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Rising MS2 here. To distract myself from summer boards prep, I have been looking up unique away-electives and other experiences for third and fourth year students. Here are a few I've found:
Do you know of other unique electives for medical students? Have you participated in any of the above? I'd love to hear more.
- NASA Aerospace Medicine Clerkship: Four week nonclinical elective learning about medicine and physiology in space. Students get tours of the facility, attend lectures hosted by flight surgeons and aerospace scientists. Appears somewhat competitive as applicants are meant to have a "demonstrated interest in aerospace medicine"; culminates in a research project.
- Austen-Riggs Psychodynamic Psychiatry Elective: Four weeks of inpatient psychiatry at Austen-Riggs, a luxurious, private psychiatric hospital known for its training in classical psychoanalysis. Students become familiar with psychoanalytic theory while participating in group and one-on-one therapy sessions.
- FASPE: This program calls itself a "fellowship" but it's really just a two-week intensive ethics seminar at Auschwitz. Students learn about ethics (with the Holocaust providing historical context) in small groups and lectures. Apparently very competitive? Most alumni are from T10 schools or dual-enrolled in bioethics grad programs.
Do you know of other unique electives for medical students? Have you participated in any of the above? I'd love to hear more.
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