ELECTIVE GUIDELINES
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 Surgery Acting Internship (AI)
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
Medical Genetics (PED 9502) or
Military Medicine (FMED 9504) or
Research Project Practicum Presentation (PED 9503) or
Children with Special Health Care Needs (PED 9505)

 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.)

TIMETABLE (AY 2008-2009)

Period 1 -- June 30 through July 25, 2008
Period 2 -- July 28 through August 22, 2008
Period 3 -- August 25 through September 19, 2008
Period 4 -- September 22 through October 17, 2008
Period 5 -- October 20 through November 14, 2008
Period 6 -- November 17 through December 12, 2008
Period 7 -- December 15, 2008 through January 9, 2009
Period 8 -- January 12 through February 6, 2009
Period 9 -- February 9 through March 6, 2009
Period 10 -- March 9 through April 3, 2009
Period 11 -- April 6 through May 1, 2009
Senior Colloquium -- May 4 through May 8, 2009
Commencement -- May 9, 2009 (Tentative)
 

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

  1. By February 14, students meet with advisor (Campus Dean and/or Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Admissions) to select a tentative schedule. The tentative schedule must be coordinated, reviewed, and approved by Campus Dean.
  2. By March 4, the Campus Dean will meet with the student to review the schedule.
  3. Between March 7 – April 1, preceptors will review and approve requested rotations.
  4. The approved schedule will be mailed to the student by May 2.
  5. Schedule changes requested by students and preceptors should be completed by May16.  If changes are requested after that date, the instructions outlined below for filing a Senior Elective Change Form must be followed.
  6. The Campus Dean confirms the rotations with the preceptors between May 16 and June 3.
  7. A finalized schedule is submitted to the student, advisors and preceptors by June 3.
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:
  1. Administrative office of assigned campus
  2. Preceptor and department chairperson of new elective
  3. Preceptor and department chairperson of original elective
  4. Campus Dean
  5. Associate Dean of Student Affairs
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
To register for a senior elective that is offered on another UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Campus, the student should contact his/her Campus Dean's administrative office for assistance.  The Campus Dean's administrative office will request the off-campus elective and coordinate arrangements with the student, the off-campus Dean's Office, and the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions to finalize the student's schedule and to assure he/she is registered appropriately for the off-campus elective.

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
  • Fargo (SE) Campus --

  • (701) 293-4108
    UND Medical Education Center
    1919 N. Elm Street
    Fargo, ND  58102
  • Grand Forks (NE) Campus --

  • (701) 777-3406
    UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
    PO Box 9037
    501 N. Columbia Road
    Grand Forks, ND  58202-9037
  • Minot (NW) Campus --

  • (701) 858-6774
    1201 11th Avenue SW
    Minot, ND  58701
  • Office of Student Affairs & Admissions --

  • (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 #:
  • 0 = Off-Campus
  • 1 = Bismarck
  • 2 = Fargo
  • 3 = Grand Forks
  • 4 = Minot
  • 5 = ND elective offered on all campuses
Last 2 #s:  Course Identification