Non med students in med classes

[caldoc44]

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Is it possible for someone who is not registered as a med student to take med classes at a med school? I do research at a med school and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to take a class or two?

 

[DrMom]

We had MS and PhD students in some of our classes. Just check into the school's policy.

 

[kenmc3]

I took the medical neuroscience class during undergrad... Well actually I took the version that is for neuroscience grad students as well as audiologists etc.

However 2 years ago the class was taught WITH the medical students. But the class became too large so now it is separate with the same faculty, syllabus and tests

 

[Megalofyia]

It depends on the school. I was told at one school that there was no way I could take any med school classes.. That they made a big effort to keep the students seperate, but at another school masters students could take biochem and anatomy with the med students.

 

[MEG@COOL]

I would imagine that having ugrad students in with the meds would lead to the ugrads trying to gun the med students to bloody hell.

 

[deuist]

We have graduate students taking anatomy with us.

 

[Ypo.]

At my school we had other students in our anatomy class...forensic anthropologists. I don't know about the other classes...

 

[uptoolate]

When I was working on my PhD, I sat in on a 2-3 week block in the med school. A member of the med faculty was on my thesis committee and recommended it. I didn't get any credit for it, but it was well worth my time anyway.

 

[beefballs]

Is it possible for someone who is not registered as a med student to take med classes at a med school? I do research at a med school and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to take a class or two?

I work at a med school as a tech, and I can take a class for free as long as my PI feels it directly relates to my work. So I can take Biochem but not something like a law class. I also know that I take a class as long as my being in it doesn't prevent a real student from taking it. I would assume that this varies from institutuion to institution and how supportive your superiors are to letting you work weird hours or miss work.

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
Some medical school courses are open to graduate or undergraduate students. It depends on the school and what else is offered there.

njbmd 🙂