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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 Medicine & Surgery

1-2 weeks | Selective

Learn about regenerative medicine through a discovery-translation-application curriculum via interactive lectures, laboratory demonstrations, and clinical shadowing. Topics include: regenerative biology, tissue engineering, and ethical issues surrounding the practice of regenerative medicine.


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

Regenerative Medicine & Surgery

Longitudinal | Selective

This selective will engage students in the practice of regenerative medicine, procedures, and clinical-grade manufacturing in a bench-to-bedside structure based on regenerative organ systems, encouraging students to integrate new knowledge in clinical, biomedical and biobusiness practices.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: Virtual
  • Type: Clinical
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.

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

Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Program

3-8 weeks | Research

The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Pathway Program is to build a pathway of community-oriented clinical trialists of diverse backgrounds who are committed to increasing inclusion, equity, and diversity in the conduct of clinical and translational research.


  • Location: External to MCASOM
  • Format: In-Person
  • Type: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Research, Summer Experience
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.

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