The fourth year of the M.D. program features built-in flexibility to allow students to individualize their medical careers. Each student, with his/her advisor, will submit his/her proposed fourth year schedule, a minimum of 32 weeks of learning activities, for approval by the Fourth Year Oversight Committee. These learning activites may be selected from electives  and may include 4 weeks special study module.

CRITERIA FOR THE
FOURTH YEAR FLIGHT PLANS

Students are required to take 32 weeks of Clinical Electives and take a Special Studies Module or complete a Scholarly Project.

• Additional weeks of Electives may be taken.
• Clinical Electives will count towards the required 32 weeks, only after a student has successfully completed 4 of their required 3rd year clerkships.

The following courses do not meet the criteria for the required 32 weeks of Clinical Electives:

• 498 - individual or group study
• 499 - Research, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis.
• Any course taken out of the country (with exceptions for courses taken at a major university in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, with departmental approval).
• Any course taken, which is not at a major affiliated hospital or away site - with departmental approval.
• No more than 8 weeks in a course with the same course number will count towards the 32 weeks.
• Community clinics: (i.e. Paul Hom Asian Clinic, Imani Clinic etc.)
• Teaching assistant positions.

Away Rotations: No more than 16 weeks of the required 32 weeks may be taken at away institutions (with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis).

Clinical Electives

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