Required Courses

Community Clinical Medicine I & II

Course Director: Ryan Harden, MD, MS

  • Gain various clinical experiences in hospitals, nursing homes, the operating room, labor and delivery
  • Work through several mini-rotations: OB, surgery, pediatrics, interprofessional and two medicine blocks
  • Practice physical diagnosis skills and develop confidence in clinical skills

Rural Medical Scholars Program I

Course Directors: Emily Onello, MD 

  • Divided into three different sections, a week at a time in January, April and June
  • Go to small communities to practice skills and learn what it's like to be a small-town physician

Justice, Law, and Medicine

Course Director: Michele Stats, PhD

  • The coursework in the first year of the medical student experience covers a wide range of material ranging from culture and health and disparities in health care to individual personal and social development, population health and biostatistics, psychopathology, medical ethics and end-of-life issues. 

Art of Science at the End of Life

Course Director: Amy Greminger, MD

  • Introduce students to concepts common in the care of life patients.

Family Medicine Preceptorship

Course Directors: Emily Onello, MD

  • Paired with local family medicine physicians.