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Courses for enrolled students.

Refugee & Asylee Health

Longitudinal | Selective

Learn about pertinent issues regarding refugee and asylee health, including topics such as cultural humility and trauma-informed care. Participants will also have the opportunity to volunteer with refugee and asylee communities through the Refugee Education & Clinic Team (REACT) Clinic.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Type: Service Learning
Courses for enrolled students.

Refugee Education and Clinical Team Longitudinal Leadership (REACT)

Longitudinal | Selective

REACT is a collaboration between MCASOM and ASU students which empowers refugees living in Maricopa County by engaging with their communities, understanding their health disparities, educating on knowledge gaps and providing high quality patient care through a free clinic and community events.


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

Regenerative Sciences (M.D./M.S.)

Academic LOA | Dual Degree

A Master’s Degree in Regenerative Sciences aims to educate a specialized clinical workforce that can distinguish safe and valid regenerative options for patient care. The evolution from the traditional perspective of fighting disease to the increasingly actionable paradigm of restoring health begets


  • Location: External to MCASOM
  • Format: Hybrid
Courses for enrolled students.

Research Opportunities Coordinators

Longitudinal | Selective

Student Research Coordinators will publish a quarterly Research Column with specialty-specific opportunities, recent student and department highlights, and upcoming events. They’ll serve as peer guides to connect classmates with research mentors and resources.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
Courses for enrolled students.

Resident-led Dermatology

Longitudinal | Selective

Lectures given by dermatology residents through the preclinical stage. Content to cover cutaneous pathologies on different Fitzpatrick skin types providing exposure to how skin conditions may present on various skin tones. Aligned with content on STEP1.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
Courses for enrolled students.

Rural Medicine

1-2 weeks | Selective

This selective will introduce students to rural medicine and current rural health issues. Students will have the opportunity to learn from medical professionals working in rural areas, as well as from rural residents themselves.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: Hybrid, In-Person
  • Type: Service Learning
Courses for enrolled students.

Rural Outreach and Opportunities to Serve (ROOTS)

Longitudinal | Selective

Students gain hands-on interactions through participation in health screenings, health events, and potential mobile clinic shadowing. An emphasis on Rural health will expose students to the barriers these patients face. Screenings would include vision, blood lipids, blood glucose, and BP.


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

Science of Happiness

Longitudinal | Selective

"Students engage in a series of challenges designed to increase their own happiness and build more productive habits. Based on Yale Professor Laurie Santos’ “The Science of Well-being” course, this selective reveals misconceptions about happiness and the research that can help us change."


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Hybrid
Courses for enrolled students.

Serious Play: Learning from Improvisational Theatre to Deepen Therapeutic Connections & Collaboration in Medical Settings

Longitudinal | Selective

This medical improvisation class refines cognitive and communication skills in novel and surprising ways. Offered with increasing frequency in US medical schools, improv classes are engaging, relevant to diverse medical settings, and appropriate for students with a wide range of interests.


  • Location: Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
  • Type: Humanities in Medicine
Courses for enrolled students.

Sexual & Reproductive Health

1-2 weeks | Selective

Physician reluctance, embarrassment, and perceived constraints, including time and training limitations, often hinder discussions about sexual health with patients. Previous research indicates that this discomfort begins during medical school. This session aims to assist second-year medical students in comprehending the diverse facets of sexual and reproductive health across different life stages.


  • Location: Arizona
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Type: Clinical