on the Orthopedic trauma, hand, sports, and pediatrics service. Hand surgery is a preceptor-based rotation, while the others are team based. Participation will be both in clinic and the operating room.
The orthopedic surgery selective is designed to introduce students to the field of orthopedic surgery while building fundamental skills that are essential to a future career in orthopedics. The selective will consist of one week of shadowing, lectures, and hands-on skill labs.
Students will have the opportunity to observe different approaches to the surgical aspects of orthopedics as a specialty. Students will gain exposure and experience in the operating room. Providing the student with an understanding of the treatment of a variety of orthopedic conditions.