Clinical Course
What it is
Once you have completed all required classes in 6th year, at the very end before your exams, you are required to take a 6 week elective course. Your class representative will provide you with a list of possible departments. Usually, you make your choice on a first come first serve basis, or get assigned an elective by lottery.
Organisational note for the class rep:
It is best to explain what the clinical course is, and set a date and time for the sign-up in advance so all students can be aware and prepared. Expect the Dean's Office to reach out to you on that during the second semester of 5th year, at the latest before the summer break.Your choices
Some of the available elective choices in the academic year of 2022/2023 were the following: Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Cardiology (in Zurawia). We want to highlight that the list changes slightly every year!
Influence your choices: Students can also preemptively make a list of departments they are interested in. You must have a minimum of 6 students interested in a department for it to become an option. Send this list then to the Dean's Office for approval. Once the departments confirm or deny their participation, a sign up list will go up on the date/time scheduled by the class representative.
How it looks like
During those 6 weeks you will be in a group with the students who signed up for the same elective clinical course as you. Each day you will be reporting to your chosen department where you will be having classes just like the ones that were held during the school year.
These electives were a great way to spend 6 full weeks focusing on a specialty you might be considering later!
At the end of the 6 weeks, you can get signatures in your red booklets, which should be the last stamps and signatures you need to complete them.
This page is edited by
Paulina-Sophia Koladzyn
Class of 2023