RMD - 720 Careers in Medicine

The purpose of this elective is to allow third year medical students at Rush to explore specialties into which they can match upon graduation from medical school (either into a categorical or advance program).

Students interested in the CiM elective will identify one specialty to pursue for the two week clerkship. The students will be paired with one or two attendings for the two week period. Students will be expected to spend 85% of their time with physicians participating in patient care to experience the daily life of a practitioner in both the inpatient and outpatient settings as appropriate for the specialty. They will spend the remaining 15% of their time in independent study researching the specialty and completing exercises on the Careers in Medicine website. The course will culminate in the student self reflection on whether to pursue the specialty for residency.

The specialties available will be those into which students can match into upon graduation from medical school (either into a categorical or advance program) including Anesthesia, Radiology, Pathology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Radiation Oncology, Urology. Specialties not eligible for this course include the Core clerkships (Psychiatry, Neurology, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Emergency Medicine) and Dermatology. Elective