Office of Medical Education

Spring 2012 Electives for First-Year and Second-Year Medical Students

What are these courses?
Electives are offered to provide students an opportunity to pursue individual interests. Electives are not a part of your required curriculum and, thus, enrollment is optional. All electives are pass/fail.

When will Spring electives be offered?
Spring electives will be offered from the week of January 9 through the week of April 23.

Independent study options:
A student may arrange her or his own elective with any faculty member in the College of Medicine through an independent study format. A course description must be submitted with the Registration Form (PDF).

Main campus course options:
Students may take other University courses as electives, provided that schedules do not conflict and there is space available. (Distance Learning courses are not included.) Turn in a Registration Form (PDF) that includes the course title, course and section numbers, and instructor name to Beth Hartmann, COM Registrar.

How to Register an Elective

1. Complete a Registration Form (PDF) - EVERY LINE.
2. Have the form signed by the instructor or contact person -OR- obtain approval via e-mail and forward the message that contains the approval to Beth Hartmann, COM Registrar, bahart2@email.uky.edu.
3. Return your registration form to the Registrar (138 Leader Ave.) no later than Friday, December 16, 2011.
4. You may drop an elective at any time with no consequences provided you inform the course director and registrar. If you obtain approval for an elective but then decide not to turn in a registration form, you need to inform the course director immediately.

Spring 2012 Elective Courses

• Behavioral Medicine and Chronic Pain Management
• Elective in Behavioral Science
• History of Medicine Among African Americans
• Race, Racism and Health Disparities
• Review of Medical Spanish
• Introduction to Global Health
• Shoulder to Shoulder – Ecuador
• Healer's Art: Remembering the Heart of Medicine
• Mindfulness in Medicine
• Interprofessional Case-Based Healthcare Competition (Clarion)
• Salvation Army Student-Run Clinic
• Geriatrics Elective
• Introduction to Clinical Research
• Bioethics on Film
• Medical Ethics
• Leadership in Rural and Underserved Health
• History of Medicine: From Hippocrates to Harvey... and more
• Ovarian Cancer Research
• Forensic Pathology
• Pediatric/Adolescent Injury Prevention
• Pathophysiology
• Deans’ Interprofessional Honors Colloquium
• Dean’s Interprofessional Honors Colloquium 2.0
• Fundamentals of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Radiology
• Radiology Research Elective
• Neuroradiology Elective
• Fundamentals of Abdominal Radiology
• Head & Neck Oncology
• Elective in Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Elective in Orthopaedic Surgery

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