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Courses for enrolled students.

Pain Medicine

1-2 weeks | Selective

Observe the management of patients suffering from a variety of pain syndromes which could include cancer associated pain, acute pain, & chronic pain in the outpatient setting. Exposing students to a variety of interventional pain management techniques, e.g., injection therapies, nerve blocks, neural ablation, & neuromodulation


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

Pain Medicine

1-2 weeks | Selective

Observe the management of patients suffering from a variety of pain syndromes which could include cancer associated pain, acute pain, & chronic pain in the outpatient setting. Exposing students to a variety of interventional pain management techniques, e.g., injection therapies, nerve blocks, neural ablation, & neuromodulation


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

Pain Rehabilitation Clinic

1-2 weeks | Selective

Join the interdisciplinary team of pain medicine, physical therapy, psychology, psychiatry, pharmacy, occupational therapy, biofeedback and nursing at the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center’s intensive outpatient program to improve function and quality of life for those with chronic pain.


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

Palliative & Hospice Medicine

1-2 weeks | Selective

Based at St. Marys Hospital (SMH), students will work with the SMH inpatient palliative care consult team A or C, seeing inpatient consults with physicians and other practitioners on the multidisciplinary team, including nurse practitioners, social workers, and spiritual health providers.


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

Palliative Medicine

1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective

Palliative medicine is a relatively new medical specialty described as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families’ facing problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.


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

Palliative Medicine

1-2 weeks | Selective

Shadow Palliative care physicians to learn about symptom management and the communication skills necessary in caring for patients and their families. Join the consultation service at Mayo Clinic Hospital and the Sherman Home, an inpatient hospice facility on the Mayo Clinic campus.


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

Paracelsus Medical University in Austria

3-8 weeks, Academic LOA | Global Health, Research

Experience research and health care in Austria! Participate in a one-to-three-month research or clinical opportunities are available at the Paracelsus Medical University in Austria.


  • Location: External to MCASOM, International
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical, Research
Courses for enrolled students.

Patient Education Experience

1-2 weeks | Selective

Medical students will increase their comfort in communicating and establishing relationships with patients. They will focus on communication skills and develop introductory open-ended questions to elicit useful information in a short amount of time.


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

Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Outpatient

1-2 weeks | Selective

Students will shadow staff and residents in the outpatient pediatric clinic. Students will observe how relevant history, physical exam findings, and laboratory and radiology results are synthesized to formulate diagnoses and management plans.


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

Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

3-8 weeks | Selective

This selective introduces students to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the common gastrointestinal and liver diseases of children and adolescents.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Clinical