Preclerkship Electives

 

Elective Calendar

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Section 1: Elective Opportunities

Eligibility for elective participation in this section includes the:

  • Completion of PreClerkship Elective Application
  • Course and course drop dates can be found in the application.

FCM 590 - Medical Spanish

FCM 590 is a 1-credit elective that provides students with Spanish language skills needed to provide basic H&Ps, follow-up care, and provide prescription instructions to Spanish-speaking patients. The course is intended to help future health care providers better communicate with Spanish-speaking patients and provide culturally sensitive health care services to this growing population.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - FCM 590 ONLY

IM 618 - Clinical Tropical Medicine

  • IM 618 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites: OMS2
  • Offered in: Fall

IM 618 is a 2-credit elective meant to provide an introduction to the practice of clinical medicine in resource-challenged settings. The course focuses on Africa, because of the clinical electives offered by MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine for fourth-year students, but much of the content will be relevant in other settings.

NUR 423 - Transitional Needs of Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

  • NUR 423 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Offered in: Fall and Spring every year

NUR 423 is a 3-credit course designed to provide an elective opportunity for interprofessional students to analyze the complex transitional needs of adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).

This is an online course open to all pre-clerkship students. It includes all online content and course materials with two synchronous Zoom sessions in the semester.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - NUR 423 ONLY

OST 582 - Preclerkship Board Preparation

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OST 582 ONLY

OST 591 - Medical Case Study

  • OST 591 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring, Summer

OST 591 is a 1-credit elective where students will experience published and patient-based case reports under the guidance of participating clinicians.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OST 591 ONLY

OST 592 – Self-Directed Integration of Medical Knowledge

  • OST 592 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • OST 592 Schedule
  • Prerequisites:
    • Available only to MSUCOM students during semesters in which they are not enrolled in the fulltime core Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum
    • Enrollment must be approved by ACA advisor
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring

OST 592 is a 6-credit hour elective course designed to enable students understand who they are as learners, how they learn and, to conduct a successful, self-directed review of basic science information.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OST 592 ONLY

OST 593 - Scholarly Activity Seminar

  • OST 593 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering

OST 593 - Scholarly Activity Seminar is a 1-credit hour course that will develop the student’s ability to design and implement a scholarly project.  Using a workshop format, categories of scholarly activity applicable to graduate medical education will be reviewed. The course will focus on building the student’s capacity to engage in scholarship in practical and pragmatic ways, without an intensive review of research methodology and statistical analysis.

OST 594 – Spirituality in Medicine

  • OST 594 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites:
    • Students must be willing to travel for weekend field trips
    • Must have self-transportation for weekend field trips
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring

OST 594 is a 1-credit hour elective course that provides students with an opportunity to examine multiple aspects of spirit and spirituality, a vital component of well-being for both physician and patient.

OST 595 – Modern Applications of Osteopathic Science

OST 595 is a 1-credit hour elective course that provides students with an opportunity to consider aspects of Osteopathic care that are separate from Osteopathic Manipulation.

Spring 2024 Preclerkship Elective Application - OST 595 ONLY

OST 597 - Biomedical Research Structure and Methods

  • OST 597 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: Completed OST 520
  • Offered in: Spring

OST 597 is a 2-credit course where students are introduced to a wide variety of research types and methods. The students will attend lectures and workshops and participate in large group case discussions.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OST 597 ONLY

PHM 590 – Case Studies in Clinical Pharmacology

  • PHM 590 Syllabus - will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites: OMS2, completion of PHM 564
  • Offered in: Fall

PHM 590 is a 2-credit elective where students will study selected case studies emphasizing clinical applications of pharmacological principles.  Evaluation of new drugs, drug advertising, and adverse drug reactions.

PSC 591 - Happiness and Emotional Resilience Promotion for Health Care Providers

  • PSC 591 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Offered in: Spring

PSC 591 is a 1-credit elective that provides students with evidenced-based educational modules that were created to address the specific needs of medical students.

Section 2: Individualized Electives

Eligibility for elective participation in this section includes:

  • Plan an independent study project.
  • Secure a faculty mentor/sponsor for project.
  • Work with faculty sponsor to create details for the syllabus, which the faculty sponsor will submit to COM.OsteoMedAP@msu.edu for approval.
  • Upon approval by Med Ed AP the faculty sponsor and ESSR will be contacted for enrollment to take place.

OST 589 - Independent Study Project

OST 589 is an elective course to support student-led independent study under the mentorship of a faculty member.  As each independent study project will be unique, a syllabus template is provided. A student who wishes to enroll in OST 589 must identify a faculty mentor and submit a completed syllabus using this template.

Section 3: Electives opportunities requiring pre-approval

Eligibility for elective participation in this section includes:

  • Attending the Mandatory Meeting to be eligible to participate, dates/times listed below.
  • Completion of elective application linked to each elective opportunity below.

ANTR 585 - Directed Study in Prosection

  • ANTR 585 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: Completed ANTR 510 or OST 510
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Be sure to read the syllabus above as the elective application will ask you for the number of credits you have desire to enroll for.
  • Drs. Kujjo, Tilden, and Nazaroff will make final approvals before any enrollment is processed.

ANTR 585 - Directed Study in Human Prosection is a variable 1 – 5 credit elective that provides students with hands-on prosection of selected regions of preserved human cadavers or isolated body parts. Students can accumulate a maximum of 15 credits in all enrollments.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - ANTR 585 ONLY

ANTR 590 - Independent Study in Clinical Human Morphology 

  • ANTR 590 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring, Summer every year
  • Be sure to read the syllabus above as the elective application will ask you for the number of credits you have desire to enroll for.
  • Drs. Kujjo, Tilden, and Nazaroff will make final approvals before any enrollment is processed.

ANTR 590 is a variable 1-5 credit course that is an independent study of a specific topic from gross anatomy, histology, radiological anatomy, cytology, neuroscience, or embryology.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - ANTR 590 ONLY

OMM 500 - Student Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Practical Laboratory

  • OMM 500 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: Must complete & pass initial OMM course (SS for OMS1).
    • For EL ONLY: Must have participated in and been selected through the Student OMM Clinic lottery.
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring, Summer of every year

OMM 500 is a 1-credit elective course of didactic and clinical sessions which apply osteopathic principles and techniques on patients.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OMM 500 ONLY

OMM 590 - Teaching Assistant

  • OMM 590 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: OMS2, completion of OMM 511-514 and special permission from course instructor to enroll
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring

OMM 590 is a 1-credit elective that provides students with experience in teaching OMM diagnosis and treatment in a small group setting.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OMM 590 TEACHING ASSISTANT ONLY

OMM 590 - Sports OMT Elective

  • OMM 590 Sports OMT Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Mandatory Meeting - TBD for the next iteration
  • Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in OMM.
    • OMM 590 - Sports OMT - Year 1 - Students were chosen through a lottery for Fall 2023, only those students will be eligible for Spring 2024 enrollment. You must submit an application to request continued enrollment in this elective.
    • OMM 590 - Sports OMT - Year 2 - Students were chosen through a lottery for Fall 2022, only those students will be eligible for Spring 2024 enrollment. You must submit an application to request continued enrollment in this elective.
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring
  • Site: Only offered in East Lansing due to the necessity of access to athletes, DMC & MUC students are welcome to participate, but will be required to commute to East Lansing for the course offerings.

OMM 590 is a 1-credit elective that provides students with an opportunity to actively treat MSU Division I athletes using OMT under the guidance of faculty residents.

This course is a two-year commitment. First-year students are trained to evaluate and treat the lumbar, sacrum, pelvis and lower extremity regions using a standardized OMT protocol. Second-year students spend time at Jenison Field House treating MSU Division I cross-country athletes using the standardized OMT protocol.

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OMM 590 - SPORTS OMT - YEAR 1 ONLY

Spring 2024 PreClerkship Elective Application - OMM 590 - SPORTS OMT - YEAR 2 ONLY

Section 4: Elective opportunities requiring separate application process

Eligibility for elective participation in this section includes:

  • Completion of Education Abroad or Research application process using links provided below.

Please note the following:

  • Enrollment will be processed after your application has been approved by the individual departments.  They will reach out to the Office of Enrollment Services & Student Records to have your enrollment processed.
    • Education Abroad Students – you must select “Commit” after your application has been approved to have your enrollment processed.

OST 599 - Biomedical Research

  • OST 599 Syllabus - Offered Spring 2024
  • Prerequisites: Prior approval needed from RASP office
  • Offered in: Fall, Spring, Summer

Basic, applied or translational medical research under the direction of a mentor. Research topic is arranged with the research director or clinician researcher.

PreClerkship Research Elective Application Process (OST 599) - Get Started Here!

Global Health Electives

Education abroad opportunities are an observation of and supervised participation in host country’s healthcare delivery system.  Etiology, treatment, and control of endemic disease.  Exploration of local culture and history.

OST 686 - Global Health: Mexico – Clinical Immersion 

Education Abroad Application Process - Get Started Here

OST 687 - Global Health: Peru – Clinical Immersion

  • OST 687 Syllabus – Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites:
    • OMS2
    • An application is required for every selective/elective rotation.
    • Membership in the MSUCOM Student Organization - International Osteopathic Medical Organization (IOMO).
  • 3 credits

OST 688 – Global Health: Cuba – Clinical Immersion 

  • OST 688 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • 3 credits

OST 689 – Global Health: Haiti – Clinical Immersion

Education Abroad Application Process - Get Started Here

OST 690 – Global Health: Dominican Republic – Clinical Immersion 

Education Abroad Application Process - Get Started Here

OST 691 – Global Health: Guatemala – Clinical Immersion 

Education Abroad Application Process - Get Started Here

OST 693 - Global Health: South Korea – Clinical Immersion

  • OST 693 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites:
    • OMS2
    • Vaccinations- check with Olin Travel Clinic, or your primary care provider, or https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list
    • Orientation presentations prior to travel (Please contact Study Abroad office for location and hours)
    • Pre-trip survey - link will be provided within 72hrs prior to travel
  • 3 credits

OST 694 - Global Health: Nepal – Clinical Immersion

  • OST 694 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • 3 credits

OST 695 - Global Health: Costa Rica – Pre-Clinical Observation, Culture and Medicine

  • OST 695 Syllabus - Will be posted upon next offering
  • Prerequisites:
  • 3 credits

Education Abroad Application Process - Get Started Here!