Third Year Elective Option

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Third Year Elective Option
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Third Year Elective Option
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Purpose to offer exposure to certain specialties
for students considering these disciplines as a
career Electives offered for specialties that
dont exist in required clerkship program
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General Scope Yr. 3 Elective
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Need Assoc Dean of Student Affairs
approval Limited to selected fields Must be
placed in 2nd half of 3rd yr
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Eligibility- 3rd Yr Elective
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Good standing/no failures Applications will be
available in Nov Limited space
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Elective Fields
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• Otolaryngology Diagnostic Radiology
• Neurology Emergency Medicine
• Neurosurgery Orthopedics
• Ophthalmology Pathology
• Urology Physical Med Rehab
• Anesthesia Plastic Surgery
• Dermatology Radiation Oncology
• (Some of these also may be options within the
  Surgery clerkship)

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Elective Criteria
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• Might have prerequisites
• Must be 4 wks in length
• Must be taken within Loyola system
• Only one third year elective permitted
• Grade based on written Exam and
  subjective assessment

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Where does the 3rd Yr Elective Fit?
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• To add a third year elective, a student must
  defer a 3rd yr clerkship to Year IV
• 4 wks of surgery (gen surgery) OR
• 4 wks of medicine (inpt medicine) OR
• One six week required clerkship (fam med, peds,
  OB, psych)

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When would the deferred clerkship be taken?
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• A postponed Yr 3 clerkship or partial
• clerkship must be completed in the
• summer or at the start of year 4
• No grade will be reported for
• incomplete year 3 clerkships
• until the rotation is finished in Year 4
• Year 4 track will be altered to
• accommodate the change

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