Admissions
AMCAS - Applying to Medical School
CU School of Medicine requires all prospective students to apply through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) based in Washington, DC.
The AMCAS online application usually opens in early June. Normally there is a three to four-week delay before the school receives the application from AMCAS due to transcript verification. Students are encouraged to apply EARLY.
Degree and Coursework
The CUSOM requires that students have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university prior to matriculation.
The CUSOM recognizes that the experiences and undergraduate academic experience of our applicants vary greatly. We encourage applicants to explore a diverse, interdisciplinary, and balanced undergraduate education, encompassing the necessary foundational knowledge in the biomedical sciences and humanities. Students need to be adequately prepared in the scientific underpinnings of modern medicine and also understand the psychosocial elements that are critical to its practice.
Accordingly, students should provide evidence to demonstrate competencies in the life sciences, social sciences, physics, and mathematics, based on the AAMC-HHMI Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians and AAMC-Behavioral and Social Science Foundations for Future Physicians. These competencies, representing the cumulative knowledge, skills, and commitment to scholarship needed to undertake training as a future physician, can be met through traditional and/or interdisciplinary courses of study in an accredited institution of higher learning, or by other educational, employment, service or life experiences.
Competitive applicants should demonstrate in-depth competency in each of the following areas of study, as reflected by their academic achievements and letters of recommendation.
Biology: Applicants should demonstrate an understanding of molecular and cellular biology, genetics, and the principles underlying the structure and function of organ systems and the regulation of human physiology.
Chemistry/Biochemistry: Applicants should demonstrate competence in the basic principles of chemistry as it pertains to living systems, and knowledge of how biomolecules contribute to the structure and function of cells and organs.
Mathematics/Statistics and Physics: Applicants should demonstrate competence in the basic principles of physics and mathematics underlying living systems and must be able to apply quantitative reasoning, statistical principles, and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world. A basic understanding of statistics or biostatistics is required to comprehend the quantitative aspects of medicine and biomedical research.
Social Sciences and Communication: It is important that applicants demonstrate competence in the humanistic understanding of patients as individuals and members of families, communities, and society. Applicants should be aware of factors that influence individual, community, and societal decisions regarding health and health care delivery. Applicants are expected to speak, write, and read English fluently.
Students are encouraged to consider additional coursework in biochemistry, computer sciences, genetics, humanities, and social sciences.
AP and CLEP courses, as well as online courses, are viewed with a degree of comparability to college courses, as long as the US accredited degree-granting institution includes these credits on their transcript as fulfilling certain institutional requirements. Students who have AP or CLEP credit in the basic sciences are encouraged to take upper-level courses in these areas. Courses taken abroad are treated comparably to traditional courses, as long as these credits are included on the transcript of a U.S. accredited degree-granting institution.
College Major – Is there a Preferred Major?
All majors are valued. Students are expected to engage in a rigorous academic program that enables them to understand the basic principles of science central to medicine. Independent of the choice of major, applicants are expected to have acquired effective learning habits, refined their critical thinking skills, and engaged in the habit of lifelong learning.
MCAT
Students must take the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), with the oldest exam accepted no more than three years prior to matriculation year. For example, applicants applying for July 2026 matriculation must have MCAT results from January 2023 to October 2025. If the applicant takes the MCAT multiple times, the Admissions Committee will use the best one-time composite score.
Letters of Recommendation
Applicants are required to obtain letters to support their candidacy for admission. We require three to five letters or a committee summary letter; letters can come from a faculty member, clinical experience, research experience, or a current job as the letter transmits cogent information about the applicant’s work. Obtaining a letter from the employer with who you are working with during the application year is highly recommended.
Evidence of a successful engagement in a post-college experience is considered a valuable addition to other letters that also may be part of your file.
Some colleges offer a pre-medical advising system and the committee writes letters for their students. A committee letter is sufficient to meet the medical school letter of recommendation requirements.
All letters must be transmitted electronically through AMCAS’ application process. Please visit the AMCAS website for further information on how to apply and submit letters of recommendation, Letters of Rec FAQ.
We strongly recommend that letters not be from family friends or others who know the student only peripherally.
Secondary Application
Upon receipt and verification of the AMCAS application, the Office of Admissions will email eligible applicants the link to our Secondary Application that is to be completed online and submitted by the last day of November.
The secondary application consists of:
- Secondary application processing fee – fee is non-refundable (fee is waived for FAP eligible applicants)
- Required CUSOM essay
- Optional essays of interest in branches or programs
- CASPer and Duet test results
Completed secondary applications are forwarded to the admissions committee who perform a holistic review of applications and invite select applicants for an interview. Interview invitations are distributed from roughly August through February.
The CASPer Test
All applicants applying to the University of Colorado School of Medicine are required to complete an online suite of assessments (Altus Suite), to assist with our selection process for the 2025-2026 Application Cycle.
Altus Suite is a standardized, three-part online assessment of non-cognitive skills, interpersonal characteristics, and personal values and priorities that we believe are important for successful students and graduates of our program. Altus Suite will complement the other tools that we use for applicant review and evaluation. In implementing Altus Suite, we are trying to further enhance fairness and objectivity in our selection process.
Altus Suite consists of:
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Casper: a 60-90 minute online situational judgment test (SJT)
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Duet: a 15-minute value-alignment assessment
You will register for Altus Suite for Medicine (UME) (CSP-10111 - U.S. Medicine).
Access www.TakeAltus.com to create an account and for more information on important dates and requirements, and the Altus Suite assessments.
Application Fee Payments & Waivers
Students invited to complete the secondary application must submit an application processing fee of $100 with the secondary application. An application fee waiver will be granted to applicants who received approval from the AAMC Fee Assistance Program (FAP). The secondary application fee is non-refundable.
Technical Standards for Admission
Applicants for admission to the School of Medicine and continuing students must possess the capability to complete the entire medical curriculum and achieve the degree. In addition to successfully completing all courses in the curriculum, students must be able to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care.
See Technical Standards for Admissions, Promotions, and Graduation here: Technical Standards for Admission
Visiting Students
Requirements
- A completed application must be on file no less than eight weeks prior to the course's beginning date.
- Immunization form must be completed, signed by your school and returned with your application. Individual health records will not be accepted.
- Respiratory Mask fit testing (Any type is fine - in general we use 3M N95)
- HIPAA training
- USMLE Step 1 Pass
- Personal health insurance
- BLS or ACLS certified Criminal Background Report
- Malpractice Insurance $1,000,000/$3,000,000
- In Good academic standing and in final year of study
- Instruction for OSHA safety measures and infection control precautions
A nonrefundable application fee of $150 for MD students is due on receipt of an offer for an externship. DO and International medical students are required to pay a nonrefundable fee of $4,150 on receipt of an offer for an externship.
Upon completion of the course, student evaluations will be sent by the department course coordinator for the elective. If your school requires their evaluation form to be used please include the form with your application material. Visiting students are also responsible for supplying a copy to the course coordinator once assigned.
We ask that you bring your home school student ID with you. A temporary student ID will be issued, which along with your home school ID will be used for identification on clinical services.
Degree Requirements
Please note: The School of Medicine’s Curriculum is currently undergoing reform. Please visit this page for more information on how the curriculum will look for the 2025 student class and beyond.
Trek Curriculum
The Trek Curriculum integrates basic science elements longitudinally throughout the academic careers of our students to prepare them and enhance their personal and professional development as clinicians.
Plains Curriculum
In the Plains, early clinical reasoning sessions will focus on introducing the vocabulary and fundamental concepts. Diagnostic schemas (flowcharts of diagnostic possibilities centered around a chief concern) of common conditions framed around prototypical clinical cases discussed in basic medical science coursework will help link basic science knowledge to the clinical reasoning, communication, and physical examination skills taught in the clinical skills course. Early case-based clinical reasoning sessions will highlight aspects of information gathering from the history and physical examination as well as aspects of hypothesis generation and problem representation. Consistent practice with oral presentations and medical documentation will be one way that the development of a differential diagnosis, a leading diagnosis, diagnostic justifications, and management and treatment plans will be taught in the clinical reasoning sessions.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Coursework | ||
| IDPT 5010 | First Course | 1 |
| IDPT 5016 | Foundational Principles | 9 |
| IDPT 5020 | Traverse | 1-2.5 |
| IDPT 5017 | Hematologic & Lymphatic Systems | 5 |
| IDPT 5018 | Gastrointestinal System | 7 |
| IDPT 5019 | Pulmonary & Cardiovascular Systems | 10 |
| IDPT 5031 | Mentoring & Scholarly Activity | 1 |
| IPHE 6000 | IPE Healthcare Ethics & Health Equity | 1 |
| Spring Coursework | ||
| IDPT 5021 | Renal & Urinary Systems | 5 |
| IDPT 5020 | Traverse | 1.5-2.5 |
| IDPT 5022 | Nervous System | 8 |
| IDPT 5023 | Musculoskeletal & Integumentary Systems | 7 |
| IDPT 5024 | Mind & Behavior | 5 |
| IDPT 5020 | Traverse | 1.5-2.5 |
| IDPT 5031 | Mentoring & Scholarly Activity | 1 |
| IPCP 5000 | Interprofessional Collaborative Practice | 1 |
| Summer Coursework | ||
| IDPT 5025 | Endocrine & Metabolic Systems | 7 |
| IDPT 5026 | Reproductive System & Life Cycle | 7 |
| IDPT 5020 | Traverse | 1.5-2.5 |
| IDPT 5031 | Mentoring & Scholarly Activity | 1 |
| Total Hours | 81.5-86 | |
Foothills Curriculum
Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) are teaching models in which students participate in the comprehensive care of patients over time, engage in continuity relationships with clinical faculty, known as preceptors, and meet core clinical competencies across multiple disciplines simultaneously (Worley et al. 2006).
Alpine-Summit Curriculum
The Alpine and Summit Curriculum encompasses the 20 months following the Foothills before graduation. This phase starts with 13 weeks of Advanced Science Courses that integrate authentic advanced clinical experiences with advanced science learning. This is followed by USMLE-protected study and exam time. Following that, students will develop an individual learning plan designed to deepen their knowledge and skills as well-rounded physicians-in-training, choose and prepare for their residency and enhance their ability to positively transform the health of their future community. Individualized plans include:
- 4-week Required Acting Internship
- 2-week Critical Care Course or 4-week ICU Course
- 4-week Integrated Science Selective
- 28 weeks of additional coursework (including additional Acting Internships, Away Rotations, Research, Electives, and Longitudinal Courses)
At each major curricular transition, students participate in a one- to four-week Basecamp curriculum to help them complement and consolidate prior learning and prepare for the next phase of learning.
Longitudinal Curriculum
Mentored Scholarly Activity
The MSA project is a four-year requirement for all undergraduate medical students. The project culminates in a capstone presentation in Phase IV before graduation. The goal of the MSA curriculum is to foster self-directed, life-long learning throughout the medical student's career. The MSA requires students to identify and work with a mentor to complete their projects, which also prepares them for working with mentors in their careers and serving as mentors to others in the medical profession. Please note: students enrolled in the Research Track will complete their MSA requirement through their participation in the Research Track.
Rural Track
In rural medicine, you will be truly needed and appreciated. You can have a rich, varied, rewarding professional and personal lifestyle. From the plains to the mountains, our state offers a variety of opportunities for students to live and train. The Rural Program includes a robust clinical experience that provides future physicians with the knowledge, skills, and support from like-minded students and faculty to serve rural and underserved communities.
Students in the program complete their Foothills clinical core year in a rural Colorado community. To prepare for this experience, students are invited to participate in an orientation the summer before school starts. During the Plains preclinical curriculum, a variety of lectures, labs, and workshops are held several times a month that will help interpret and bring a rural focus to what students are learning in their regular courses. In the Alpine Ascent phase of the curriculum there will be additional opportunities for participation in rural-focused courses.
Similar to the larger CUSOM curriculum, students will participate in a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) model during the Foothills curriculum. Students in the Rural Program spend the year at dispersed sites in one rural Colorado community or several neighboring towns. Each site typically has one or two learners, so our students have extensive opportunities for hands-on experiences and participation in procedures. Students receive considerable one-on-one teaching and mentorship and have an active role in patient care. Those who are self-directed, highly motivated, and community-oriented are best suited for the Rural Program.
Curriculum Reform/Student Learning Outcomes
Guiding Principles for Curricular Reform
Vision: Our graduates will be physician leaders capable of transforming the health of diverse communities.
Mission: Through a longitudinally integrated curriculum, we aim to educate physician leaders who are curious, life-long learners with a commitment to serve the profession, our patients, and society.
Values/Pillars: Leadership, Curiosity, Commitment
- We want our student outcomes to be tightly linked to our curricular content and delivery; therefore, we aim for our new curriculum to be Outcomes-Based: Our curriculum content, structure, and instructional strategies should support the type of physicians we want to produce with assessments that enhance learning. New research in medical education and strategies for improved adult learning aims to inform curricular approaches, therefore we aim for our new curriculum to be Evidence-Based: Our curriculum content, structure, and instructional strategies should be based on sound educational theory when possible. When not possible, we will strive to add to the evidence base through rigorous program evaluation.
- Current structures in clinical care and in teaching lead to fragmentation of relationships between students, teachers, and patients; we aim for our new curriculum to focus on a diversity of Longitudinal Relationships: Many of the desired attributes we hope students develop are learned by example. The program must bring students into contact with strong, positive role models who are clinicians, investigators, peers, patients, advocates, and community members.
- The science of medicine is evolving at a rapid pace necessitating the integration of relevant scientific concepts throughout medical training and into practice, therefore we aim to enhance the integration of foundational and more complex scientific concepts: The scientific knowledge and principles relevant to clinical medicine need to be ‘integrated and sequenced optimally’ across all years of medical school. Advanced sciences should be explored later in the curriculum, in the context of patient care experiences.
- Physician leaders of tomorrow need to be well-rounded while also developing unique areas of expertise, therefore our new curriculum will create opportunities for Individualization: Students will have a choice in their learning and time to pursue an area(s) of interest in-depth and to individualize their learning, especially as they advance toward graduation outcomes and choose careers paths.
- In some cases, the complexity of the clinical care environment and pressures for efficient care have sidelined our learners further from the bedside, therefore we aim for our new curriculum to enhance authentic, patient-centered experiences as early as possible in the clinical and community environments: The environment needs to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their ability to act with regard for others (e.g., involvement with patients or community, service experiences) and demonstrate progressive competency in these interactions.
- In the face of exponentially expanding knowledge, rapidly changing health care, and evolving societal systems, we recognize the importance of vitality and well-being. Our curriculum will support student and faculty vitality through meaningful relationships, connection to purpose, and personal development that emphasizes sustainability and the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Given the rapid pace of evolution of the medical sciences, we recognize that we cannot teach our students everything during the four years of medical school, therefore we strive to create graduates with a Growth Mindset: Graduates must be equipped with skills for a lifetime of inquiry, critical thinking and ultimately, the ability to make informed, evidence-based decisions in the face of uncertainty.
Learning Theory in the Trek Curriculum
By Paige Romer, MA, MS2
(September 2021) During the first week of orientation, Trek students completed a session called Learning How to Learn Medicine, in which they discussed several key topics from learning theory and how those topics would be relevant to them in medical school.
The session covered the following concepts and presented concrete strategies for how to implement these best study practices within the Trek curriculum.
Different Types of Memory
Working memory is the memory system that is used when you are actively thinking about a topic or learning it for the first time. Recent research has shown that the average person can hold approximately four pieces of information or four chunks (more on this later) in their working memory. Long-term memory is where information is stored for later use. The process of moving information from short-term memory to long-term memory is called encoding. The process of moving information from long-term memory to short-term memory is called retrieval. For students, one of the most effective ways to strengthen long-term memory is retrieval practice or the process of recalling information out of long-term memory and into short-term memory by self-testing.
Chunking
Chunks are pieces of information that are bound by meaning or use. Examples of chunks that students will create in medical school are the glycolysis pathway, a pediatric cough differential diagnosis, blood flow patterns in the upper limb, and the process of suturing. Chunking is important because it allows us to increase our working memory capacity. By holding four chunks instead of four discrete pieces of information in the working memory, we can make new connections and develop a deeper understanding.
Learning Illusions
Learning illusions are activities that feel like learning but do not involve true encoding or retrieval. Examples of encoding are rereading notes multiple times, highlighting a textbook, or rewatching a video on the same topic multiple times. When we engage in these activities, our working memory tricks us because it recognizes familiar information, but no encoding actually happens. In the Learning How to Learn Medicine session, students discussed strategies that could be used in place of learning illusions, including rewriting notes from memory rather than rereading them or making flashcards while watching a video to later be used for retrieval practice.
Interleaving
Interleaving is the process of switching between different topics as you study. Interleaving creates stronger neural connections and allows for less obvious, more creative connections to be made between topics. It ultimately leads to better and more durable understanding along with flexible thinking skills.
Spaced Repetition
Spaced repetition is the process of self-testing on material over increasing intervals of time, rather than cramming and learning all the information at once. Spaced repetition has been shown to be one of the most effective ways of beating the forgetting curve, which shows that roughly 50% of new information is forgotten within a day of learning it if no retrieval practice occurs.
In the Learning How to Learn Medicine session, students were asked to consider times in their lives that they had used each of the above learning theories in the process of acquiring a skill. They each walked away with a plan for how to incorporate these strategies into their study practices.
During the session, students were also able to see how these theories are already woven into the Trek curriculum. For example, the LIC (Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship) model involves both interleaving and spaced repetition by having students switch between different disciplines throughout the week and spreading their learning out over the space of the entire clinical year. Additionally, the Plains curriculum involves interleaving by integrating the clinical sciences and medical sciences throughout each block.
The incorporation of learning theory into the Trek curriculum design will provide students with the opportunity to build the skills that will allow them to be successful, curious, and joyful lifelong learners.
From the Desk of Shanta Zimmer, Senior Associate Dean for Education
Clinical Reasoning in the Plains Year of the Trek Curriculum
(November 2020) Love to think, talk, or teach about clinical reasoning? Please read on! The CUSOM is planning to develop new educational materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools to explicitly introduce clinical reasoning concepts in the TREK curriculum. Developing cohesion of goals, learning objectives, and assessments related to clinical reasoning across the Plains, Foothills, and Alpine Ascent phases of the curriculum will be important and exciting educational work to be done! If you are interested in helping develop new educational materials in the Plains or collaborating on existing or anticipated teaching activities and assessments across the TREK curriculum, please reach out to todd.guth@CUAnschutz.edu.
Clinical reasoning has been defined in a general sense as “the thinking and decision-making processes associated with clinical practice” or even more simply “diagnostic problem solving” (Higgs and Jones, 2000 and Elstein, 1995). Clinical reasoning means different things to different individuals, but for the purposes of the TREK curriculum, we settled on a definition of clinical reasoning as the ability of students “to sort through a cluster of features presented by a patient and accurately assign a diagnostic label, with the development of an appropriate treatment strategy being the end goal” (Eva, 2005). Clinical reasoning conceptualized in this way can be deconstructed into seven discreet domains that allow for the alignment of teaching materials and assessment tools in the new TREK curriculum.
In the Plains, early clinical reasoning sessions will focus on introducing the vocabulary and fundamental concepts. Diagnostic schemas (flowcharts of diagnostic possibilities centered around a chief concern) of common conditions framed around prototypical clinical cases discussed in basic medical science coursework will help link basic science knowledge to the clinical reasoning, communication, and physical examination skills taught in the clinical skills course. Early case-based clinical reasoning sessions will highlight aspects of information gathering from the history and physical examination as well as aspects of hypothesis generation and problem representation. Consistent practice with oral presentations and medical documentation will be one way that the development of a differential diagnosis, a leading diagnosis, diagnostic justifications, and management and treatment plans will be taught in the clinical reasoning sessions.
Students will be assessed using a combination of workplace-based assessments in their preceptorship, non-workplace-based assessments, and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) during the Plains year. The assessment data will be organized around the seven domains of clinical reasoning and sample broadly across a variety of clinical content areas. Ideally, this student clinical reasoning performance data in the Plains can be linked to other data across clinical experiences in the Foothills and Alpine Ascent to provide a programmatic understanding of clinical reasoning performance in the TREK curriculum. Again, if you are interested in helping develop new educational materials in the Plains or collaborating on existing or anticipated teaching activities and assessments across the TREK curriculum, please reach out to todd.guth@CUAnschutz.edu.
MD candidates may choose to pursue careers other than clinical medicine for a variety of personal and professional reasons, and they may do so at different times in their training or careers. Alternative paths might occur directly out of medical school, out of internship once a license is earned, after residency, or after years of practicing clinical medicine. At any of these stages, a dual degree may be useful, including Ph.D., MBA, JD, MPH, MHA, etc.
The School of Medicine currently has four formal joint or dual degree programs, the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science in Bioengineering (MS), and the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program.
MD/Ph.D Dual Degree
The MSTP program offers a combined MD/Ph.D. degree and is a rigorous multi-year program in which students complete the basic science curriculum and then enter graduate school to complete basic science research leading to a doctoral thesis before returning to complete the clinical curriculum. For MSTP Program details
MD/MS in Bioengineering
The MD/MS in Bioengineering program enables current MD candidates to complete MS requirements in bioengineering. A motivated student can complete these requirements in three semesters, usually taking a year off between Phases III & IV (May to May). Additional time may be required depending on the student’s course choices and research project. All students will be evaluated in a final oral defense examination that includes an open research seminar. For more information about Dual Bioengineering Degrees.
MD/MPH Dual Degree
This dual degree is offered by the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. In addition to receiving a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, students concurrently receive the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in a concentration of their choice: Applied Biostatistics; Community & Behavioral Health; Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Health Systems, Management & Policy; Maternal and Child Health; or a custom concentration. Only students already in or accepted into the University of Colorado MD program are eligible to apply.
To learn more about this dual degree, please click here to view the full information within the Colorado School of Public Health portion of the academic catalog.
MBA in Healthcare Administration
The School of Medicine, working with the University of Colorado Denver’s downtown campus, also provides the opportunity for students to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in one calendar year. Students enter this program after completing Phases I, II, and III. Students must apply to the MBA program separately; however, the program will waive the requirement for the GMAT and use the student’s MCAT scores. This program provides an excellent opportunity for medical students who wish to understand the business of medicine and to develop the skills necessary to work in health care administration. For additional details on the MBA in Healthcare Administration
MD/MS in Aerospace Engineering Medicine (Bioastronautics)
The University of Colorado School of Medicine (SOM) and Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences on the Boulder campus have developed a dual degree program in Medicine and Aerospace Engineering with an emphasis in Bioastronautics that will award both MD and MS degrees after completion of a 5-year integrated curriculum. The interdisciplinary dual M.D.-M.S. degree program incorporates experts in medicine, engineering, spaceflight, education, analog simulation, and remote environment expedition support. The program aims to support clinical, educational, research, and design projects intended to serve the most extreme environments on and off Earth. The goal of this program is to educate the next generation of leaders in human spaceflight.
This first-of-its-kind program will serve a growing need within the larger human spaceflight community for physicians with engineering backgrounds. We plan to create a cohort of students integrated into the space medicine community through a variety of opportunities including research, conferences, and mentorship. Students graduating from the program will be ideally positioned to, for example, pursue further training as physician flight surgeons, serve as medical officers for a human spaceflight company, or to conduct research or develop medical technologies required for long-duration exploration missions. By earning combined degrees in medicine and engineering, students will have a unique perspective and greater capabilities to contribute to this rapidly advancing field.
For additional details on the MS in Space Medicine
Student Policies and Procedures
Student Policies (all Phases)
Policies, Procedures, and GuidelinesCore Clerkship/Foothills
Foothills Guidebook, Class of 2026
Foothills Guidebook, Class of 2027
Post-Clerkship/Alpine-Summit
Post-Clerkship Guidebook – Class of 2025
Post-Clerkship Guidebook - Class of 2026
Other
Professionalism
The CU Anschutz Office of Professional Excellence provides a private resource to obtain a fair and equitable process and resolution for all matters pertaining to professionalism concerns regarding students, residents, fellows, staff members, and faculty in any school or college on the Anschutz Medical Campus.
Teacher Learner Agreement
This Teacher Learner Agreement serves both as a pledge and a reminder to teachers and students that their conduct in fulfilling their mutual obligations is the medium through which the profession perpetuates its ethical values.
Risk Management
University Risk Management promotes a safe learning and working environment for the University of Colorado community.
Student Advocacy
As the Associate Dean for Student Advocacy, I help and advise medical and physical therapy students with any and all of their concerns. My interactions with students are entirely confidential and strictly “Off-of-the-Record”. I have been in this position for nearly two decades and have gained considerable experience with many issues. At your request, I can serve as your advocate at promotions and honor council deliberations and various interactions with faculty. I am connected with and can make referrals to a cadre of other confidential professionals who are skilled in addressing academic and many other issues. It is always better if you seek my consultation earlier rather than later. My contact information is listed below:
John E. Repine, MD
Waring Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director Webb-Waring Center
Associate Dean for Student Advocacy
303-724-4788 (office 8118 in RC-1)
303-917-4257 (cell)
John.Repine@cuanschutz.edu
Disability, Travel, and Wellness Resources
As medical students, you have access to several resources from the AMA:
In addition to the pdfs attached above you can get more information from the Med Plus Advantage site and enter the code 644189 into the "My Med Plus Advantage" portion to access their certificates of coverage as well as membership cards and services. Also, you can contact your AMA Insurance Agency representative:
Brian Farmer
National Account Executive, Brokerage Marketing
AMA Insurance Agency, Inc.
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60654
T: 312-464-5460
M: 317-432-7656
email: brian.farmer@amainsure.com
Document Request
This online request form can be used by former or current University of Colorado School of Medicine MD students. Requests may take up to 1 week after submission for processing. Upon completion, the Student Data Records Manager will send an email notification of completion.
Documents available:
- MSPE/ Dean's Letter
- Medical Education Verification
- True Copy of Diploma
- State Licensure (Form Only)
- State Licensure & Official Transcript
If you only need an official transcript (with no accompanying form or letter), please order the transcript from the Office of the University Registrar.
Wellness
Campus Health Center -The clinic accepts most health insurance, offers same or next-day appointments, and walk-ins are welcome. Example of services: Immunizations, minor skin condition, minor eye care, minor sprains, routine lab testing (strep, flu, mono) nebulizer treatments, suture removal, ear infections, colds and flu, well-woman exams, urinary tract infractions. Blood glucose and blood pressure checks are also available. The clinic also has a well-staffed mental health clinic with experienced practitioners.
Mental Health Services - Provides comprehensive and confidential mental health services for all students (including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students) enrolled in the schools located at the Anschutz Medical Campus (Medical, Dental, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, postdoctoral programs, graduate school, etc.). Initial appointments are scheduled relatively quickly, often within the same week. Options for ongoing care include receiving treatment from the AMC Student Mental Health clinicians, the UCH Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, and a community network of providers, depending on insurance coverage.
Colorado Physician Health Program (CPHP) - CPHP can assist students, physicians, residents who may have health problems, which, if left untreated, could adversely affect their ability to practice medicine safely. They can assist with Depression, Stress, Relationship Issues, ADHD, Chronic Pain, Emotional Problems, Bipolar, Career Issues, Substance Abuse, Professional Boundary Issues, Sleep disorders, Psychiatric Issues, etc. There is no charge to students for individual CPHP appointments CPHP provides: Evaluation and Assessment, Treatment Referral and Monitoring, Urine Drug Screen, Family services
Advocacy and Support Center - The CU Anschutz Advocacy and Support Center is a campus resource providing support to students, faculty, and staff who’ve experienced sexual assault or interpersonal violence at home or on campus in an education/clinical environment or a community/public setting.
Campus Resources
- Academic Calendars
- Bursar’s Office – Student Billing
- Campus Security/Police
- CARE Team (Campus Assessment, Response & Evaluation Team)
- Commuting to Campus
- Copy and Fax Machines
- Dental Insurance
- Disability Resources and Services
- Financial Aid
- Lactation Rooms Anschutz and Denver Campuses
- Library
- Lockers Information Email
- Lost and Found on Anschutz Medical Campus
- Needlesticks and Exposures Report
- Office of Equity
- Office of Inclusion and Outreach
- Office of Student Campus Services, AMC
- Parking and Transportation
- Printing Services
- Student Conduct and Community Standards
- Student Insurance
- Student Housing
- Veteran and Military Student Services
- Wellness Center
- Writing Center
Faculty
To view the full Faculty Directory for the University of Colorado School of Medicine, please visit this site.
Courses
ANES 6038 - Clinical Anesthesiology IV (5.5 Credits)
Developmental skills and foundations of the clinical practice of anesthesia gained through one‐on‐one supervised instruction in the operating room and other ancillary anesthetizing locations. Participation and responsibilities increase through the year as knowledge and skills develop. Prerequisite: Must be admitted to MMS Program. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: GRD
Typically Offered: Fall.
ANES 8000 - Clinical Anesthesiology (4-16 Credits)
4 wks. Students will work one-on-one with anesthesia faculty and residents to gain further practical experience in all aspects of peri-operative care; improving skills gained in the third year and developing a deeper understanding of the breadth of anesthetic practice.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ANES 8001 - Surgery Intensive Care AI (8 Credits)
The goal is to prepare MSIV's for internship by having them manage ‘their’ patients, present on multidisciplinary rounds, call consults, assist/performing procedures, discuss clinical topics & receive didactics. Honors requires clinical excellence and a written paper.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ANES 8002 - Anesthesia Subspecialties (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max: 4. Course exposes students to subspecialty areas in Anesthesiology. Students will attain additional experience in selected areas of anesthetic practice. Options include Acute and Chronic Pain, L & D, Cardiothoracics, Neurosurgery, Transplants and Pre-Anesthesia Testing. Prereq: ANES 8000.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
ANES 8100 - ANES Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Anesthesiology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Course offered 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ANES 8600 - Research in Anesthesiology (4-16 Credits)
2-8 wks. Prereq: Special permission and individual arrangements required in advance. The student must receive prior approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. This course allows students to complete a research project in Anesthesiology.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Spring.
ANES 8630 - ANES Research Elective Away (4-16 Credits)
This Anesthesiology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado or another state. Course is only offered 2, 4 or 8 weeks
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
DERM 5001 - Łóód Navajo IHS Spring Break Derm Elective (4 Credits)
This course gives the first year medical student a weeklong immersive experience with the dermatology specialty and
allows a unique opportunity for the student to learn about the barriers and facilitators to providing specialty care in a
rural healthcare system on an American Indian reservation. It will teach social determinants of health, resource
management, distance specialty care, and collaboration with other specialties.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
DERM 8000 - Dermatology Clinical Elective (4 Credits)
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of medical, surgical and pediatric dermatology. Students will become familiar with the differential diagnosis and treatment of common skin disease, and procedural dermatology including skin biopsies and cryosurgery.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
DERM 8001 - Advanced Dermatology (8 Credits)
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of medical, surgical and pediatric dermatology. Students will become familiar with the differential diagnosis and treatment of common skin disease, and procedural dermatology including skin biopsies and cryosurgery. Requirements: Instructor Consent
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
DERM 8005 - Dermatology Elective Fort Collins Branch (4 Credits)
This course aims to expose students to a breadth of dermatology in various settings (pediatrics, adult medical, surgical, and dermatopathology).
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
DERM 8033 - Clinical Pediatric Dermatology (4 Credits)
This course is designed to provide a broad overview of pediatric dermatology. Students will become familiar with the differential diagnosis and treatment of pediatric skin disease, and pediatric procedural dermatology including skin biopsies, laser and cryosurgery.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
DERM 8300 - DERM Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This elective will be held at a site in Colorado or another state. International electives not allowed.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
DERM 8600 - Research in Dermatology (4-16 Credits)
4,6, 8 wks. Max: 5 . Research elective allows the student to design and implement a basic science, clincal or epidemiologic research project relevant to dermatology or cutaneous biology. Students are expected in research seminars and to present their results. Prereq: Course Director approval required to register.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
DERM 8630 - DERM Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This research elective will be held at a site in Colorado or another state. International electives not allowed.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 6630 - Emergency Medicine in South Africa (8 Credits)
This is a 6 week clinical experience, students work in the Emergency Department of a public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa and contribute to ongoing research projects done in conjunction with Stellenbosch University.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of EMED 6629.
Course Restrictions: Course Director Approval.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
EMED 8004 - Emergency Med Univ Hosp (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:4. Students are primary caregivers in a level II trauma center with a variety of patients and individual teaching time with attendings and senior residents. An excellent experience for students seekign instruction in the assessment and management of the undifferentiated patient.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8005 - Emergency Medicine DHMC (8 Credits)
This rotation is designed for the senior medical student who may be applying to primary care or other specialties who wants to gain exposure to emergency medicine.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Spring.
EMED 8006 - Emergency Medicine Career (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:4. Student is primary caregiver for acutely ill/injured patients at DHMC Emergency Department, supervised by Emergency Medicine Staff. Daily lectures in traumatic/medical emergencies, conferences, "board rounds". Orientation, first day, 7:30 a.m. Admin Conf room.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.
EMED 8007 - Emergency Medicine Career Elective – Anschutz Campus (8 Credits)
Students will rotate through Emergency Departments at University Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado to gain education through a broad range of Emergency Medicine experiences. This course complements and does not replace 8006 and is offered during the summer of 2020. Emergency Medicine-Bound Senior Medical Students, Course Director Approval.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Summer.
EMED 8011 - EMED URM Career Elective (8 Credits)
Purpose: Guide and support medical students from URM groups who have an interest in pursuing EM as a career. This is an advanced clinical rotation at DHMC and UCH. Students work clinical shifts and participate in community service that focuses on reducing healthcare disparities and increasing the diversity of the healthcare workforce.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.
EMED 8017 - Peds Emergency DHMC (4-8 Credits)
2 or 4 wks. Max: 2. Students will serve as the primary caregivers in the Denver Emergency Center for Children at Denver Health, a pediatric emergency department treating 30,000 children annually. Students will be fully integrated into the team, treating children with acute and urgent illnesses.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8024 - Clinical Toxicology (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:2. Provides an introduction to medical toxicology at the RMPCD. Student will participate in clinical service including telephone consultation, fundamentals of environmental toxicology, public health concerns, and occupational toxicology. Each student will make one presentation toward the end of their rotation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8030 - Rural Emergency Medicine (4-8 Credits)
A continuation of the Emergency Care Clerkship, currently a two-week required component of Phase III study. This course is for students who seek more in-depth knowledge and additional clinical skills, relating to Emergency Carei n the rural setting.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 84.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8032 - Emergency Medical Services (4 Credits)
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) elective will expose students to the clinical care provided by ambulance services in the Northern Colorado region. Students will also have participation in the role of an EMS physician and the complex framework that support the EMS system. Learners will participate in clinical rides with paramedics in the 911 response system, interfacility transport and secure vehicle transport systems. They will also participate in the meeting calendar of the medical directors. This will build understanding of EMS, care limitations, operational realities and implementation of quality improvement projects using evidence-based medicine.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
EMED 8100 - EMED Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Emergency Medicine elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8600 - Research EMED (4-24 Credits)
Designed for students interested in Emergency Medicine research. Tailored research experiences in the Denver area can be established in a variety of settings. Speak with course director to design this elective. Offered 4, 8, or 12 weeks. Mex enroll: 4.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
EMED 8630 - EMED Research Away (4-8 Credits)
This Emergency Medicine research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 5010 - Rural Program Seminars and Workshops (1 Credit)
Course is open to & required for all students in the Rural Program. Sessions are focused on knowledge & skills that prepare Rural Program students for the rural longitudinal integrated clerkship & span these general domains: Clinical knowledge, clinical skills, community engagement & public health, professional ethics & healthcare business and finance.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
FMMD 5040 - Family Medicine Survey (1 Credit)
Students will attend 12 weekly 1 hour sessions on a variety of foundational topics in primary care including family planning and contraceptive options with an accompanying skills workshop in contraceptive procedures, sports medicine in primary care with skills workshop in joint injections, addiction medicine and behavioral health in primary care, family centered maternity care with accompanying skills workshop in OB ultrasound, common dermatologic conditions in primary care with skills workshop in biopsy techniques, health equity and delivery of care to underserved populations. Students will have the opportunity to explore various models of primary care delivery and fellowship opportunities in family medicine.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8002 - UC Health Fam Med AI (8 Credits)
Offered all sections. 4 wks. Max:1. Experience CU Family Medicine! Students will be members of the inpatient service team at the Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, take call, and will spend 2 half days per week at the A.F. Williams Family Medicine Center (outpatient clinic).
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8007 - Out-Patient Family Med (8 Credits)
Offered all sections. 4 wks. Max: 1. Course is an outpatient family medicine at A.F. Williams Family Medicine Center and Denver Health'sLowry Family Medicine Clinic. Multidisciplinary faculty including pharmacologists, behavioral scientist, and experienced family physicians and residents caring for a diverse group of patients.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
FMMD 8012 - Oral Health: Acute Dental (4 Credits)
2 wks. Max:4. The focus of this elective is on recognition, assessment, triage and treatment of acute dental problems such as pain, infection and trauma. Students interested in rural or underserved primary care practice should take this elective. Prereq: 4th year medical student. Restrictions: This elective is offered only at selected times, students must communicate with Course Director about what times are available. It will not be offered in June, July, August, or December.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
FMMD 8017 - Northern CO Fam Med/OB AI (8 Credits)
Students work with family medicine faculty & residents while acting as the primary provider for several patients daily. Students see patients & assist team with daily tasks, while participating in the care of hospitalized adults, patients in OB triage, labor & delivery, postpartum, & normal newborn. 2wks inpt medicine, 2wks OB/Newborn.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8018 - St. Joseph-Bruner FMC AI (8 Credits)
At the SJH FM Residency, the sub-intern will engage in both inpatient and outpatient clinical care. They will be an integral part of the Family Medicine Service during their inpatient weeks. The outpatient time will occur in the residency clinic, serving an urban, under-served patient population in Denver and surrounding areas.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8019 - St Anthony Nth Fam Med AI (8 Credits)
Students will engage in outpatient and inpatient care during this sub-internship at a Colorado family medicine residency. You will be supervised by the senior resident or faculty attending while on this rotation. This rotation is split into Inpatient, OB if desired, and outpatient clinics.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8020 - St. Mary's Family Med AI (8 Credits)
Students will practice as a PGY-1 on this Sub-I. The schedule includes 2 wks admitting and rounding on the teaching service, 1 wk of night float with a focus on independence, cross-cover, and evening ICU & Peds rounds, and 1 wk of the family med clinic, a fully-integrated PCMH. Faculty attendings give individual attention to learning.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8021 - Southern CO Family Med AI (8 Credits)
During the Sub-I at the Southern CO Family Medicine residency, students will work with 2 interns and 2 upper level residents on the inpatient medicine service, with some opportunities to cross-cover on pediatrics & obstetrics. Several half-days per week, the student will be able to attend High-Risk OB and specialty outpatient clinics.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8022 - Swedish Family Medicine AI (8 Credits)
Students will engage in outpatient and inpatient care during this sub-internship at the Swedish family medicine residency. Students will work with residents and faculty in the out-patient clinic, on the Inpatient Service, in the nursing home and at the school-based clinic.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.
FMMD 8023 - Fort Collins Family Med AI (8 Credits)
We provide students with exposure to full scope family medicine. Our Sub-I includes 3 weeks of inpatient medicine, seeing patients on the medicine, peds and Ob services. There is 1 week of outpatient, where Sub-Is will see adults, children, and prenatal patients; and do nursing home visits, procedures, and other specialty care clinics.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8024 - NCFM – Wray Med/Ob AI (8 Credits)
Students work with family medicine faculty & residents while acting as the primary provider for several patients daily. Students see patients & assist team, while longitudinally participating in the care of patients between the ED, hospital, labor & delivery, and clinic. Requires commitment to participating in care over multiple settings. Pre-requisite: Open to students interested in pursuing a career in family medicine with specific interest in full-spectrum and rural family medicine.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8025 - NCFM – Sterling Med/OB AI (8 Credits)
Students work with family medicine faculty & residents while acting as the primary provider for several patients daily. Students see patients & assist team, while longitudinally participating in the care of patients between the ED, hospital, labor & delivery, and clinic. Requires commitment to participating in care over multiple settings.Requisite: Open to students interested in pursuing a career in family medicine with specific interest in full-spectrum and rural family medicine.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8030 - Outpatient Family Medicine, Denver Health Lowry (8 Credits)
Full spectrum outpatient family medicine. Emphasis in immigrant/refugee health and care for marginalized communities. FQHC with wrap-around services: integrated BH, clinical pharmacy, WIC, dental, family planning, etc. Special opportunities include refugee clinic, MAT, transgender care, procedures/vasectomy, sports medicine.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Spring.
FMMD 8031 - Rural Health Policy and Advocacy Elective (4-8 Credits)
Students who have done their core clinical clerkships in a rural area will identify a need or group of needs in a rural community, and complete a policy advocacy project to address this need. Prerequisite: Only students who have successfully completed the rural LIC are eligible for this elective.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8032 - Rural Clinical Elective (4-8 Credits)
In this course, the student will participate in the care of patients in a rural setting.
Students will work together with the course directors to identify preceptor(s) for this course. Preceptors will be from a variety of specialties that are available in rural areas. Prerequisite: Open to all students who have successfully completed core clinical clerkships.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8033 - Inpatient Family Medicine Elective (8 Credits)
Students will complete a 4 week elective and function as a team member on the Family Medicine Inpatient service at Denver Health Hospital. During thiselective, students will have the opportunity to function at the level of an acting intern to provide inpatient care to Family Medicine patients. Depending onstudent interest, there may be opportunities to spend time on the FM OB service at Denver Health, participating in the care of patients on labor and delivery, as well as rounding on newborn infants and providing postpartum care. Students will work directly with University of Colorado Family Medicine residents and Attendings.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8034 - Rural Program Teaching Elective (2 Credits)
In this course, upper class Rural Program students will serve as Teaching Assistants (TAs)for the RP Foothills elective which occurs on Wednesdays from 10am-noon. TAs will assist with building the Foothills schedule, assist with hands-on workshops, and lead/facilitate at least one session for the 1styear students. Prerequisite: only open to students in CU School of Medicine's Rural Program
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
FMMD 8035 - Intro Primary Care Sports Med (1-12 Credits)
The primary goal of this elective is to increase student exposure to and knowledge of the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine as well as various ways that Family Medicine physicians practice in the community and engage with their community with regards to fitness and athletics. A secondary goal of this elective is to start to build a foundation of knowledge regarding musculoskeletal medicine and medical care of active individuals. There will also be a focus on learning about injury prevention. This experience provides students with longitudinal mentorship in the case that they may be interested in a career in Sports Medicine and/or Primary Care. In order to increase exposure to the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine, there may be an opportunity for community based athletic coverage with faculty in the Division of Primary Care Sports Medicine.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
FMMD 8036 - Activism, Reflective Transformation, Integrative Medicine, and Reproductive Justice (4 Credits)
This is a course through AMSA, that is in need of a medical school host sponsor institution. For many years, HEART-IM has taken place at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, California, where students spend the month in a cooperative living and learning environment, cooking and cleaning together, teaching and learning from each other.
The Humanistic Elective in Activism, Reflective Transformation, and Integrative Medicine (HEART-IM) provides up to twenty-five fourth-year medical students with a unique and rewarding way to enrich their medical school careers and prepare for their future work as healer-physicians. Specific sessions will be focused on integrative medicine, reproductive healthcare (including abortion care and family planning) and the Reproductive Justice movement, cultural somatics, intentional community building, reflective transformation including meditative practices, and personal growth skills such as communication and intention. The experience is designed to cultivate each participant’s vision of what it means to be a healer and support a plan for maintaining that vision throughout residency and beyond.
For full description: https://www.amsa.org/learn/heart-im
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail
FMMD 8100 - FMMD Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Family Medicine elective will be held at a site in Colorado or another state. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
FMMD 8600 - Research in FMMD (4-24 Credits)
Students may participate in scholarly work directed by specific Family Medicine faculty members including practice-based research, curriculum development, patient education projects, and other scholarly activities. A DFM, MSA or research mentor must supervise and are responsible for evaluations.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
IDPT 5007 - Food Systems & Health (1 Credit)
Students participating in the Food Systems & Health Elective will explore the complex intersection of food systems and whole-person health through an interdisciplinary lens. The course emphasizes clinical and community health principles and provides students interactive opportunities to connect, discuss, and develop communication and advocacy skills.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5010 - First Course (1 Credit)
This immersive course provides students with basic tools needed to begin medical school with confidence and success. It will encourage curious, life-long learning, foster commitment to serve the profession, our patients & society, and begin the development of physician leaders capable of transforming the health of diverse communities.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5012 - Introduction to Global Health Research (1 Credit)
This seminar series is open to medical students and CHA/PA students in the Global Health Track. Topics include pre-travel health and safety considerations, ethical issues in global health, human rights and health, as well as research and philosophical tools for culturally appropriate care in a sustainable fashion. The class is required of Global Health Track Students. The University of Colorado requires that all Medical Students planning a global health project for their MSA be in the global health track and participate in this course.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5013 - Clinical Medical Spanish I (FCB) (1 Credit)
Course seeks to increase FCB 1st yr Med student comfort level interacting with Spanish-speaking patients. It is intended to be a precursor to clinical or community settings with Spanish-speaking patients. Hope to introduce students to the work done at CSU satellite campus in Todos Santos.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5014 - Narrative Medicine: Digital Stories and Community Engagement (1-2 Credits)
After introduction to digital storytelling basics from experts, learners will create their own stories to practice the skills of making a narrative video & appreciate & honor the vulnerability inherent in sharing a personal story.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5016 - Foundational Principles (9 Credits)
Introductory science content is encapsulated into a solid foundation upon which to construct more complex medical sciences knowledge while advancing students' professional competencies. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students' knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5017 - Hematologic & Lymphatic Systems (5 Credits)
This course explores basic science and clinical concepts related to normal physiology and disease states of the hematologic and lymphatic systems. Emphasis is on knowledge application. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5018 - Gastrointestinal System (7 Credits)
Clinical and basic science topics related to the normal function and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs will be merged with an overview of nutrient metabolism. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5019 - Pulmonary & Cardiovascular Systems (10 Credits)
Fundamentals of physiology, pharmacology, immunology, and anatomy will dovetail into the pathophysiology of pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases to facilitate diagnosis and treatment. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 5020 - Traverse (1-2.5 Credits)
Traverse is a longitudinal experience including 5 dedicated weeks, during which students will complete comprehensive assessments of their clinical skills and medical knowledge. Longitudinal activities, such as direct patient care with preceptors, will support students' professional growth and development. Students will also be introduced to and prepare for the longitudinal integrated clerkships.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 5021 - Renal & Urinary Systems (5 Credits)
This course encompasses normal physiology, histology and anatomy as well as the pathophysiological dysfunction and pharmacology of the renal & urinary systems. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5022 - Nervous System (8 Credits)
A foundational, interdisciplinary approach to nervous system structure and function in health and disease will include neuroanatomy, pathophysiology, and pharmacology, among others. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5023 - Musculoskeletal & Integumentary Systems (7 Credits)
This interdisciplinary course incorporates the anatomy, physiology and histology of skin, muscle, bone, peripheral nerves, cartilage, and ligaments with associated clinical conditions. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5024 - Mind & Behavior (5 Credits)
Students will explore the biological, developmental, environmental, and psychological processes underlying human behavior, cognition, and emotions so they can care for persons with mental illness. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5025 - Endocrine & Metabolic Systems (7 Credits)
Biochemistry, pathology, physiology, immunology, and pharmacology are combined with the clinical approach to diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the endocrine system. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 5026 - Reproductive System & Life Cycle (7 Credits)
The development, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology of the male and female reproductive systems are addressed along with changes in health and wellness across the lifespan. Integrated Health & Society and Clinical Skills content will develop students’ knowledge and skills to provide effective, equitable patient-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 5027 - IHI Open School Basic Certificate (1 Credit)
Earning the IHI Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety boosts your knowledge and skills — and proves to educators and residencies you are serious about changing health care for the better. To receive the Certificate, you must complete the following 13 Open School courses: QI 101–Q105, PS 101–105, TA 101, PFC 101, and L 101.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5028 - One Health I (FCB) (1 Credit)
One Health is a transdisciplinary concept that focuses on issues at the intersection of Human, Environmental, and Animal Health. The One Health Practicum will bring together groups of interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to evaluate real-world One Health challenges in the City of Fort Collins.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 5029 - Clinical Medical Spanish (1 Credit)
Students will learn and practice the language skills they need to communicate effectively with their Spanish speaking patients. The course is delivered in a hybrid format that allows students to complete weekly lessons and quizzes at their own pace and then join the live (synchronous) online sessions to practice the Spanish
they are learning in the lessons.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5031 - Mentoring & Scholarly Activity (1 Credit)
Mentorship and scholarly activity are essential to maximizing personal and professional potential. Students will engage in the COMPASS program’s professional identify formation curriculum and partner with Guides for mentorship, reflection, and goal setting. This course will also launch students’ 4-year, longitudinal mentored scholarly activity project.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 3.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 5033 - Clinical Medical Spanish II @ Fort Collins Branch (1 Credit)
This weekly 1-hour class seeks to build on the work done in the first medical Spanish elective for 1st year medical students. It is intended to be simulation-based and will serve as a practical precursor to clinical or community settings. Prerequisites: Clinical Medical Spanish IDPT 5029.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5034 - One Health II (FCB) (1 Credit)
One Health is a transdisciplinary concept that focuses on issues at the intersection of Human, Environmental, and Animal Health. This elective will give
students the opportunity to teach about One Health concepts to the Northern Colorado community at large. It will also give students the opportunity to
shadow at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital to understand the similarities and differences between human and veterinary medicine and
opportunities for collaboration.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 5090 - Mentored Scholarship I (1 Credit)
A four year requirement for students to pursue and complete a mentored scholarly project and a capstone presentation. Project can be in one of the following thematic areas: basic and clinical research; epidemiology and public health; humanities and social sciences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5091 - MSA Summer Elective (12 Credits)
Students work intensively with mentors on their chosen MSA Project. Students critically review background literature, define a question/hypothesis, develop, and implement methods and student design, collect data, analyze, and interpret data, and submit written progress reports for their MSA project. Pre-requisite: IDPT 5090
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 5094 - Research Track Plains Elective (1 Credit)
The goals of the Research Track are: 1) to, foster student development of an identity as a physician capable of being deeply involved with and completing research efforts and for graduates to acquire the knowledge and skills to successfully complete the components of a research project. This elective is only for students who have been accepted into the Research Track in the first trimester.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 5095 - Research Track Phase I (12 Credits)
Students complete training in citation manager software and initiate mentor-guided research. Prerequisite: Required if enrolled in Research Track. Instructor consent required.
Course Restrictions: Must be a Research Track Student, this course replaces Mentored Scholarship requirement.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5096 - Summer Research Phase I (1 Credit)
This course is for students desiring to do research at CU or other institutions during the summer in between first and second year.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 5200 - Introduction to Global Health (1 Credit)
This one-credit course is designed to introduce clinicians in training to critical topics in global health. The course consists of lectures and group discussions lead by experts in a variety of global health‐related diseases, public health priorities, and health policy issues.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 2.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 5600 - Topics in Biomedical Science and Research (4 Credits)
Research internship for undergraduate fellows in Graduate Experiences for Multicultural Students (GEMS) Program.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
A-GRAD Restricted to graduate students only.
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 6006 - Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease (1 Credit)
The course will cover how obesity relates to cardiovascular disease including basic and clinical mechanisms on the pathophysiology of vascular biology, insulin resistance, risk factors, and outcomes, and how therapeutic interventions modify cardiovascular disease risk. Requirements: Course will span two semesters, Fall and then Spring
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 6090 - Mentored Scholarship II (1 Credit)
A four year requirement for students to pursue and complete a mentored scholarly project and a capstone presentation. Project can be in one of the following thematic areas: basic research, clinical research, epidemiology and public health, humanities and social sciences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 1.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 6095 - Research Track Phase II (1 Credit)
1. Demonstrate progress towards the completion of your research project and publicly communicate understanding of the project to others
a. Present WIP to peers and faculty in an oral presentation
b. Effectively respond to comments and questions from peers about your research efforts
c. Identify scientific questions when others present
Prerequisite: Required if enrolled in Research Track. Instructor consent required.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 6652 - Key Cncpt Ped Dsablty 3 (2 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 6655 - Asst Tech: Assess Incl I (2 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 7005 - Foothills Basecamp - Transition to Clerkship (4 Credits)
Students develop knowledge and skills necessary to transition to clerkships with confidence and success. Through multidimensional skills and case-based sessions, students will advance clinical reasoning, psychomotor, communication and efficiency skills as well as dedicate time to reflection and professional identity exploration.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 7012 - Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (2-6 Credits)
This is a multidisciplinary course required of students participating in the LIC. Students will be required to manage cohorts of longitudinal patients, participate in projects and small group discussions, engage in reflective practice and complete logging of clinical requirements. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7013 - Longitudinal Internal Medicine (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course introduces adult medicine with emphasis on acute illness, chronic disease management, and preventive care. Students will combine inpatient and ambulatory experiences. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7022 - Longitudinal Pediatrics (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course introduces pediatric medicine, emphasizing illness and wellness of children and families, growth, development, physical and mental well-being. Students combine inpatient, nursery, and ambulatory experiences. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7032 - Longitudinal Obstetrics/Gynecology (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course focuses on care of women in OB/GYN clinics, labor and delivery, OB and GYN wards, and the operating room. Additionally, students will learn a newborn exam and fundamentals of newborn care. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7033 - Longitudinal Emergency Med (LIC) (2-3 Credits)
This course will provide an introduction to the initial evaluation and management of emergently presenting problems in adults and children. Emphasis will be on disease recognition, differential diagnosis, and stabilization of shock and trauma, as well as pre-hospital care and concepts of triage. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7042 - Longitudinal Psychiatry (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course will focus on psychiatric care of adults and children, and clinical experiences will include ambulatory settings, inpatient units, psychiatric emergency room, consults, and psychiatric specialties. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7049 - Clerkship Remediation (4-8 Credits)
This remediation course is designed to allow the student to remediate a specialty clerkship or LIC specific requirements.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7052 - Longitudinal Surgery (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course focuses on surgical diseases. Students will participate in operative care and peri-operative care. Assessment and management of common inpatient and ambulatory procedures are emphasized from initial patient referral to discharge. Students will combine ambulatory, inpatient and operating room experiences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7062 - Longitudinal Family Medicine (LIC) (2-6 Credits)
This course focuses on broad spectrum family medicine including acute and chronic ambulatory care, hospital care, and obstetric care of adults and children. Students will participate in the provision of comprehensive patient-centered primary care and will focus on the longitudinal acute and chronic disease management, prevention and health. Department Consent Required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7090 - Mentored Scholarship III (1 Credit)
A four year requirement for students to complete a mentored scholarly project and capstone presentation. Projects can be in one of the following thematic areas: basic research, clinical research, global health, epidemiology and public health, humanities and social sciences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 7095 - Research Track Phase III (1 Credit)
Students clarify and plan Phase IV process for completing Research Track requirements. Prerequisite: Required if enrolled in Research Track. Instructor consent required.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 7101 - Clinical Practice Exam (CPE) Formative (1 Credit)
To advance to Phase IV, students must complete all required Phase III clerkships with passing grades, must complete the required Longitudinal Curriculum elements, the formative CAPE assessment, and successfully pass or remediate the Clinical Practice Exam (CPE).
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7102 - Clinical Practice Exam (CPE) Summative (1 Credit)
To advance to Phase IV, students must complete all required Phase III clerkships with passing grades, must complete the required Longitudinal Curriculum elements, the formative CAPE assessment, and successfully pass or remediate the Clinical Practice Exam (CPE).
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7160 - Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics (2 Credits)
This course will examine the philosophical basis for current research ethics practices, address current ethical issues and controversies in biomedical research, and provide students with knowledge and analytical skills to address the ethical dimensions of biomedical research. Crosslisted: CLSC 7160
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 7200 - Scientific Writing for Doctoral Students (2 Credits)
Scientific writing course for students engaged in research. Focuses on critical thinking, analytical writing, and oral presentation. Taught as a writing workshop, the course emphasizes effective communication with both professional and non-technical audiences. Restrictions: Must have passed preliminary examination; permission of instructor.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
A-GRAD Restricted to graduate students only.
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 7301 - Introduction to Life Science Technology Commercialization (1-3 Credits)
Course designed to familiarize graduate level engineering, business, law, science students with fundamentals of life science technology commercialization including drugs, devices, diagnostics, healthcare IT and platform applications. Three consecutive, 5-week classes, each 1 credit. Open to all graduate level students.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Repeatable. Max Credits: 3.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 7610 - Phcl & Anat of Cntral Nerv Sys (1 Credit)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 7628 - Gerontological Pharm (2 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 7630 - Detertn Prima Struct Biomolecl (4 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 7640 - Molecular/Cell/Dev/Endo (3 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
IDPT 7642 - Introduction to Laboratory Animal Research (1 Credit)
Provides basic knowledge on the use of laboratory animals, animal welfare and animal models. Includes general concepts on animal biology and husbandry for most common laboratory species and incorporates essential principles of anesthesia, analgesia, surgery and peri operative care.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 7656 - MSTP MSIII Clinical Interval (1-3 Credits)
Course restricted to MSTP MSIII students for clinical gap intervals. Prerequisite: MSTP director approval required. Instructor consent required
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory w/IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7727 - Directed Study Clinical Sci (4-24 Credits)
This course provides an opportunity for medical students to further develop and refine their knowledge of the clinical sciences. Course will include scheduled study time, regularly scheduled practice exams, tutoring in clinic content and test taking strategies. Prereq: Course Director approval required to add.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 7777 - Off Time (0 Credits)
Grading Basis: Non-Graded Component
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
IDPT 7850 - Independent Study in Bioethics, Medical Humanities or Health Law (1-6 Credits)
Course is designed to meet the needs of students interested in conducting advanced studies of issues and topics in bioethics, medical humanities, or health law. Students will work under the direction of the course director on a specific research topic. Course Restrictions: Permission of the instructor. Repeatable for credit within the degree program, but not within the same term.
Max credits - 6.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
A-GRAD Restricted to graduate students only.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8000 - Clinical Preceptorship Elective (2-4 Credits)
2.0 cr. Summer, 4.0 Fall and Spring. This course continues the established student-preceptor relationship from the FDC course. Students attend their preceptor office 2-3 times per month. Students will work with a panel of patients or families serving as their physician under the supervision of their perceptor. Prereq: IDPT 7000.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 4.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8003 - Geriatrics (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max: 2. Geriatrics elective will provide clinic exposure to caring for older adults in the outpatient primary care and sub-acute rehab settings. Learning objectives focus on the special needs of frail or chronically ill older adults and resources beyond direct physician care utilized for this population.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8007 - Medicine/Pediatrics (4-8 Credits)
2 or 4 wks. The focus of this elective is to help students discern whether to pursue combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. This course will expose students to possible career paths available for Med-Peds providers within primary and specialty care settings.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
IDPT 8011 - Clinical Nutrition (4-8 Credits)
2 wks. Max:1. Develop your nutrition assessment skills with this elective, tailored to your needs with adult and/or pediatric inpatients and/or outpatients with a variety of conditions and diseases. Active learning with exceptional mentors is emphasized.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8015 - Global Health Intl Project (8 Credits)
This course is the continuation of IDPT 6667 & 6668. Students will undertake a global health project at an international site under the supervision of their designated mentor and local supervisors.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8016 - Physician as Educator (2 Credits)
This elective is intended to develop your skills as an effective teacher in clinical and classroom settings. This will include participation in evening teaching workshops and co-precepting.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 2.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8018 - Global Health & Disaster (4 Credits)
This international health course is a two week training offered once a year as part of the University of Colorado School of Medicine Global Health Track. This course prepares its participants for international experiences and future global health work.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8020 - Physician as Advisor (2 Credits)
1 wk: Physician as Advisor teaches fourh year students to advise peer students in an Advisory College Program. It will prepare students for careers in academic medicine by developing skills in advising, leadership, and administration as well as self-assessment. Longitudinal course that can conflict with other courses. This is a 2 semester course and each semester counts for 2.0 credit hours. Prerequisites: Fourth year standing and selection as a "Student Advisor" in the Advisory College Program.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8021 - Costa Rica Spanish Immersion (4-8 Credits)
This capstone Spanish immersion course in Costa Rica includes home stays, intensive language instruction and public health and community outreach activities in under-served communities. Student should be passionate about providing care to disadvantaged patients in the USA or abroad and committed to improving their Spanish language skill. Requisite: Contact course coordinator for information. Department Consent required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8023 - Refugee Health II (4-8 Credits)
Refugee health II will provide students with exposure to the social factors which impact upon the health of refugees in the Denver metro region. Students will work with agencies providing services to refugees and participate in home visits and outreach activities within community settings.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8024 - Leadership Reading Elective (8 Credits)
This online reading elective is divided into 4 one-week modules and is designed to strengthen a student’s understanding of leadership and how it impacts patient care, professionalism, and medical organizations.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8027 - Race in Medicine (4 Credits)
This course explores the role of racism and homogenous beliefs/values in medicine and how cultural incompetence perpetuates health disparities. Students learn about race as a social construct, theories related to class, and the impact of unconscious bias on health outcomes. The class urges students to confront discomfort in healthy ways.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8028 - The Business of Medicine (4-8 Credits)
This interactive course enhances students' Healthcare System Literacy, i.e. understanding how healthcare is structured, financed, and regulated. With micro- to macro-level modules, the course helps prepare students for personal practice challenges as well as for improving healthcare more broadly.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8030 - Laboratory Medicine (8 Credits)
Lecture-based elective provides a comprehensive overview of Clinical Pathology and laboratory testing. It reviews biochemical, physiologic, and pathologic phenomena on which laboratory tests are based and emphasizes approaches to the ordering, interpretation, and pitfalls of laboratory tests.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8032 - Longitudinal Ultrasound Elective (4-8 Credits)
The longitudinal ultrasound elective is an elective designed to give students hands-on practice with ultrasound with a preceptor over the course of their fourth year. The students will work with the preceptor to complete 150 clinical ultrasounds and complete course learning objectives. Students will be assigned a preceptor based on their clinical area of interest.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8033 - MSTP Trailhead Course (4-8 Credits)
This course is specifically designed to prepare MD / PhD students, who are returning to clinical clerkships, for a successful transition into direct clinical care learning experiences. Students can choose to spend one month on an academic inpatient Internal Medicine, or General Surgery, service. (Students let the course director know whether they want to do Medicine or Surgery; these cannot be combined into one month.) Students will develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to work with an interdisciplinary team to workup, diagnose, and treat acutely ill adults in the inpatient setting.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 8035 - International Experiences (4-16 Credits)
This course allows fourth year students to complete an international experience at an approved and vetted international site. The experience may include clinical work, language immersion, or a combination of both.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8037 - Advanced Neurosciences (4-8 Credits)
This course will integrate neuroscience and clinical science as applied to diseases and disorders of the nervous system. The curriculum will integrate neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology with clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and neuropathology.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8038 - Cardiology Connections (4-8 Credits)
This course is designed for post-clinical year medical students who wish
to enhance their ability to utilize basic scientific principles and knowledge in the practice of cardiovascular medicine.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8039 - Advanced Immunology and Immunotherapy (4-8 Credits)
This course will investigate the cellular and molecular processes necessary to achieve an advanced understanding of how the immune system maintains balance and operates in health and disease. Recent immunotherapeutic advances that have revolutionized treatment options will also be examined. Intensive analysis of selected topics, primary literature and relevant clinical cases focused within the field of immunology will result in the development of content integration skills, critical thinking, and analysis skills that can be applied to the practice of medicine as well as global scientific and societal issues.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8041 - IHQSE Quality Improvement Practicum (4-8 Credits)
This is a one semester longitudinal course offered Fall and Spring semesters. This course fosters inter-professional communications and enables students to obtain knowledge and skills for Quality Improvement (QI).
Students will be integrated into ongoing quality improvement projects and work with Attending and/or Resident.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8044 - Health Systems and Community Leadership Trail (4-6 Credits)
Students will be equipped with skills needed in leadership roles in healthcare organizations – group practices, academic departments, community non-profits, hospital executive teams. Learning strategies will be mentorship and simulation exercises supplemented with directed reading and classroom discussion. Emphasis is on balancing professional values with financial reality.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8046 - IHI Open School Basic Certification (2 Credits)
Students complete the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety, comprising 13 courses (17.75 total hours), which provides a well-rounded introduction to quality, safety, population health, equity, health care leadership, and person- and family-centered care.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8047 - LIC Ambassadors (2-8 Credits)
Students will apply to become LIC Ambassadors following their LIC Foothills year, enabling them to participate in leadership, education, and project work, while serving future students as a peer-mentor and advisor, supporting LIC program directors, participating in scholarly work, helping with faculty development, and developing skills in medical education and teaching. Pre-requisite: Student must have completed the LIC in which they are serving as an Ambassador, unless approved exception by the LIC Director and Assistant Dean of Medical Education, Clinical Clerkships.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8048 - Future Leaders in Medical Education (4-6 Credits)
Welcome to Future Leaders in Medical Education s. This course is designed to prepare medical students to be the future leaders, teachers, and researchers in medical education. By developing medical education skills that can be implemented on day one of intern year, students will leave the course prepared for their roles as medical educators in residency and with tools for their future careers. We will introduce students to topics such as adult learning theory, curriculum design, evaluation and assessment, teaching, feedback, education administration, medical education research and scholarship, careers in medical education, and designing inclusive learning environments.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8053 - Medical Improvisation (4 Credits)
The Medical Improvisation elective uses interactive improvisation theater techniques to increase learner ability and confidence in patient-centered communication. Prior research has established Medical Improvisation’s suitability for both advanced and beginning clinicians and multiple medical schools have incorporated this curriculum.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8060 - Alpine Basecamp - Transition to Adv Clerkship (4 Credits)
The Alpine Basecamp will further develops students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to begin their advanced clinical rotations with confidence and success. Through skills practice and case-based sessions, students will advance clinical reasoning, psychomotor, communication, and efficiency skills.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8061 - Summit Basecamp - Transition to Residency (8 Credits)
The Summit Basecamp- Transition to Residency (TTR) is a curriculum designed to prepare graduating medical students to be safe, efficient, and confident day-1 interns.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8062 - Research Trail II (4-6 Credits)
The Research Trail provides research education and training tailored to the collective and individual needs of medical students with research/academiccareer interests.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8063 - Bioethics & Humanities Trail (4-6 Credits)
This course provides a broad introduction to bioethics and humanities. Through a combination of didactics and experiential, self-directed learning, learners will explore academic options and career pathways in bioethics and humanities. Learners can customize portions of the course to meet their needs and interests.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8066 - MSTP Advanced Neurosciences (4 Credits)
This course will integrate neuroscience and clinical science as applied to diseases and disorders of the nervous system. The curriculum will integrate neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology with clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and neuropathology. Prerequisites: Course is only open to MSTP post-clerkship students who have successfully completed the pre-clerkship phase and most of the clerkship phase.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8067 - MSTP Advanced Immunology (4 Credits)
This course will investigate the cellular and molecular processes necessary to achieve an advanced understanding of how the immune system maintains balance and operates in health and disease. Recent immunotherapeutic advances that have revolutionized treatment options will also be examined. Intensive analysis of selected topics, primary literature and relevant clinical cases focused within the field of immunology will result in the development of content integration skills, critical thinking, and analysis skills that can be applied to the practice of medicine as well as global scientific and societal issues. Prerequisites: Course is only open to MSTP post-clerkship students who have successfully completed the pre-clerkship phase and most of the clerkship phase.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8068 - MSTP Cardiology Connections (4 Credits)
This course is designed for post-clinical year medical students who wish to enhance their ability to utilize basic scientific principles and knowledge in the practice of cardiovascular medicine. Prerequisites: Course is only open to MSTP post-clerkship students who have successfully completed the pre-clerkship phase and most of the clerkship phase.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8069 - Leading Patient Group Visits (3 Credits)
This longitudinal course aims to master anticipatory guidance for both prenatal and pediatric care. The model for the course is based on Centering Pregnancy and Centering Parenting which focuses on building strong relationships between providers and groups of patients. Prereq: Has completed clinical LIC year. Spanish speaking strongly preferred.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 9.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8071 - One Health Trail Fort Collins Branch (4-6 Credits)
Welcome to the One Health Trail. We will investigate the myriad of ways that human, animal, plant, and environmental health are connected. We will travel and work within the local community to understand how human, animal, and environmental health intersects in the modern food supply chain, local arthropod control, wildlife and livestock management. We will evaluate frameworks, theories and methodologies employed by One Health practitioners.
The course is designed to apply our critical analysis skills to current community health challenges and discuss One Health methods for solving those
problems.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8072 - Medical Spanish Immersion Fort Collins Branch (2-4 Credits)
This course combines Spanish language learning with a health context. Students will develop their Spanish proficiency with a focus on health-related vocabulary and cultural context. By contributing to real-world community needs abroad, students will gain practical experience, broaden their understanding of global health systems, and analyze community health needs. Students will interact with health officials, administrators and patients, tour medical facilities, and interview community members.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 8073 - Nutrition & Culinary Medicine Selective (8 Credits)
The selective trains students to understand and communicate the impact of good nutrition on patient health and to work well with registered dietitians in interdisciplinary teams. In-person modules include case-based learning and meal preparation. Self-study online modules are paired with clinical shadowing of RDs and nutrition MDs.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8074 - Advanced Concepts in Public Health Selective (8 Credits)
The course will introduce students to the public health approach to improving health in both a present-day and historical perspective. We will compare/contrast these methods to those used in traditional medicine. We will then review public health, and community-based intervention strategies and policies addressing some of the most pressing public health crises. We will critically analyze changes in healthcare that could dramatically change population health, such as a universal health insurance system in the US. By evaluating international systems, we will debate the improvements and persistent health disparities that would exist if a universal health insurance model was adopted. Students will develop an understanding of the US public health system in order to better prepare themselves to collaborate effectively in the future to improve population health.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8075 - Climate Change and Environmental Health Selective (8 Credits)
Students will develop a strong foundation in planetary health while building a network of multi-disciplinary leaders in the field. Following a roadmap of lectures, self-directed learning activities, case studies, and field trips, students will confidently integrate environmental determinants of health into their professional practice.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8076 - Alpine Non-Surgical Musculoskeletal and Spine Medicine Selective (8 Credits)
The Alpine Non-Surgical Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Spine Care selective is a 4-week block that will focus on outpatient MSK diagnosis and management. Differential diagnoses will be emphasized within a MSK framework including symptom patterns, physical exam, imaging, and diagnostic injection interpretation. Students will be expected to learn management principles for acute and chronic conditions, including MSK health maintenance, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, medications, injections, and indications for surgery. Weekly didactics and scheduled self-study time will be used to facilitate medical knowledge development and application. The course will be pass/fail with grades based on attendance, participation, professionalism, and completion of assignments. Assignments will include a pre-test, post-test, online lectures, online learning modules, and readings. Core clinical conditions include osteoarthritis, joint injury, spine disorders, compression neuropathies, soft-tissue disorders (such as ligament sprains/tears, tendinopathies (including rotator cuff), bursitis, myofascial pain), chronic pain, and osteoporosis. MSK and spine conditions are among the most common explanations for visits to physicians’ offices. Annually 15-30% of the population seeks care for MSK conditions. The presentation of such aliments is
expected to increase with an aging population. Correspondingly, MSK knowledge and competency are integral for successful practices in internal medicine, family practice, emergency medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics, and others. Proficiency with the course outlined core competencies will enhance the professional growth of all students regardless of expected specialization.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8077 - Advanced Dissection Fort Collins Branch (1 Credit)
Students will develop their knowledge of clinically-relevant gross anatomy of a specific region of the body. They will also hone their technical skill in dissection, and practice producing and presenting a short presentation of their work to faculty.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 2.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8078 - Translational Medicine Selective Fort Collins Branch (8 Credits)
Students will use a clinical immersion to identify and learn how to effectively address an impactful knowledge gap in medicine. Training will include
entrepreneurship, team building, regulatory issues, project/trial design, intellectual property, biotechnical/bioengineering resources, and effective
communication of ideas and projects.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8079 - The Frontier of AI & Medicine Selective (8 Credits)
This course seeks to provide understanding of the current state of the art in ML/AI across multiple clinically relevant areas including imaging, health records, and genomics; to provide future practitioners with the knowledge to examine and critically think about performance assessments of AI systems; and to provide future practitioners with the understanding necessary to consider the ethical implications of AI deployments into clinical practice.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IDPT 8090 - Mentored Scholarship IV (1-8 Credits)
A four year requirement for students to complete a mentored scholarly project and a capstone presentation. Project can be in one of the following thematic areas: basic research, clinical research, global health, epidemiology and public health, humanities and social sciences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8091 - MSA Phase IV Preparation (4-8 Credits)
Students work intensively with mentors on their chosen MSA Project. Students critically review background literature, define a question/hypothesis, develop and implement methods and study design, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and submit written progress reports for their MSA Project. Prereq: MSA form required. Prior approval of Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Mentor, and Course Director required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8093 - IDPT Scholarly Activity (8 Credits)
This course is designed to allow students to complete scholarly work not appropriately covered by other available courses (e.g. MSA work beyond IDPT 8091). 4 weeks. Cannot be taken after section 47. Prereq: Special permission and individual arrangements required in advance. Student must have a faculty/project mentor who will sign off on the project. Student must receive prior approval from Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8095 - Research Track Phase IV (1-8 Credits)
Students complete requirements for Research Track which includes submission to a national scientific journal of a first author manuscript which meets mentor-standards as appropriate for submission. Students will present their work at the Capstone event. Prerequisite: Required if enrolled in Research Track. Instructor consent required.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8096 - Alpine Critical Care Course (4 Credits)
As a part of the critical care graduation requirement, all students rotate for 2 weeks in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a core SOM site and participate in didactics/skill sessions addressing essential critical care topics. Students have an opportunity to select an adult medical, adult surgical, or pediatric ICU experience.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8097 - Narrative Medicine: Foundation (2 Credits)
This is an asynchronous longitudinal reading and writing course with 6 gatherings for dinner and discussion. Students must additionally enroll in the clinical month-long rotation the same semester. The goal of this course is to develop “narrative humility” through close reading and practicing the skills of attention, representation, and affiliation. The reading portion of this course consists of didactic material specific to narrative medicine, fictional short stories, patient stories, and 3 longer texts. These readings and reflections will be evaluated through both assigned writings and discussions. Prerequisites: Must co-enroll in the 4 week clinical narrative medicine rotation the same semester
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.
IDPT 8098 - Healer's Art (2 Credits)
The Healer’s Art course utilizes principles of adult education, contemplative studies, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, cognitive psychology, formation education, creative arts and storytelling to present and explore human dimensions of medicine rarely discussed in medical training. Topics covered include deep listening, presence, acceptance, loss, grief, healing, relationship, encounters with awe and mystery and self-care practices. The curriculum enables students to uncover and strengthen the altruistic values, sense of calling and intention to serve that have led them to medicine, creating a firm foundation for meeting the challenging demands of contemporary medical training and practice.
This spring the course will be held online in five synchronous sessions. In this format we welcome medical students from CUSOM and CSU, and DVM students the CSU and UAF campuses. Medical students will complete additional reading, clinical observations, and a reflective assignment about topics learned in the course and how they impact the clinical setting.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8099 - Narrative Medicine in Primary Care (8 Credits)
The goal of this course is designed to translate the narrative skills taught in the foundation course into clinical practice, specifically within the context of
primary care. Students will practice the skills of paying attention to their patients’ affect, representation of their lifeworld, and illness meaning through the
use of a narrative framework and then formulate plans that faithfully represent their patients’ goals and values. Then hopefully with care and practice the
student will experience affiliation with their patients and their sufferings, bridging the divide between the worlds of illness and health.
Prerequisite: Must be co-enrolled or have previously taken the Narrative Medicine Foundation longitudinal course.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8101 - Global Health in Local Contexts (8 Credits)
This four-week advanced elective is designed for fourth-year medical students seeking an in-depth exploration of health equity and social justice at the local level with a focus on immigrant, refugee, and newcomer health.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8102 - Longitudinal Communication Coaching (4 Credits)
Longitudinal course spanning 2 semesters. Training in communications skills coaching and then longitudinal work with a DOCS coach and group over 3
sessions. Then substitute coach communication skill sessions within the DOCS curriculum. Prerequisites: Must submit a one paragraph essay which includes performance in the DOCS curriculum and passion for teaching to determine eligibility.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8103 - Environmental Health for Future Clinicians (4 Credits)
This course aims to bridge the gaps between public health and medicine by providing students with information about environmental health risks. The course is designed to help medical students learn more about how contaminants in the environment can impact patient health.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8104 - COAHEC National Underserved Scholars (1-2 Credits)
COAHEC National Underserved Scholars prepares students for practice in underserved areas throughout the US using didactic and experiential learning. The class aims to be a model for healthcare education with goals focusing on health equity, interprofessional collaboration, and producing physicians committed to addressing health inequities particularly within vulnerable populations. Throughout the course, students will learn from national experts who work with vulnerable populations to gain an understanding how the social determinants of health impact vulnerable communities from receiving medical care. These seminars will also provide an opportunity for students to get a variety of real-world approaches of how physicians approach the challenges of the social determinants of health, and how students can incorporate these lessons into a toolbox of sorts to have at the ready for their own practice. Additionally, eventually, students will have the opportunity to get involved in the Aurora community in a service capacity. While this serves to give back to the Aurora community, it also provides students the opportunity to get first-hand exposure to the social determinants of health and show how physicians can be involved in their communities outside of the clinic setting. In the first runs of the course, the students will act as mentors to URM high school students who may be interested in the medical field. This will continue until the elective expands and matures to become an important Friday food resource team for areas of Aurora as a Friday Food Fleet. Prereq: Open to students approved/accepted into AHEC Scholars program through application within AHEC.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
IDPT 8106 - Impacts of Climate Change through a One Health Lens (4 Credits)
Welcome to Climate Change & Health! This two-week, pass-fail, hybrid elective is open to medical students at CUSOM at the CSU branch. The primary aim of the course is to deliver key knowledge and skills in planetary health which physicians may be able to draw upon for the mindful practice of medicine in the midst of a climate crisis. We will identify the health impacts of climate change and discuss effective responses on the part of specific health services. Learners may have opportunities – together and in multidisciplinary settings - to apply knowledge to levels of prevention, climate mitigation, and adaptation, and to explain health co-benefits of climate action.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8107 - Comparative Oncology (4 Credits)
Comparative oncology is the study of naturally occurring cancers in companion (pet) animals with an emphasis on determining their translational relevance to human cancers. Cancer is a common disease in pet dogs and cats, and the pet-owning public is highly motivated to seek traditional and experimental therapies. Cancer in companion animals shares many similarities to cancer in humans including histologic appearance, tumor genetics, molecular targets, biologic behavior, and response to conventional therapies. The Flint Animal Cancer Center (FACC) at the Colorado State UniversityVeterinary Teaching Hospital (CSU-VTH) is a world-renowned leader in companion animal cancer research, residency and fellowship training, and clinical cancer care. The FACC offers a multidisciplinary approach to clinical cancer care, including medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology and clinical trials teams, in customized treatment planning for each companion animal patient. Additionally, our team is supported by the Argus Institute, a team of licensed social workers who assist with guiding the clinical team in the delivery of difficult conversations (poor prognosis, end of life, etc) and encourage provider well-being and mental health support. The Argus team also supports animal caregivers including grief counseling, quality of life assessment, and end of life decision making.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
IDPT 8108 - Language Access and Training to Work with Interpreters (4 Credits)
Welcome to Language Access and Training to Work with Interpreters. This course is designed to develop your abilities in facilitating language access and collaborating with interpreters in clinical settings. We will cover essential communication techniques, the ethical principles of language access, and the interpreter code of ethics followed by training to work with interpreters and simulated encounters. Through collaborative activities and reflective discussions, we will draw upon our shared knowledge and experiences to deepen our learning.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8110 - Preventive Medicine – Epidemiology & Public Health (4 Credits)
Welcome to Preventive Medicine. This course is designed to apply our clinical knowledge and critical analysis skills to public health and epidemiology. We will review and evaluate various concepts and methodologies that may be used in public health and epidemiology, specifically as they relate to One Health and population-level health. Learners may apply the principles of epidemiology to complete a research or service project that relates directly to vector-borne diseases.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8111 - Substance Use Disorders (4 Credits)
Welcome to the Fort Collins Branch Substance Use Disorders Elective. This elective is designed to build advanced clinical skills in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD). Regardless of what fields you ultimately enter following graduation, you will provide care to patients with SUD. We aim to cultivate an attitude of shared humanity and harm reduction in caring for patients with SUD. Additionally, we will use the lens of SUD to develop and practice advocacy skills that can be applied to other health policy and fields of practice.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IDPT 8112 - Cancer Biology (8 Credits)
The Cancer Biology Course offers a 4-week integrated experience teaching key oncology concepts important for the care of cancer patients. Classroom learning will involve interactive sessions with case-based learning and application to clinical cases. We will focus on specific topics including how cancers develop, mechanisms of growth and resistance, as well as categories of oncology treatments such as hormonal therapies, targeted treatments, and immunologic approaches. The clinical component will allow students to build their skills seeing new oncology patients in multidisciplinary, tumor board settings, emphasizing radiology and pathology input in addition to specialists from medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. Learners will also have the opportunity for a broader, generalist oncology
clinical experience at the VA or Denver Health, seeing patients of various tumor types.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8113 - Art in Medicine (8 Credits)
Art and Medicine is a class for third- and fourth-year students with the skills to utilize arts, humanities, and creativity to better understand issues of health equity, further their own personal growth and empathy, and improve perspective taking from their patients.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8114 - Experiences in Health and Nutrition-related Community Outreach (1 Credit)
Students will work with the Extension Office on outreach projects that address unique health-related needs of the local community. Experiences will include participation in planning and delivery of education around nutrition-related topics including food access, food safety, food preparation, gardening and farming, and healthy lifestyles. Students will interact with the public at the Larimer County Farmer’s Market and have the opportunity to spend a day working on a farm. Other educational events that support topics such as healthy aging, living with chronic disease, youth activities, and climate-related topics will also be offered as opportunities during the elect
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
IDPT 8601 - Research Track, Research I (8 Credits)
The first of two courses for Phase IV Research track medical students. Students are expected to spend full time working on their research project and towards the Track required goals of submitting an abstract and a first-author publication. Limited to and required for Phase IV (MS4) medical students who are in good standing in the Research Track. Course Director approval required. 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8602 - Research Track, Research II (8 Credits)
The second of two courses for Phase IV Research Track medical students. Students are expected to spend full time working on their research project and towards the Track required goals of submitting an abstract and a first-author publication. Restrictions: Limited to and required for Phase IV (MS4) medical students who are in good standing in the Research Track. May be repeated once as an elective. Prereq: IDPT 8601. Course Director approval required. 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8610 - Scholar's Year Research (2 Credits)
This 3-semester longitudinal course is an adjunct to the scholar’s year for the work in progress during scholar’s year, and requires twice a semester check ins with the Office of Student Life and reflection on career trajectory. Courses to be taken between 3rd year clinical courses and 4th year electives. Requisite: Must have successfully completed all 3rd year courses to enroll
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IDPT 8890 - Clinical Experience for CTSI PhD Students (1 Credit)
Each student will identify a clinician mentor who will develop/direct clinical experience tailored to student's thesis research. It may include participation in relevant clinical conferences, a direct clinical experience, clinical research, and preparation of a clinical research protocol. Prereq: IDPT 7805 & 7646, EPID 6630, BIOS 6601 or equivalent. Restrictions: PhD Graduate Students.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
A-GRAD Restricted to graduate students only.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
IPCP 5000 - Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (1 Credit)
This course develops core competencies in teamwork & collaboration for incoming health professions students. Students will learn in Interprofessional teams coached by Interprofessional faculty, develop essential communication skills and processes for simultaneous and sequential teams, and provide feedback on individual and team performance to improve Interprofessional collaboration.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory w/IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 1.
Typically Offered: Spring.
IPCP 5500 - IP Collaborative Practice & Ed Independent Study (0.5-1 Credits)
The IPCP 5500 Independent Study, will allow students to explore IPCP content that complements and/or improves their knowledge and understanding of Inter-professional Practice and Education.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory w/IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
IPHE 5500 - IP Ethics & Health Equity Independent Study (0.5-1 Credits)
The IPHE 5500 Independent Study, will allow students to explore IPHE content that complements and/or improves their knowledge and understanding of Inter-professional Practice and Education.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory w/IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
IPHE 6000 - IPE Healthcare Ethics & Health Equity (1 Credit)
Develops foundational knowledge and basic practical skills to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical & health equity issues in clinical practice. Integrates inter-professional collaboration & teamwork to teach students ethical theory & reasoning, professional ethics and its historical origins, and approaches to health care decision-making.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory w/IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 1.
Typically Offered: Fall.
MEDS 8001 - Medicine AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:18. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. The sub-intern functions as an intern and is responsible for the admission, evaluation, and continuing care of patients under the supervision of a Resident and an Attending. Subinternships are offered at DHMC, P/SL, UCH, VAMC, and St. Joseph's Hospital..
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8002 - Hospital Medicine AI (8 Credits)
Experience hopitalist medicine first hand by working one-on-one with an attending and developing a quality improvement initiative. You will also gain the skills to excel from the start of intern year by being the primary provider for your patients. This Sub-I course meets the CU SOM requirement for graduation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8004 - Cardiology (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Designed to offer a broad general exposure to adult cardiology, including history, physical examination, and an introduction and review of standard noninvasive testing. Rotations will be at UCH, DVAMC and DHMC with assignments based on timing of request and availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8006 - Allergy/Clin Immunology (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Offered at UH and NJMC. Allergy and clinical immunology with direct patient contact in allergy and immunology clinics. Opportunities to participate in inpatient consultations, observe clinical immunology laboratory techniques, and library research.
Prereq: Course Director approval required to add course.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8007 - Clinical Renal (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:4. A four-week elective course in electrolyte, hypertensive, acute and chronic renal failure, glomerular (including diabetes) disorders, and hospital services. The students will see consults on all services, learn to maintain and analyze flow sheets, and review problems with residents and fellows.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8009 - Clin Infectious Diseases (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:4. UCH and DHMC. Hospital assigned. Hospitalized patients with a variety of infectious diseases are available for study. Diagnosis, pathophysiology, immunology, epidemiology, and management, including use of anti-microbial agents are emphasized. Students attend and participate in ward rounds and conferences.
Prereq: Completion of core requirements for 3rd year students.
Restrictions: Accept 4th year students only. Note: a 2 week elective maybe available. Student must make arrangements with Student Affairs and be pre-aprroved by Program Director before being confirmed to take elective course.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
MEDS 8010 - Clin Gastroenterology (4-8 Credits)
4-12 wks. Max:2. Students will participate in work up of both hospitalized and ambulatory patients with gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses. Gi pathophysiology will be emphasized. Students attend weekly conferences in clinical gastroenterology, radiology and pathology. They are invited to observe procedures. Hospital is assigned.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
MEDS 8011 - Pulmonary Medicine (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max: 2. UCH, DHMC, and DVAMC. This elective offers broad experience in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Students participate in consultations, attend conferences and clinics. A wide variety of pulmonary and critical care cases are seen.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8012 - Clinical Rheumatology (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Students will learn how to recognize, diagnose, and treat common rheumatic disorders. Students will attend all formal teaching conferences in the Division of Rheumatology and attend 6 or more outpatient clinics each week. Prereq: Completion of all third year clerkships.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8013 - Endocrinology (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:2. Introduction to evaluation and management of endocrine disorders via outpatient clinics and inpatient consults at VAMC, DHMC, and UCH. Endocrine-focused history-taking and physical examination with a complete problem-oriented approach to patient care. Multiple conferences and close interaction with fellows and attendings.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
MEDS 8014 - Hematology / Oncology (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:1. Students are exposed to a wide range of patients seen in consultation for hematologic and oncologic problems. Students may also elect to attend the numerous subspecialty outpatient clinics for patients with various malignancies.
Prereq: MED, OBGYN, PED, PSCH 7000.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
MEDS 8015 - Care for the Under-served (8 Credits)
This elective is for students interested in Internal Medicine and care for under-served populations. Students will rotate in a clinic at Denver Health, the DAWN clinic (student-run clinic for under-served patients), and complete a healthcare disparities project.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8017 - Hospice/Palliative Care (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:1. This is an introduction to hospice and palliative care. You will become a member of the interdisciplinary team at the Hospice of Saint John, focusing on the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of patient care for the terminally ill.
Requirement: Contact Dr. Youngwerth one week prior to starting via Email Jean.Youngwerth@ucdenver.edu.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
MEDS 8018 - Advanced EKG and Cardiac Arrhythmia Fort Collins Branch (4 Credits)
This course will build on the basic EKG skills achieved during the basic science and clinical clerkship to better understand the conduction system of the heart and review the physiology behind an array of fascinating cardiac arrhythmias. Instruction will be provided through lectures and clinical sessions. Students will receive instruction on ECG interpretation, using fundamentals of cardiac electrophysiology to guide their approach. These principles will be applied as they round on the inpatient electrophysiology service and observe diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the electrophysiology lab. We will also provide an overview of cardiac devices (pacemakers and defibrillators) by rotating through the device clinic, participate in procedures such as cardioversions, trans-esophageal ultrasounds, and loop recorder implants. This course is designed to provide a base of knowledge that will be applicable for all students, regardless of their intended clinical field of interest.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
MEDS 8019 - Geriatric Medicine Fort Collins Branch (8 Credits)
Welcome to the Geriatric Medicine elective. This course is designed to expose learners to the care of older adults across different care settings. This
course will introduce students to the complexities of medical care for older adults, including challenges that are unique to the older adult population.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
MEDS 8023 - Medicine Consult (4-8 Credits)
Medicine Consult is for students interested in learning about medical issues of surgical patients and performing general medical consultations for non-medical services. This elective will be useful to the student interested in a career in hospital medicine or surgical subspecialties. Offered for 2 or 4 weeks. Prereq: 3rd year medicine
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8025 - Medical Oncology (8-12 Credits)
4-6 wks. Max:2. Students will learn the basic aspects of medical oncology by evaluation of patients in the general oncology and subspecialty oncology clinics. They will attend the weekly multi-disciplinary tumor conferences and fellow didactic conferences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
MEDS 8032 - Corrections Health Care (4 Credits)
2 wks. Max:1. Provide primary care to inmates in corrections facilities. Experiences include manipulative or drug- seeking patients, the interface between health care and the legal system, and issues in correctional health care (ie., HIV, TB). Prereq: One month notice needed to schedule this elective.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8034 - Critical Care St Joe's AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:2. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Student functions as an intern-equivalent and admits patients during overnight call every third day. Student will attend daily ICU interdisciplinary rounds and enhance skills in reporting, interpreting clinical information, communication, and patient management plans. Student will present an EMB-research clinical question.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8037 - Medical ICU Acting Internship (8 Credits)
This rotation will provide training in the care of critically ill ICU patients. Emphasized skills will include management of respiratory failure, hemodynamic instability, severe electrolyte abnormalities, gastrointestinal emergencies and common ICU procedures. Prereq: Sub I in Medicine or Surgery.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
MEDS 8100 - MEDS Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Medicine elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another statue, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Course offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
MEDS 8600 - Research in Medicine (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Course provides an opportunity for seniors to participate in research at the clinical or basic science level. The student must consult with Dr. Horwitz or Dr. Aagaard about the varieties of options available. Course is graded on a pass/fail basis only.
Restrictions: Not available sections 49-50.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
MEDS 8630 - MEDS Research Away (8-16 Credits)
This Medicine research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another stat, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Course offered 2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis only.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
NEUR 8000 - Neurology Acting Internships (8 Credits)
This acting-internship offers students advanced neurologic clinical experience in a structured teaching setting. The primary objectives for this rotation are to learn how to effectively manage neurologic patients in an inpatient setting, gain experience in neurologic examinations and learn the basis of neuroanatomy and neurologic differential diagnosis. Inpatient Neurology will provide the core clinical experience for this rotation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
NEUR 8001 - Neurology Elective (8 Credits)
This elective offers students further clinical experience with patients who have neurologic disorders. Students can rotate on either the inpatient service or
a mix of ambulatory clinics and inpatient services at University of Colorado Hospital.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
NEUR 8100 - NEUR Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Neurology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or interntionally. Students must obtain departmental approval oner month piror to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Coruse offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
NEUR 8600 - Research in Neurology (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. For further course information, contact the Chairman, Donald Gilden, M.D., 303-724-4326. Prereq: Offered with Chairman's approval only. The student must receive approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
NSUR 8014 - Advanced Neurosurgery (4-12 Credits)
2-6 wks. Max:8.
This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Intensive rotation emphasizing care and management of neurosurgical patients, with close patient responsibility. Weekly conferences and lectures required and students must present a case with topic discussion. Recommended for students with interests in neurosurgery, neurology, emergency medicine and trauma surgery.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
NSUR 8100 - NSUR Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Neurosurgery elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another statte, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered for 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
NSUR 8600 - Research in Neurosurgery (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. A written evaluation must be sent to Dr. Michael Handler and Lauren Buckles. Prereq: Departmental approval must be obtained and all arrangements made at least one month in advance.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
NSUR 8630 - NSUR Research Away (4-24 Credits)
This Neurosurgery research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Course offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 5000 - Introduction to OBGYN (1 Credit)
This course provides a preclinical introduction to the dynamic and multifaceted specialty of OB-GYN. Students will learn about comprehensive reproductive healthcare from a variety of clinician experts in both lecture and hands-on/simulation-based learning sessions (i.e. IUD insertion, pap smears, suture skills).
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
OBGY 8000 - General Obstetrics AI (8 Credits)
4 weeks. Max:1. This Sub-I course meets the UC SOM requirement for graduation. Offered at DHMC only. Includes experience in outpatient high risk obstetrics, inpatient antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and family planning. Student works under clinical supervision of residents and attending staff.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 8001 - General Gynecology AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This Sub-I course meets the UC SOM requirement for graduation. Offered at DHMC only. Includes experience in inpatient/outpatient gynecology, family planning, operative gynecology and postoperative care. Student works under supervision of residents and attending staff.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
OBGY 8004 - High Risk Maternal/Fet AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Intensive exposure to problems of high-risk obstetrics. Student will work under supervision of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Staff. Student will attend high-risk clinics, have primary responsibility for patient care in antepartum unit under supervision of chief resident.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 8005 - Gynecologic Oncology Acting Internship (8-12 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. Max:1. Student will attend GYN oncology clinics and scrub on all GYN oncology surgery, functioning as acting intern. All pathology will be reviewed with GYN oncologist. Literature review on selected subject required. Clinical research opportunities available.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 8009 - GYN Subspecialties (8-12 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. Max:1. Student attends outpatient gynecologic diagnostic clinics, colposcopy and laser surgery, urogynecology, urodynamics, hysteroscopy, and pelvic pain. Student works under supervision of Gyn staff. Directed study and clinical research. Attendance at colposcopy biopsy review conference, preoperative and Gyn teaching conferences required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
OBGY 8011 - Family Planning (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This elective is designed to make the student proficient in providing family planning services: contraception, options counseling and termination procedures. Substantial emphasis will also be placed on participation in ongoing research activities of the division. Prereq: Passing grade in third year Women and Newborns clerkship (IDPT 7030).
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
OBGY 8012 - UH Gynecology AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. This course is designed to allow students to become integrally involved with the general gynecology service. Student will partake in all clinical activities of the service, including operative procedures, management of inpatient gynecology conditions, and emergency room consultation. Prereq: Passing grade in third year Women and Newborns Rotation (IDPT 7030).
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 8015 - Group Prenatal Care: Pregnancy & Parenting Partners (4 Credits)
Students will follow a cohort of women through a group prenatal and postpartum care program. Students will work with Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) and group facilitators to provide prenatal exams and to facilitate educational sessions in an underserved population.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall.
OBGY 8016 - Doula Care and Racial Equity (8 Credits)
Students will learn about doula care and their critical role in improving outcomes for communities of color. Students will participate in doula training,
shadow doulas and physicians, participate in simulations, and have in-person lectures about racism in the birth space. This learning will be supported by
readings and resources.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
OBGY 8100 - OBGY Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Obstetrics/Gynecology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OBGY 8600 - Research in OBGYN (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Prereq: Departmental approval must be obtained and all arrangements must be made one semester in advance. The student must receive prior approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
OBGY 8630 - OBGY Research Away (8-16 Credits)
This Obstetrics/Gynecology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OPHT 5610 - Biology of the Eye (2 Credits)
This one credit course introduces students to contemporary topics in vision science and ophthalmology by integrating cutting-edge basic science with translational research and clinical advances. The overall objective is to familiarize students with the core concepts and challenges in clinical ophthalmology and vision research.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
OPHT 8000 - Advanced Ophthalmology (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This elective is designed for senior students seriously considering a career in Ophthalmology. Students rotate at each hospital with in-depth exposure to each subspecialty area. Students are expected to participate with in- and out-patient care, call activities, teaching rounds, and conferences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OPHT 8002 - Pediatric Ophthalmology (4-8 Credits)
This elective is designed for senior students seriously considering a career in Ophthalmology. Students rotate at Children's Hospital Colorado with in-depth exposure to the diagnosis and clinical/surgical management of pediatric eye disease. Students are expected to participate with in- and out-patient care, call activities, teaching rounds and conferences. Prerequisite: OPHT 8000
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OPHT 8003 - Neuro-ophthalmology (4-8 Credits)
This elective is designed both for students considering a career in ophthalmology, as well as for students interested in neurology. Students will participate in the care of adults and children with diverse neuro-ophthalmologic disease through outpatient clinics, consults, and surgery.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Spring.
OPHT 8004 - Ophthalmology - Glaucoma (4-8 Credits)
This elective is designed for students planning to pursue a career in ophthalmology. This elective is available only to students who have already completed a 4-week elective in OPHT 8000.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OPHT 8100 - OPHT Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Ophthalmology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or interntionally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Aedditionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2 or 4 weeks. Departmental approval required to register.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OPHT 8600 - Research Ophthalmology (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. A final written evaluation must be mailed to Course Director who will assign the final grade. Prereq: Arrangements must be made one month in advance. Departmental approval required to register.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
OPHT 8630 - OPHT Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Ophthalmology research elective will be held at a site in colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ORTH 5004 - Orthopedic Summer Externship (12 Credits)
The University of Colorado’s Department of Orthopedics offers a six-week summer externship program for medical students interested in orthopedics. The program provides structured research courses and research opportunities, as well as early exposure to clinical orthopedics for students between their first and second year of medical school. Prereq: Rising MS2.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
ORTH 5005 - Introduction to Orthopedics (1 Credit)
This course consists of 14 weekly one-hour classroom sessions including interactive lectures covering the orthopedic subspecialties, small group discussion and case presentations. An elective reading list is provided. There are also four one-half day shadowing opportunities in the operating room and clinics. Student evaluation is pass/fail by attendance.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
ORTH 8001 - Orthopaedic Primary Care (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:4. This course is designed as an elective in musculo-skeletal medicine in route to a career in primary care or other overlapping field. The focus is on outpatient musculoskeletal medicine. Restrictions: Offered spring semester.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Spring.
ORTH 8002 - Ortho Advanced Career Elective (8 Credits)
This advanced career elective is designed to offer extensive orthopedic medical knowledge and clinical experience to students who have completed ORTH 8000 and are seeking additional orthopedic training that would normally be obtained through elective away rotations. Must have completed ORTH 8000 AI.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.
ORTH 8005 - Sports Medicine (4-8 Credits)
Max:1. Course provides clinical experience in musculo-skeletal sports medicine. Students will primarily be based in the CU Sports Medicine Clinic. Opportunities include participation in the clinic, operating room and the training room.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
ORTH 8006 - Alpine Orthopedics (8 Credits)
Orthopedic elective (4 weeks) designed for students on the path to orthopedic surgery residency who are seeking education and experience in a small mountain community.The course will be be based out of Crested Butte, CO which has a high volume of sports injuries. Course will also offer exposure to rural orthopedics in Gunnison & Telluride. Prerequisite: Must have completed ORTH 8000 and be applying to orthopedic residency
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ORTH 8007 - Intro to Clinical Orth Surgery (4-8 Credits)
Introduction to Orthopedic Surgery is designed to prepare fourth year medical students for sub-internship rotations in Orthopedic Surgery. Course includes lectures in anatomy, common injuries, treatment plans, and surgical intervention for eight sub-specialties of Orthopedics including: Trauma, Spine, Hand, Pediatrics, Sports, Adult Recon. Requisite: Students who plan to complete a sub-internship in Orthopedics and who are planning to pursue an orthopedic residency.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Spring.
ORTH 8100 - ORTH Elective Away (8 Credits)
This Orthopedic elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Officer 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ORTH 8600 - Research in Orthopedics (4-8 Credits)
4-12 wks. Provides an opportunity to participate in research at the clinical or basic science level. The student should contact the Departmental Office 3-4 months in advance to arrange a meeting with a member of the Orthopaedics faculty to define a project. Prereq: Approval from Course Director and Associate Dean for Student Affairs required to register.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
ORTH 8630 - ORTH Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Orthopedic research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OTOL 6660 - Otolaryngology Career Elective (1 Credit)
The Career Elective in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery will provide diverse sub-specialty clinical and operative exposure with physician specialists who diagnose and treat disorders of the ears, nose, throat and related structures of the head and neck.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OTOL 8000 - Clinical Otolaryngology (8-16 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. Max:3. Recommended for students considering an ENT career. Offers in-depth clinical and operative exposure. Also useful for those seeking primary care to further hone head and neck exam skills and treatment of ENT pathology.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OTOL 8050 - Otolaryngology (ENT) (4 Credits)
Patient care in relation to head and neck - ear, nose and throat ailments. Students will experience both outpatient and inpatient interactions. Will see procedures in clinic as well as in the operating room and participate in rounds at the hospital.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OTOL 8100 - OTOL Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Otolaryngology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
OTOL 8600 - Research Otolaryngology (4-24 Credits)
4-12 wks. Objectives: 1) work in supervised environment to gain appreciation for research design, criticism and statistical analysis: 2) complete research project with potential to publish in peer-reviewed journal. Prereq: Prior approval from Associate Dean and course director required to register.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
OTOL 8630 - OTOL Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Otolaryngology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PATH 8000 - Pathology (4-8 Credits)
2-4 weeks. Max:2. The Department assigns hospital by interests of the student. Anatomic pathology includes autopsy, surgical pathology, hematopathology and cytology. Clinical pathology includes clinical chemistry, microbiology, coagulation/blood banking and molecular diagnosis. Intended for those interested in clinical medicine, especially a pathology career.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PATH 8100 - PATH Elective Away (8 Credits)
This Pathology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PATH 8600 - Research in Pathology (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Prereq: Department approval must be obtained and all arrangements made at least one month in advance. The student must also receive approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PATH 8630 - PATH Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Pathology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PATH 8990 - Doctoral (1-10 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Repeatable. Max Credits: 10.
PEDS 8000 - Pediatric AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:3. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Designed for those students who are interested in further training in pediatrics. Students will be integrated as a functional member of a pediatric ward team. Restrictions: A 2-month advance notice is required to drop this course.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8003 - Community Prenatal and Perinatal Care Elective (4 Credits)
This 2-week elective will include exposure to the outpatient prenatal and postnatal obstetrical care of a patient population struggling with the social
determinants of health. The student will gain a deeper understanding of the effects of the social determinants of health in the peri/postnatal setting and
will experience the resources that support prenatal and postnatal patients. They will experience full spectrum prenatal and postnatal care from the OB
intake assessment (including behavioral health assessment) to the post-partum visits and initial well childcare.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
PEDS 8004 - Pediatric Cardiology (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Evaluation of children with heart disease by history, physical examination, electrocardiography, roentgenography, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization will be stressed. The student will make rounds with the cardiology team, see consults, attend outpatient clinics, and participate in cardiac catheterizations and conferences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8005 - Allergy and Immunology CHCO (4-8 Credits)
The student will work alongside allergy and immunology providers and share in the care of patients from clinic, as well as inpatient consults. Opportunities will be provided to observe skin testing, food/drug challenges, immuno-therapy, and pulmonary function testing. Offer 2, 4 wk
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8007 - Child Abuse and Neglect (4-8 Credits)
2 wks. Max:1. Held at TCH and Kempe Center. Basic principles of Child Abuse and Neglect; participate in team evaluation of outpatient and inpatient child abuse cases, and attend court with team members. Primarily observational and includes independent study. One case write-up required. Restrictions: Not available sections 21-24.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8008 - Birth Defects/ Genetics (4-8 Credits)
4,6,8,or 12 wks. Max:1. Rotation includes experience in the General Genetics, Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Muscle, Neurocutaneous and outreach clinics. Students will participate in diagnosis, pedigree assessment and management. Students will participate in consultations with faculty, attend conferences, visit laboratories; an oral presentation is required.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
PEDS 8009 - Peds Infectious Disease (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This course provides experience in the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of childhood infections. Students evaluate in-patients and present cases at daily teaching rounds. Experience in the diagnostic Microbiology laboratory is provided. There is a weekly HIV/infectious disease clinic.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8011 - Pediatric Pulmonary (8 Credits)
Max:1. Basic background knowledge in pediatric pulmonary physiology and disease will be provided. The student will attend rounds, clinics and weekly conferences and participate in hospital consultations. Students will be expected to present a seminar/case discussion on a pediatric pulmonary topic. Weeks offered 4
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
PEDS 8012 - Pediatric Neurology (4-8 Credits)
4,6, or 12 wks. Max:1. Child Neurology provides students with the opportunity to gain experience evaluating children with a wide variety of neurological problems. Students will round on hospital and clinic patients, complete assigned readings and attend Neurology grand rounds.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8013 - Pediatric Endocrinology (4-8 Credits)
Max:1. A large variety of patients with abnormalities of growth and pubertal development, thyroid disorders, and diabetes mellitus are reviewed and treated each week. Seminars on selected topics are scheduled three times per week. Weeks offered 4.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8014 - Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Elective (4-8 Credits)
Course description to be added later in OAsis
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8015 - Pediatric Neonatology AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:3. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Student assigned to UCH, DHMC, or TCH and will participate actively in the care of critically-ill infants including work rounds, attending rounds, conferences and night call. Experience will be gained in procedures and ventilator management.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8018 - General Academic Peds (4-8 Credits)
Max:1. This course offers exciting experience in ambulatorypediatrics at The Children's Hospital. There are 9 educational conferences per week. No night call. offer 2 wks
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8020 - Adolescent Medicine (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Provides basic knowledge and clinical skills in diagnosis and management of medical problems during adolescence. Including development of skills in interviewing and counseling adolescents in various health care settings. Students will prepare and present a seminar/case discussion on this topic.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8021 - Pediatric Disability Medicine (8 Credits)
Pediatric Disability Medicine is a four-week course designed to give students exposure to important concepts of disability, issues affecting children with disabilities and their families, multidisciplinary clinical care of this population and an introduction to transition to adulthood.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8022 - Peds Gastroenterology (8 Credits)
Max:1. Clinical rotation on pediatric gastroenterology inpatient and outpatient services and procedure unit and scheduled conferences. This rotation is designed for students with a specific interest in pediatrics and/or gastroenterology.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8024 - Child Development/Behavior (4-8 Credits)
2 or 4 wks. Max:1. Medical students will participate in the medical assessment and treatment of children with developmental and behavioral problems. They will attend lectures, participate in the seminars, and observe multidisciplinary assessments of children with developmental disorders.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
PEDS 8025 - Peds Emergency Medicine (4-8 Credits)
Max:1. Students gain experience in assessment/management of common conditions in a pediatric emergency department including minor emergencies, acutely ill children, and traumatic diagnoses. Procedural experience at student's level, and at attending's discretion, will also be gained.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8026 - Pediatric Nephrology (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. Students will actively participate in the care and evaluation of patients under the direction of the attending and participating resident. Common problems such as hematuria, proteinuna, electrolyte disturbances, chronic renal insufficiency, hypertension, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and renal transplantation are addressed.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8027 - Pediatric ICU AI (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:1. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. The sub-intern is responsible for evaluation and continuing care of patients under the supervision of a Fellow and Attending. The student will learn basic pathophysiology of critical illness and enhance skills in reporting and interpreting clinical data, and patient management. Prereq: IDPT 7020 Infant/Adolescent Care.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8029 - Breastfeeding Management (4 Credits)
2 wks. Max:2. An introduction to breastfeeding as a medical topic, with precepting by lactation specialists at clinical sites and self-directed learning through complementary activities. Assessment and management of mother/infant breastfeeding dyad is emphasized. Contact Dr. Bunik two weeks before start or Laura.Primak@uchsc.edu.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8030 - Vaccination in Pediatrics (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:2. Students develop extensive knowledge in ambulatory general pediatrics with an emphasis on vaccine preventable diseases. Experiences include didactics on vaccination, vaccine screening, advocacy, and report writing. Exposure to laboratory vaccine research supported but requires availability. Prereq: MS III Pediatric Rotation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
PEDS 8031 - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (8 Credits)
Students will participate in the clinical activities of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Service, both inpatient and outpatient. They will be involved in patient care, perform procedures including lumbar punctures and bone marrow aspirated/biopsies, and attend relevant conferences. Prereq: Successful completion of all third year clerkships. No restrictions at this time. Course will also be offered to externs.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8100 - PEDS Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Pediatric elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2 or 4 weeks
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PEDS 8600 - Research in Pediatrics (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Prereq: Student must receive departmental approval one semester in advance of rotation. Approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs required. Restrictions: Sections 49-50 not available.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 32.
PEDS 8630 - PEDS Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Pediatric research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHMD 8000 - Physical Med & Rehab (4-8 Credits)
Max:4. This elective provides experience in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pathology of the neurologic and musculoskeletal systems. 4 different locations (VA, Denver Health, University Hospital, The Children's Hospital) allow treatment of a variety of conditions related to rehabilitation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHMD 8100 - PHMD Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2or 4 weeks. Prereq: 800
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHMD 8600 - Research Physical Med (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Written evaluation must be sent by individual instructor, with course director responsible for final grade. Prereq: PHMD 8000. Obtain departmental approval and all arrangements made at least one month in advance and prior approval from Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
PRMD 6642 - Legslatve Rle Health Care Plcy (2 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
PRMD 8003 - Specialty Preventive Med (4-8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:4. Designed for students interested in exploring the field of preventive medicine. Tailored educational experiences in the Denver area in a variety of settings. Speak with course director to design this elective. Prereq: Course director approval required to add course.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
PRMD 8100 - PRMD Elective Away (8 Credits)
This Preventive Medicine elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PRMD 8600 - Research Preventive Med (4-24 Credits)
2, 4, 8 or 12 wks. Designed for students interested in preventive medicine research. Tailored research experiences in the Denver area can be established in a variety of settings. Speak with the course director to design this elective. Prereq: Course Director and Associate Dean for Student Affairs approval required to add course.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
PRMD 8630 - PRMD Research Away (4-16 Credits)
This Preventive Medicine elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PRMD 9000 - Intercampus Spec Topics (1-10 Credits)
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Repeatable. Max Credits: 10.
PSYM 8000 - Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry (8-12 Credits)
Students take responsibility as primary provider for seriously ill patients, work closely with treatment team directed by an attending psychiatrist. Students assume responsibilities for care of patients that interns typically assume: performing H&Ps, writing orders, giving “bad news” when appropriate.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8003 - Elective in Psychiatry (4-8 Credits)
Students in conjunction with the office of psychiatry medical student education, choose to work with patients on an inpatient psychiatry ward, outpatient clinic or other psychiatric units as a member of a treatment team.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8004 - Advanced Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry (8-12 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. This Sub-I course DOES NOT meet the UC SOM requirement for graduation. Evaluate and manage adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Students will be members of multidisciplinary team learning about psychopathology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, family therapy and other treatment modalities. Students will learn about systems of care. Restrictions: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8006 - Clinical PSYM Consultation/Liaison (8-12 Credits)
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry a unique discipline within the field of psychiatry which combines knowledge of medical illnesses, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology with an ability to forge liaisons within the medical community. Evaluate and help manage patients with psychiatric disorders within medical settings. Prerequisites: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8007 - Clinical PSYM Emergency Services (8-12 Credits)
Learn elements of crisis intervention, and to make psychiatric diagnoses and evaluate lethality. Students will evaluate and help treat a broad range of psychiatric difficulties, and encounter the psychiatric and psychosocial problems they will see in their practices. Prerequisites: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8008 - Forensic and Correctional Psych (4-8 Credits)
Introduction to the interface of criminal law and psychiatry. Students will be involved in the evaluation of people entering pleas of incompetency to stand trial and not guilty by reason of insanity as well as the treatment and restoration process. Prerequisites: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8009 - Clinical PSYM Addiction (8-12 Credits)
Learn the essentials of identification, assessment, and treatment of patients with substance use disorders. Emphasis on screening and brief intervention techniques. Learn principles of detoxification for alcohol, opioids, and cocaine; interpretation of drug testing results; proper prescribing practices. Prerequisites: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8010 - Clinical PSYM Eating Disorders (8-12 Credits)
Evaluate and manage patients with eating disorders under the direction of fellows and attendings. Student will gain specific knowledge of classification, epidemiology, etiology, psysiology, and treatment of eating disorders. Prerequisites: Contact coordinator to confirm availability.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8015 - Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (8 Credits)
Students will learn about maternal mental health during pregnancy and the first year postpartum, and gain understanding of infant mental health and the mother-baby relationship. Students will work in the following settings: outpatient mom-baby group therapy, psychiatric outpatient clinic, NICU, integrated mental health in OB/GYN and Young Mother's Clinic (pediatric primary care).
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8100 - PSYM Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Psychiatry elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYM 8600 - Research in Psychiatry (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Research electives in various areas of Psychiatry. Contact Randy Ross, MD or Sharon Hunter, PhD for menu of research options. Prereq: The student must receive prior approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the course director to add course.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
RADI 5005 - Clinical Ultrasound (1 Credit)
Ultrasound is being used by clinicians in many different settings for many different applications. This elective will introduce students to many of the primary applications for clinician-performed ultrasound. All of the meetings times will be devoted to hands-on ultrasound scanning. The scanning sessions will be in a small group setting with no more than six students per ultrasound machine. Students will be provided with pre-scanning session didactic materials to review.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
RADI 8000 - Diagnostic Radiology (4-8 Credits)
An introduction to the interpretation of images and the role of diagnostic imaging in patient care. Clinical observation, lectures, and independent study at UH/AOP. Only 2 days of absence permitted for any reason. Restrictions: Course not available sections 29 & 33. 4 wks. Max:4.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RADI 8001 - Radiology for Non-Radiologists (2 Credits)
Two-week course providing specialty focused radiology education, designed to help students be prepared for both internship year and their future career. Students will spend time with specific sub-specialty trained radiologists, based on interest, while reviewing foundational radiology course work.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
RADI 8002 - Nuclear Medicine (4-8 Credits)
Max:2. Nuclear Medicine encompasses the various uses of radioactive compounds in medical diagnosis and therapy. Students participate in the supervision and interpretation of nuclear medicine procedures under the guidance of the staff/residents at the AOP. Students will attend daily conferences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RADI 8003 - Pediatric Radiology (4-8 Credits)
Students will gain an understanding of the basics of pediatric imaging and correlation with anatomy and pathology. Students will learn basic approach to performance and interpretation of all imaging modalities including: x-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RADI 8005 - Imaging Elective Fort Collins Branch (8 Credits)
This course is designed to build on your previously acquired basic Radiology knowledge and begin to explore more advanced Radiology topics as it is related to the field of Radiology as well as other specialties. Students will gain experience through a combination of on-site observation, self-directed independent learning, interactive ultrasound, and attendance of multi-disciplinary conferences and lectures. At the end of the rotation, you will have the opportunity to present an interesting case or imaging topic of your choosing to members of the education team and your peers.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Spring.
RADI 8007 - Interventional Radiology (4-8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max: 3. Interventional Radiology is the treatment of disease conditions using minimally invasive means. These procedures are performed with X-rays, US, and CT guidance. The student will round with the team, participate in procedures, and attend daily conferences. Standard student evaluation used.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RADI 8100 - RADI Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Radiology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. For rotation approval, students must first provide name, address, and phone number of preceptor to the course director. Students maintain sole responsibility for obtaining written evaluation. Offered 2 or 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RADI 8600 - Research in Radiology (4-24 Credits)
Student must submit a research project description and the name of their preceptor to the course director prior to the start of the elective. Student is responsible for obtaining written evaluation 2 week rotation not Honors eligible.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
RADI 8630 - RADI Research Away (4-24 Credits)
This Radiology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 8 or 12 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RAON 8005 - Radiation Oncology (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max: 2. The student will learn the basic tools and techniques of radiation oncology, evaluate patients before and after treatment, learn specialized exam techniques, participate in consultations and multi-modality cancer treatment planning. Students will attend and participate in multidisciplinary tumor conferences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RAON 8100 - RAON Elective Away (8 Credits)
This Radiation Oncology elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 weeks. Prereq: RAON 8005. Departmental approval must be obtained one month in advance.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
RAON 8600 - Research RAD Oncology (8 Credits)
4 wks. This elective is designed to acquaint the student with current research developments, knowledge and techniques in radiation oncology. Prereq: RAON 8005. Departmental and Associate Dean of Student Affairs approval must be obtained and all arrangements made one semester in advance.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
RAON 8630 - RAON Research Away (8-12 Credits)
This Radiation Oncology research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 or 6 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 5005 - Introduction to Surgery (1 Credit)
Intro to general surgery & a variety of surgical specialties with an emphasis on foundational skills & knowledge development.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
SURG 5094 - Department of Surgery Summer Research Program (12 Credits)
Department of Surgery Mentored Summer Research Program. You will be paired with a faculty mentor for a specific scholarly research project, guided through the completion of the project, and culminate in a research symposium.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 5660 - Career Elective In UROL (1 Credit)
Students will be exposed to the diverse spectrum of urologic practice through shadowing residents and attending’s in clinic and observation in the OR. Students will spent 12.5 hours of observation in Urology with a faculty member split between the clinic and operating room. Students may be assigned to faculty at the University of Colorado Hospital or Denver Health. Students will be responsible for scheduling their observations times with the attending physician. Requirement: Must contact Course Director or Coordinator within the first two weeks of the course to arrange schedule after adding this elective.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Summer.
SURG 8000 - Gen Surg Univ AI (8-24 Credits)
4-12 wks. Max:4. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Students perform intern responsibilities on General Surgical Service at University of Colorado Hospital. Students alternate night call, write orders on assigned patients and participate in preoperative, operative and postoperative care of inpatients.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
SURG 8001 - Gen Surg DHMC AI (8-12 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. Max:3. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Join an Acute Care Surgery Team at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Course emphasizes pre-operative evaluation, operating room decisions and postoperative care outside the ICU. Student will attend clinics, rounds, conferences and surgical procedures.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8002 - Gen Surg St Joseph's AI (8 Credits)
Held at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital with emergency & elective surgery. Emphasize pre- and postoperative care. Graduated operating room experience and exposure to skills lab. Active participation in surgery clinic. Housestaff team assignments with assigned faculty mentors. Active daily conferences, including Grand Rounds and M&M.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8004 - Multidisciplinary Breast Care (4-8 Credits)
Participating students will rotate with specialists in breast imaging, breast surgery, medical and radiation oncology, plastic surgery, and pathology to gain a 360-degree perspective on the evaluation and management of breast cancer. Students will attend the multidisciplinary breast cancer conferences to develop an understanding of how specialists work as a team to develop the optimal treatment plan.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8008 - Advanced Cardiothoracic Surg (8 Credits)
4 wks. Max:2. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Adult cardiac and general thoracic surgery and critical care monitoring on the Cardiothoracic Service at UH and Denver VAMC. Students will participate in preoperative, operative and postoperative care.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8010 - Burn Critical Care/Surg (4-8 Credits)
4 or 6 wks. Max:1. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. Acting sun-intern on Burn Service, working with Burn and related Surgical Critical Care cases. A high level of patient care responsibility, including bedside procedures, burn care and line charges. Work with attending faculty, and gain a multidisciplinary approach to burns.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
SURG 8011 - Hand Surgery (8 Credits)
Max:1. The students will participate in all aspects of the hand service including the emergency room, outpatient clinics, inpatient/outpatient operative and non-operative treatment. Emphasis is on acute hand and upper extremity diseases, trauma, their treatment and rehabilitation.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
SURG 8012 - Urology Acting Internship (8-16 Credits)
4 wks. Max:4. This course can meet Sub-I qualifications. All students are required to rotate at hospitals, participate and perform physical exams, follow-up,clinic and surgeries. All Urology Conferences aremandatory. The Chief Resident, under supervisionof the Attending, guides educational experiences.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8015 - Pediatric Surgery (4-12 Credits)
2,4, or 6 wks. Max:1. Student will assume major clinical responsibility for pediatric surgical patients, will work with housestaff, share patient care and work-ups, act as liaison to families, attend operations and teaching conferences, and actively participate in the surgical management of infants and children.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
SURG 8019 - Plastic Surgery (8 Credits)
Max:1. Students learn basic principles of wound healing, care, and management; management and reconstruction of maxillofacial trauma; head and neck cancer; congenital anomalies; tissue transplantation; cosmetic surgery; and plastic/reconstructive management of post-burn and post-surgical patients. Prereq: IDPT 7050.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8021 - Surgical Critical Care AI (8-12 Credits)
4 wks. Max:2. Assigned to surgical ICU, work with critical care residents, fellow and staff. Students gain experience in resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, nutritional support, bedside ultrasound and all aspects in care of critically ill surgical patients.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.
SURG 8030 - Transplant Surgery (8 Credits)
2-4 wks. Max:3. Medical student will round with transplant team, which includes: Surgeons, Nephrologists, and Hepatologists. They will be exposed to all aspects of transplant care including preoperative work up, donor surgery, transplant surgery, post-operative care.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 8.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8032 - Vascular Surgery AI (8 Credits)
Students perform intern level responsibilities on the Vascular Surgery Service at UCH and Outpatient Based Lab. Students participate in pre, operative, and post-operative care for patients by scrubbing in on aortic reconstructions, carotid endarterectomies, lower extremity bypass, amputations, dialysis access, and peripheral endovascular cases.
Grading Basis: Medical School HP
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8100 - Surg Elective Away (4-8 Credits)
This Surgery elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 4 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 16.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SURG 8600 - Research in Surgery (4-24 Credits)
2-12 wks. Contact department for further course information. Prereq: The student must receive prior approval from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and course director to add course.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
SURG 8630 - SURG Research Away (4-24 Credits)
This Surgery research elective will be held at a site in Colorado, another state, or internationally. Students must obtain departmental approval one month prior to the start. Additionally, international sites must be preapproved by Student Affairs. Offered 2, 4, 8 or 12 weeks.
Grading Basis: Pass Fail with IP
Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.