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Courses for enrolled students.

Clinical Bootcamp - MD-PhD

1-2 weeks | Selective

Need a clinical refresher after time away for research? Dr. Weroha’s clinical boot camp course provides a chance to review physical exam/history taking skills, build a DDx, and prepare for clerkships!


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

Clinical Pathology

1-2 weeks | Selective

Students will shadow in Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine). Students will observe patient venipuncture collection in the clinical laboratory, and then follow the specimen as it undergoes processing and analysis throughout the various laboratory departments.


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

Clinical Pharmacology

1-2 weeks | Selective

Students will evaluate patients from a pharmacist perspective, round on a multidisciplinary team, and participate in pharmacotherapy discussions focused on clinical pharmacology that will prepare the learner for USMLE Step 1 and third-year clerkships.


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

Coaching & Preparing for Life in Medicine

Longitudinal | Selective

In this eight-week selective, students will have the opportunity to develop skills to support their future careers through group coaching on topics related to burnout, communication, navigating microaggressions, and residency applications among others.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: Hybrid
Courses for enrolled students.

Code Blue Interprofessional Training

Longitudinal | Selective

This program aims not only to support code blue education for consistent members of the code-blue response team, but also trainees and students who may respond. Medical students are a vital group of learners who benefit not only from developing a greater knowledge of ACLS and other emergency response protocols/procedures during their training, but also skills needed to effectively participate as a member of a high performing interprofessional team.


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

Community Health Educator Training

3-8 weeks | Selective

The Unhoused Sexual and Reproductive Health Initiative (URSHI) is a collaboration between Planned Parenthood, The Landing Day shelter, and MCASOM students to increase access to reproductive health education and resources for the Rochester unhoused community.


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

Community Internal Medicine/Employee Community Health (CIM/ELC)

1-2 weeks | Selective

Students will work with internists and internist-geriatricians within the Division of PCIM as they provide ambulatory primary care to adult patients with complex needs. The student will observe and learn history-taking and physical exam skills as patients are evaluated in an efficient model of care.


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

Community Pediatrics

3-8 weeks | Selective

Giving students the opportunity to manage pediatric patients in a primary care environment. Emphasis is on ambulatory, problem-solving encounters with patients and their families in preventive, acute, and chronic situations.


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

Community Pediatrics at Olmsted Medical Center

3-8 weeks | Selective

Giving students the opportunity to manage pediatric patients in a primary care environment at Olmsted Medical Center. Emphasis is on ambulatory, problem-solving encounters with patients and their families in preventive, acute, and chronic situations.


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

Community Sports Medicine

Longitudinal | Selective

The Community Sports Medicine selective is a longitudinal experience meant to facilitate student engagement with various Sports Medicine events such as yearly athlete physicals, local races and athletic events, and Sports Medicine conferences.


  • Location: Minnesota
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Type: Service Learning