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ELECTIVE
GUIDELINES
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The fourth-year program includes
eleven periods, plus a one-week Dean’s Colloquium which follows Period
11. All fourth-year students must take six four-week electives and
two four-week Acting Internships (Internal Medicine and Surgery) plus the
Dean's Colloquium. Sixteen weeks must be taken on the assigned clinical
campus in the fourth year. The required Acting Internships in Internal
Medicine and Surgery must be taken in state.
Fourth year requirements will include the following: 4-week Medicine Acting Internship (AI) 6 electives (4 weeks each) 12 weeks for vacation/interviewing/extra electives 1 week for Dean’s Colloquium before commencement Some electives are unique to a specific campus. Students may choose to take one of these unique electives, which will count as a home-campus elective. The list of unique electives available are listed below: Basic, Clinical, and Applied Senior Research Elective
(MED
9510) or
International rotations arranged through
individual departments are not considered on-campus rotations. Only two electives in a specific specialty area will be approved. If you want to take a third elective in the same specialty area, it will only be approved if it is the seventh elective (e.g., only two electives in Emergency Medicine, Neurology, etc.) Period 1 -- June 30 through July 25, 2008
Registration is completed through the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Tuition and fees will be charged according to a published schedule. Instructions for Scheduling Electives
Instructions for Filing
Senior Elective Changes
When a senior elective change
is requested after May 16, it will require written approval from the following
persons and/or office, using the Senior Elective Change Form and requesting
the signatures in the sequence listed below:
Electives cannot be changed
any later than one period prior to the start of the next elective period.
Dropping an elective after the thirty-day period requires that vacation
time be used to offset the cancellation of the elective. (The thirty-day
period commences when the form is submitted to the student's Campus Dean.)
Instructions for Filing Off-Campus Senior Electives Instructions for Filing a Senior Elective at an Out-of-State Institution: To obtain instructions for filing for a senior elective to be taken at an out-of-state institution, students must contact their home Campus Dean's office. Students are responsible for scheduling and making all necessary arrangements for senior electives under the direction of the other institutions. The students also are responsible for any additional required fees incurred for out-of-state electives. Application forms, letters of recommendation, etc. must be sent to the student's fourth-year campus administrative office. The campus office will review the application materials and forwarded necessary forms to the appropriate administrative offices. Upon notification, the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions will register the student for this elective. The following UND School of
Medicine and Health Sciences offices will help students solve any problems
that may arise or direct them to the appropriate person(s).
Telephone numbers:
Bismarck (SW) Campus --
(701) 328-9579
Box 1975 515-1/2 E. Broadway, Suite 106 Bismarck, ND; 58502-1975
(701) 293-4108 UND Medical Education Center 1919 N. Elm Street Fargo, ND 58102
(701) 777-3406 UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences PO Box 9037 501 N. Columbia Road Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
(701) 858-6774 1201 11th Avenue SW Minot, ND 58701
(701) 777-4221 UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Box 9037 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037 Course acronyms and numbers
for fourth-year electives are identified as follows:
BASIC SCIENCES:
CLINICAL SCIENCES:
The numbers are established
using the following format:
First #: 9 = Senior Elective
Second #:
Last 2 #s: Course Identification
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