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Determine how you would like to schedule your Option Periods
based on your individual situation.
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Students interested in Neurology as a career will be given
preference when requesting the Neurology Clerkship during the
Year Three Option Periods. Interested students must contact the
Neurology Clerkship office (Melissa Smock, 217-545-6957) to
schedule an appointment with Dr. Elble and/or Dr. AbdelSalam to
discuss their career plans. Appointments must be scheduled
between March 19 and April 11, 2008.
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If you are considering taking an elective, it will be much
easier for you to complete your Scheduling Form if you
familiarize yourself with the requirements/procedures BEFORE
attempting to fill out your registration form. PLEASE
take the time to read the material contained in the Year Three
Option Periods Policies and Procedures.
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Make copies of the registration form to use as worksheets.
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Browse through the Year Three Elective Catalog a few times and
make a list of the courses that interest you.
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List your top four choices for courses in order of priority for
each option week. This is especially important for courses
which allow only a small number of students per rotation.
Deadline for submission of Schedule Requests is May 27, 2008.
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All requests are entered into the system by priority number.
Once the system prints the preliminary schedules, students may
contact the Y3/4 Registrar to make changes without requiring
Add/Drop slips. This open enrollment period will end on
June 16, 2008; after that date, you will need to make
any changes to your schedule using the Add/Drop form. The
deadline for Add/Drop form submission is FOUR (4) weeks
prior to the elective start date.
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You MUST have approval before beginning an Individually-Designed
Elective (IDE) or you will not receive credit. The deadline
for IDE form submission is FOUR (4) weeks prior to the
elective start date.
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There may be changes to the Year Three Elective Catalog. We
will send notifications to you via email to alert you to changes
as they occur.
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If you are ill or have an emergency and will be absent, call
your elective faculty and the Years 3 & 4 Registrar to let us
know.
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Student feedback from electives in past years is in the library
and posted on the Year Three website (use your email username
and password to access).
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We rely on e-mail and your student mailbox to communicate
information to you. If you are in town, check both daily; if
out of town, check your e-mail every day.
You are responsible for any information sent to you either
way.
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Some courses do not have dates available yet (e.g., ACLS, etc.)
and some courses may include additional dates later in the
year. These will be posted as they become available, and you
will have to fill out Add/Drop forms for them at that time.
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ACLS
- You are responsible for the enrollment fee for this
course. For more information about the ACLS course, please
contact Chris Reavis (757-4225)
or Kari Thevenot (788‑4443) in the Education Department at
MMC. ACLS courses are also offered at St. John's Hospital; you may contact Janet Manfholt at
544-6464 (ext. 44607) for further information.
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Some courses are listed in both the Year Three and Year Four
Elective Catalogs, and the length of time offered may be greater
than 2 weeks; however, the maximum length of time a Year
Three student may take an elective is two weeks.
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Also, some courses are offered as full-time or half-time
(mornings or afternoons). Make sure to select the right
one on your form and indicate the number of weeks you want to be
enrolled.
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Some electives require permission from the faculty before you
can register. This requirement is noted in the course
description as "WPI" (With Permission of Instructor). If you want to take one of those courses, you must
have written permission (use WPI form) before you can register for
that elective.
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Many of the electives require that you contact the faculty prior
to the beginning of the course. You will need to check the
description to find out exactly how far in advance you must make
contact, as this varies from course to course. This is YOUR
responsibility.
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Also, many electives will require the completion of specific
clerkship(s) prior to taking that course. Unless you have
successfully completed the prerequisites, you will not be able
to enroll in and receive credit for that elective.
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Elective Feedback
forms must be submitted at the end of each elective. A link
will be provided on the Year Three Website, Student Evaluation
of Electives. You will not receive credit for any elective
experience until you have filled out and submitted your feedback
form AND the faculty member has returned your evaluation
form indicating that you have satisfactorily completed all
of the elective requirements.