This selective will provide an opportunity to explore topics in personal finance (e.g., loan refinancing, budgeting, saving for retirement, investing, disability/life insurance) with the goal of empowering students in their financial decisions as they arise throughout diverging training paths.
The phlebotomy selective provides a basic understanding of the phlebotomy process, including equipment, technique and methodologies. The learner will also participate in clinical rotations performing venous collections on patients, one-on-one with a clinical preceptor.
Providing students experience in a broad scope of physiatry practice through direct patient care, educational conferences, and individual study. Students will have the opportunity to rotate through inpatient and outpatient services.
Students will observe and participate in the care of patients with musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders and the practice of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Students will observe an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy practice, where they will anatomy and physiology knowledge clinically and engage patient assessment and treatment to better appreciate the relationship between physicians and physical therapists.
Shadow physical therapists who specialize in pelvic physical therapy and learn more about pelvic floor dysfunction, complex pelvic pain disorders, and other conditions which effect both men and women, and the integrative medicine approach that can be used to address these issues.
Students will join the Plastic Surgery team and participate on patient rounds in the OR, in clinic and at conferences. Students will become familiar with basic plastic surgery terms, conditions and various methods of plastic surgical reconstruction.
A one week selective focusing on furthering understanding of the basics of wound care management and the role of plastic surgeons in clinical decision making and patient care.
This selective explores the relationships between poetry and medicine, as well as exploring the importance of pathos-based relationships between medical professionals and patients. The selective includes reading and discussing the work of poet-physicians and poet-patients.