Creighton University School of Medicine
Medical Education Program
The Creighton University School of Medicine medical educational program is made up of four components. Each component corresponds to the year that the student is matriculated.
Program Objectives
The faculty of the Creighton University School of Medicine prepare students to possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors appropriate and necessary to be successful and empathic physicians. The faculty members have characterized the core competencies of the graduates in domains corresponding to competency domains described by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and identified other objectives particularly relevant for Creighton University School of Medicine graduates. To attain the Doctor of Medicine degree, the Creighton student must achieve the following competencies and program objectives of the medical education curriculum:
Patient Care
- PC1: Obtain, record, and present pertinent data from a medical history and physical examination.
- PC2: Demonstrate effective clinical reasoning and judgment to determine an appropriate differential diagnosis and treatment plan.
Medical Knowledge
- MK1: Recognize normal variations in structure and function of the human body at the whole body, organ, cellular, and molecular levels.
- MK2: Assess the pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, risk factors, and diagnostic tests of common illnesses.
- MK3: Describe and apply the current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in solving problems of health and disease.
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- PBL1: Demonstrate the ability to critically assess the medical literature and the research methods used in clinical studies to determine whether information should influence diagnosis and treatment.
- PBL2: Demonstrate the ability to improve skills based on feedback, self-reflection, and life-long learning.
Interpersonal and Communications Skills
- ICS1: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team in a concise and collaborative manner.
Professionalism
- PROF1: Demonstrate an ethical and compassionate approach to all professional activities including in interactions with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.
- PROF2: Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on healthcare teams that include health professionals from other disciplines in providing coordinated services to patients.
System-Based Knowledge
- SBK1: Describe concepts and tools to enhance patient safety and improve patient care.
- SBK2: Demonstrate awareness of the influence of national, regional, and organizational health policy and finance on the practice of healthcare among individuals, within healthcare institutions, within communities, and for public health.
- SBK3: Apply an understanding of diverse patient populations and the medical consequences of common societal problems to healthcare prevention and treatment plans.
Personal & Professional Identity Development
- PPID1: Develop a habit of cognitive and affective reflection that enhances one’s self-awareness, resiliency, and wellness, as well as one’s understanding of the profession of medicine and the societal context of medical practice.
- PPID2: Identify strategies to serve and care for others as a whole person, particularly those most in need, through the practice of medicine.
Component I - First Year
Component I: New ERA Curriculum
Component I includes eight (8) required Clinically Integrated Blocks (CIB) in addition to interprofessional education activities and selectives. The year begins with a five-week Foundational Science Block that focuses on both social and basic sciences followed by seven sequential blocks generally organized by organ system. The New ERA Curriculum is vertically (organ system) and horizontally (disciplines) integrated.
Horizontal Integrated Disciplines (HID)
The Horizontal Integrated Disciplines (HID) extend across the curriculum. HID learning objectives are integrated into the Clinically Integrated Blocks. Students do not receive credit for the Horizontal Integrated Disciplines, however, student performance in each discipline will be tracked and reported to students at the end of each semester to allow identification of areas of weakness and guide further study. Horizontal disciplines require a minimum performance component internal to the school of medicine. Horizontal discipline performance will not be reported to the Registrar.
Interprofessional Education (IPE)
IPE is integrated into the medical school curriculum. Students are required to complete an online course, IPE 500 Introduction to Collaborative Care, on interprofessional education and three interprofessional education activities. Additional opportunities to interact and learn with other health professionals are interspersed throughout the Medical Education Program.
Component I Required Blocks (Courses)
Each Clinically Integrated Block will be topic-centered with vertical integration across all disciplines, inclusive of medical science, personal and professional development, and clinical skills training.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Courses | ||
CIB 103 | Foundational Science | 5 |
CIB 105 | Immunology and Hematology | 4 |
CIB 107 | Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems | 7 |
CIB 109 | Neuroscience | 7 |
CIB 113 | Cardiovascular System | 5 |
CIB 115 | Respiratory System | 4 |
CIB 117 | HEENT | 2 |
CIB 119 | Infectious Disease | 3 |
Total Credits | 37 |
GOLD SELECTIVES
GOLD Selectives are available to Component I and II students in four categories: (1) Student Interest Selectives (SIS) in the Humanities and Special Topics, (2) Guided Research Selectives (GRS), (3) Career Exploration Selectives (CES), and (4) Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS). Each GOLD Selective ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 credit hour. Preclerkship students are required to complete 1.5 credit hours of GOLD Selectives before advancement to Component III. Students must complete one SIS selective. Students receive information on the availability of Selectives offered in each semester of the pre-clerkship years during Orientation.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Student Interest Selectives (SIS) | ||
Omaha | ||
SIS 502 | A History of Disability and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 503 | Creative Writing Workshop for Future Physicians | 1 |
SIS 504A | Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals I | 0.5 |
SIS 504B | Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals II | 0.5 |
SIS 506 | Childbirth and Social Justice | 0.5 |
SIS 507 | Physician’s Vocation Program, Year 1: Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality in Medicine | 1 |
SIS 509 | The Art of the Examination: How Observation Leads to Empathy in Healthcare | 0.5 |
SIS 510 | Talking with Kids: Play, Empathy, and Communication with Children | 0.5 |
SIS 511 | Communication Around Women's Health and Bodies | 0.5 |
SIS 512 | Mindfulness and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 513 | Gender/Sex, Communication, and Culture | 0.5 |
SIS 514 | Exploring Resistance to Vaccination | 0.5 |
SIS 515 | Developing a Professional Identity-Clinical Care and Accompaniment | 0.5 |
SIS 516 | The Medicalization of Deviance | 0.5 |
SIS 517 | Lessons from People Who Died | 0.5 |
SIS 518 | Problematic Progress in Parasitology | 0.5 |
SIS 519 | Restorative Recreation | 0.5 |
SIS 524 | Religion and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 555 | Theatrical Storytelling: Empathy, Treatment, Humanity (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 558 | Brain Death: What's the Latest? | 0.5 |
SIS 559 | Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Public Health | 0.5 |
SIS 561 | Making Mistakes in Medical Practice | 0.5 |
SIS 564 | Birth of the Clinic (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 565 | Compassion Science (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 566 | Eldercare, Brain Injury, and the End of Life (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 567 | Procreation and the Beginning of Life (OMA) | 0.5 |
Phoenix | ||
SIS 526 | Photography and Medicine (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 527 | Nature and Art Exposure (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 528 | 3D Art and Empathy (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 529 | Rasaboxes and Emotion (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 530 | Drumming and Health (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 531 | Design Thinking for Complex Problems (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 532 | Communicating in Spanish (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 533 | Medicine and Marketplace (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 534 | Healing Traditions (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 535 | Camus' Plague (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 536 | Religion and Bioethics (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 537 | Art and Examination (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 538 | Practice of Creative Attention (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 539 | History of Disease (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 540 | Remember Thou Art Mortal (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 541 | Middle-Eastern Culture (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 542 | Power of Art (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 543 | Design, Ideas, and Prototypes (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 544 | Empathy and Humility (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 545 | Uncertain Futures (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 546 | Music and Grieving (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 547 | Learning to Walk Anew (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 548 | When Cadavers Danced (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 549 | Truth, Trust, and Conspiracy Theories (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 550 | Death Set to Music (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 551 | Art, Place, and Community (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 552 | Opera and Disease (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 553 | Art for Equity in Medicine (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 557 | Reviled Bodies | 0.5 |
SIS 560 | Hiking and Academic/Clinical Wellbeing | 0.5 |
Guided Research Selectives (GRS) | ||
Omaha & Phoenix | ||
GRS 591 | Guided Research Selective I | 0.5 |
Career Exploration Selectives (CES) | ||
Omaha & Phoenix | ||
CES 571 | Career Exploration Selective I | 0.5 |
Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS) | ||
Omaha & Phoenix | ||
MOS 581 | Mission Outreach Selective I | 0.5 |
MOS 583 | Mini Medical School M1 Selective | 0.5 |
Electives
IDC 183 Healer’s Art (0.5 credit hour)
The Healer’s Art course is a medical school elective designed by Rachel Remen, M.D. The course’s innovative educational strategy is based on a discovery model. The Healer’s Art course addresses one of the hidden crises in medicine: the growing loss of meaning and commitment experienced by physicians nationwide under the stress of today’s healthcare system. The course consists of five two-and-a-half-hour evening sessions which occur typically five weeks in a row, each divided into large- and small-group experiences.
FAP 480 M1-COPC Public Health Summer Endowed Research Assistantship
This eight-week summer assistantship exposes students to the COPC process and improves their knowledge about health disparity issues. After the selection process, students will be asked to either identify a research question they have developed which fits the COPC model and seeks to research a health disparity issue in an underserved population or choose from a list of ongoing faculty COPC research projects. Students then will submit the research proposal in conjunction with the grant faculty to the IRB for their approval. As part of the assistantship, students will participate in an orientation program in May at the end of their M1 year which will introduce them to the COPC research model and provide an overview of the faculty’s expectations for this project. Once the research question is selected and approved by the IRB, students will begin to enroll subjects into the research program. It is the expectation of this project that students will continue to work on the research question and enrolling available subjects on a longitudinal basis past the 8-week assistantship. It is also expected students will culminate their research activity by taking FAP481 in the M4 year in order to finish analyzing and writing their manuscripts.
Component II - Second Year
Component II includes seven required Clinically Integrated Blocks (CIB) and a period of preparation of the USMLE Step 1. The M2 year begins with the Renal System followed by six additional system blocks. The last block is followed by a dedicated period of preparation for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Exam® (USMLE®), which includes a Guided Step 1 Review, time for self-directed study, and taking the USMLE® Step 1 exam. The year ends with a combination of orientation and clinical skills training in preparation for the M3 clinical rotations.
Horizontally Integrated Disciplines (HID)
The learning objectives of the Horizontal Integrated Disciplines, such as anatomy, physiology, or pathology, are integrated into the Clinically Integrated Blocks across the curriculum. Horizontal Integrated Disciplines do not appear on a student’s transcript; however, a student’s performance in each discipline is reported to the student at the end of each semester to identify areas of weakness and guide further study. Horizontal disciplines require a minimum performance level; failure to meet this level triggers a remediation plan.
Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Entering M2 students should have completed IPE 500. During the M2 year, students continue to participate in interprofessional education activities to fulfill the IPE passport requirement. Additional opportunities to interact and learn with other health professionals are interspersed throughout the Medical Education Program.
Component II includes active and experiential learning opportunities and small group case-based and team-based learning sessions. The Clinical Skills Training Curriculum continues from Component I with Ambulatory Clinic Experience, Early Hospital Experience, Interviewing, Clinical Skills Simulation and Interprofessional Education activities.
Component II Required Blocks (Courses)
Each Clinically Integrated Block will be topic-centered with vertical integration across all disciplines, inclusive of medical science, personal and professional development, and clinical skills training.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Required courses: | ||
CIB 202 | Gastrointestinal System | 5 |
CIB 204 | Renal-Urinary System | 4 |
CIB 206 | Endocrine System | 3 |
CIB 208 | Reproductive System | 4 |
CIB 210 | Life Cycle | 3 |
CIB 212 | Multisystem Disease/Clinical Decision Making | 5 |
CIB 214 | Step 1 Guided Review and Study | 8 |
CIB 218 | Brain and Behavior | 3 |
Total Credits | 35 |
GOLD Selectives
GOLD Selectives are available to Component I and II students in four categories: (1) Student Interest Selectives (SIS) in the Humanities and Special Topics, (2) Guided Research Selectives (GRS), (3) Career Exploration Selectives (CES), and (4) Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS). Each GOLD Selective ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 credit hour. Preclerkship students a required to complete 1.5 credit hours of GOLD Selectives before advancement to Component III. Students must complete one SIS selective. Students receive information on the availability of Selectives offered in each semester of the pre-clerkship years during Orientation.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Student Interest Selectives (SIS) | ||
Omaha | ||
SIS 502 | A History of Disability and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 503 | Creative Writing Workshop for Future Physicians | 1 |
SIS 504A | Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals I | 0.5 |
SIS 504B | Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals II | 0.5 |
SIS 506 | Childbirth and Social Justice | 0.5 |
SIS 509 | The Art of the Examination: How Observation Leads to Empathy in Healthcare | 0.5 |
SIS 510 | Talking with Kids: Play, Empathy, and Communication with Children | 0.5 |
SIS 511 | Communication Around Women's Health and Bodies | 0.5 |
SIS 512 | Mindfulness and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 513 | Gender/Sex, Communication, and Culture | 0.5 |
SIS 514 | Exploring Resistance to Vaccination | 0.5 |
SIS 515 | Developing a Professional Identity-Clinical Care and Accompaniment | 0.5 |
SIS 516 | The Medicalization of Deviance | 0.5 |
SIS 517 | Lessons from People Who Died | 0.5 |
SIS 518 | Problematic Progress in Parasitology | 0.5 |
SIS 519 | Restorative Recreation | 0.5 |
SIS 520 | Physician's Vocation Program: Theological Issues in Medicine | 1 |
SIS 521 | Physician's Vocation Program: The Problem of Suffering | 0.5 |
SIS 524 | Religion and Medicine | 0.5 |
SIS 555 | Theatrical Storytelling: Empathy, Treatment, Humanity (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 558 | Brain Death: What's the Latest? | 0.5 |
SIS 559 | Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Public Health | 0.5 |
SIS 561 | Making Mistakes in Medical Practice | 0.5 |
SIS 564 | Birth of the Clinic (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 565 | Compassion Science (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 566 | Eldercare, Brain Injury, and the End of Life (OMA) | 0.5 |
SIS 567 | Procreation and the Beginning of Life (OMA) | 0.5 |
Phoenix | ||
SIS 526 | Photography and Medicine (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 527 | Nature and Art Exposure (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 528 | 3D Art and Empathy (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 529 | Rasaboxes and Emotion (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 530 | Drumming and Health (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 531 | Design Thinking for Complex Problems (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 532 | Communicating in Spanish (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 533 | Medicine and Marketplace (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 534 | Healing Traditions (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 535 | Camus' Plague (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 536 | Religion and Bioethics (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 537 | Art and Examination (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 538 | Practice of Creative Attention (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 539 | History of Disease (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 540 | Remember Thou Art Mortal (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 541 | Middle-Eastern Culture (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 542 | Power of Art (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 543 | Design, Ideas, and Prototypes (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 544 | Empathy and Humility (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 545 | Uncertain Futures (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 546 | Music and Grieving (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 547 | Learning to Walk Anew (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 548 | When Cadavers Danced (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 549 | Truth, Trust, and Conspiracy Theories (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 550 | Death Set to Music (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 551 | Art, Place, and Community (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 552 | Opera and Disease (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 553 | Art for Equity in Medicine (PHX) | 0.5 |
SIS 557 | Reviled Bodies | 0.5 |
SIS 560 | Hiking and Academic/Clinical Wellbeing | 0.5 |
Guided Research Selectives (GRS) | ||
Omaha & Phoenix | ||
GRS 592 | Guided Research Selective II | 0.5 |
Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS) | ||
Omaha & Phoenix | ||
MOS 582 | Mission Outreach Selective II | 0.5 |
MOS 584 | Mini Medical School M2 Selective | 0.5 |
Component III - Third Year
Component III is organized into 8 clerkships and 2 electives. Additionally, it includes the longitudinal course M3 Gold Track and a two-week IDC 370 Step 2 Guided Review course. The first clerkship rotation begins early in May, and the last clerkship rotation ends in April. The academic year ends with the completion of IDC 370 Step 2 Guided Review.
Component III students are required to complete all clerkship rotations at Creighton University School of Medicine – affiliated hospitals and clinics.
The third year includes 52 credits hours:
- The core clinical clerkships (44 credit hours)
- Electives (4 credit hours)
- M3 Gold Track (2 credit hours)
- IDC 370 Step 2 Guided Review (2 credit hours)
Students are scheduled into seven groups that rotate through the clerkships.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Required Clerkship Rotations | ||
EME 301 | Emergency Medicine Clerkship | 2 |
FAP 301 | Family Medicine Clerkship | 4-8 |
MED 301 | Internal Medicine Clerkship | 4,8 |
NEU 301 | Neurology Clerkship | 4 |
OBG 301 | Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship (PHX) | 6 |
PDT 301 | Pediatrics Clerkship (PHX) | 3,6 |
PBS 301 | Psychiatry Clerkship (PHX) | 3-6 |
SUR 301 | Surgery Clerkship (PHX) | 6 |
Total Credits | 32-46 |
Elective Courses
Students in the third year must take two, two-credit-hour electives.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
M3 Electives | ||
Omaha | ||
ANE 333 | Anesthesiology | 2 |
DER 333 | Dermatology | 2 |
MED 333 | Outpatient Internal Medicine | 2 |
PDT 335 | Pediatric Opthamology | 2 |
PMR 333 | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 2 |
PTG 333 | Pathology M3 Elective (OMA) | 2 |
RAD 333 | Diagnostic Radiology | 2 |
RON 333 | Radiation Oncology M3 Elective | 2 |
RON 335 | Radiation Oncology M3 Elective | 2 |
SUR 333 | Ophthalmology M3 Elective (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 335 | Orthopedic Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 337 | Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 339 | Vascular Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 341 | Colorectal Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 343 | Urology (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 345 | Breast Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 347 | Pediatric ENT Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 349 | NE Spine Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 351 | Head and Neck Surgery (OMA) | 2 |
SUR 353 | Pediatric Surgery | 2 |
SUR 355 | Neurological Surgery | 2 |
Phoenix | ||
ANE 334 | Anesthesiology | 2 |
ANE 335 | Anesthesiology | 2 |
DER 334 | Dermatology | 2 |
EME 335 | Emergency Medicine M3 Elective - Valleywise (PHX) | 2 |
PBS 334 | Psychiatry | 2 |
PMR 334 | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 2 |
PTG 334 | Pathology | 2 |
RAD 334 | Diagnostic Radiology (PHX) | 2 |
RAD 335 | Diagnostic Radiology 2 (PHX) | 2 |
RON 334 | Radiation Oncology (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 334 | Ophthalmology M3 Elective (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 336 | Orthopedic Surgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 338 | Plastic Surgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 340 | Burn Surgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 342 | Neurosurgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 344 | Urology (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 348 | ENT Surgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 350 | Thoracic Surgery (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 352 | Neurosurgery Trauma (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 354 | Orthopedic Surgery Trauma (PHX) | 2 |
SUR 356 | Primary Care Ophthalmology (PHX) | 2 |
IDC 350 M3 Gold Track
The GOLD Track of the New ERA curriculum runs throughout all four years of medical training and focuses on the formation of the future physician as a professional and as a person. The purpose of this course is to ensure that GOLD Track activities and content--which includes ethics, the humanities, personal and professional development, leadership, evidence- based medicine, and health systems science—are embedded meaningfully and intentionally in the third year of training. Throughout their clerkships, students will gain a richer understanding of the GOLD Track material from Years 1 and 2 through the process of connecting concepts to real-world clinical experiences. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about and develop in various areas of lifestyle management that contribute to becoming a successful physician, including self-knowledge, study skills, career development, financial management, professionalism, and leadership. To achieve this, Gold Track activities will not occur outside of, or in addition to, students’ clerkships, but rather within the clerkships themselves. Through activities such as small group sessions, reflection exercises, didactic sessions, and hands-on activities, students will develop a deeper, broader, and more critical understanding of the practice of medicine, as well cultivate their self-awareness, personal wellness, and ability to empathically engage with others.
IDC 370 Step 2 Guided Review
The purpose of this course is to help students prepare for the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam. IDC 370 is required for all third-year medical students, and it will be held the last two weeks of the M3 academic year.
Component IV - Fourth Year
The fourth year prepares students for residency and provides a chance to explore their own interests in specialized areas of medical practice. Each student must complete at least 40 weeks of courses that include 12 weeks of required coursework and 26 weeks of elective coursework.
At the beginning of the fourth-year students are required to:
- Take the USMLE Step 2 CK exam between completion of the Step 2 Review Course and July 1.
Required Coursework (40 weeks)
- Clinical Electives: Minimum 28 weeks that must include the following:
- CU SOM Critical Care Selective: 4 weeks One Required CU SOM 4-week critical care selective
- CU SOM Sub-Internship or a Critical Care Selective: 4 weeks One Required CU SOM 4-week sub-internship selective or a second CU SOM 4-week critical care selective
- The remaining 20 weeks of required clinical electives may include:
- Up to 12 weeks of extramural electives
- No more than three essentially identical electives
- One 4-week capstone selective
- The remaining 8 weeks may include clinical and/or non-clinical electives.
Component IV Course Groups
Critical Care Selectives provide the student with experience in caring for inpatients with life-threatening illnesses. Critical Care Selectives may require overnight and weekend call.
Sub-internships (Sub-Is) provide students with experience and preparation for inpatient medical care. Sub-Is are available in Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Psychiatry, or Neurology. When students are performing a Sub-I, regardless of department, they should act in all capacities as an intern, albeit with a smaller number of patients and greater supervision. The experience should include call if possible and may include outpatient medical care.
Extramural Electives are clinical electives completed at approved LCME-accredited medical schools, ACGME-accredited residency programs, and/or military hospitals/clinics subject to limitations recommended by the Coalition for Physician Accountability.
Non-clinical Electives are not required but are optional electives that are part of the four year curriculum. Students may complete a maximum of 10 weeks of non-clinical electives in addition to the required 2-week Step 2 Guided Review course.
Essentially Identical Electives: Generally, students are not allowed to successfully complete a course more than once. The only exception is that students can complete three of the same M4 clinical electives if one is a CU course and the other two are extramural electives. Different sub-specialty electives within the same department are not considered essentially identical.
A complete listing of available Component IV Elective/Selective Courses offered is provided to M4 students during the Spring semester prior to Component IV.
Code | Title | Credits |
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M4 Elective Courses | ||
Omaha | ||
ANE 461 | Introduction to Anesthesiology | 4 |
ANE 470 | Anesthesiology Pain Medicine | 4 |
BMS 461 | Gross Anatomy | 2-4 |
BMS 470 | Teaching Practicum in Medical Anatomy (OMA) | 4 |
FAP 461 | Inpatient Family Medicine Sub-internship | 1-4 |
FAP 462 | Rural Family Medicine Sub-internship | 4 |
FAP 464 | Private Family Medicine | 2-4 |
FAP 465 | Inpatient Family Medicine | 2 |
FAP 469 | Family Medicine Capstone | 4 |
FAP 481 | Longitudinal COPC Public Health Endowed Research | 4 |
IDC 412 | Clinical Moral Perception, Art, and Medicine | 4 |
IDC 414 | Planetary Health | 2 |
IDC 462 | Medical Informatics | 4 |
IDC 482 | Minority Health Disparities-Issues & Strategies | 2 |
MED 401 | General Medicine Sub-Internship | 4 |
MED 412 | Pulmonary Diseases Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
MED 422 | Renal Medicine Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
MED 430 | Hospice and Palliative Care | 2 |
MED 431 | Dermatology | 4 |
MED 435 | Medical Hematology/Oncology/Palliative Care | 2-4 |
MED 436 | Research in Med Hem/Onc/Palliative Care and Primer in Bio-Stats | 4 |
MED 442 | Inpatient Cardiology | 4 |
MED 453 | Introduction to Global Health | 2-4 |
MED 456 | Gastrointestinal Medicine | 1-4 |
MED 465 | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 2-5 |
MED 468 | Infectious Diseases Sub-Internship | 2-4 |
MED 469 | Rheumatology | 2-4 |
MED 470 | ILAC Outpatient Medicine-Dominican Republic | 4 |
MED 471 | Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship | 4 |
MED 472 | Critical Care Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
MED 473 | ILAC Outpatient Medicine for Student Coordinators-Dominican Republic (OMA) | 6 |
MED 481 | Pulmonary/Intensive Care Unit | 4 |
MED 482 | Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship | 4 |
MED 484 | Intensive Care Unit | 4 |
MED 486 | Medical Education Elective | 2-4 |
MED 491 | Internal Medicine Capstone | 4 |
MED 795 | Evidence Based Medicine - Independent Study | 2-4 |
MIC 463 | Topics in Immunology/Application to Clinical Medicine | 4 |
NEU 462 | General Neurology | 2-5 |
NEU 465 | General Neurology Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
OBG 446 | Urogynecolony Sub-Internship | 4 |
OBG 461 | High Risk OB Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
OBG 462 | OB/GYN Sub-Internship (Immanuel) (OMA) | 4 |
OBG 464 | Prenatal Diagnosis | 4 |
OBG 466 | Gynecology Oncology | 4 |
OBG 467 | General Obstetrics - Foreign Service (Dominican Republic) | 4 |
OBG 472 | Inpatient Gynecology | 2-4 |
OBG 474 | OB/GYN Sub-Internship (CUMC Bergan) (OMA) | 4 |
OBG 490 | Obstetrics and Gynecology Capstone | 4 |
PBS 462 | Clinical Psychopharmacology | 4 |
PBS 463 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2-4 |
PBS 472 | Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-Internship (OMA) | 2-4 |
PBS 475 | Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
PBS 483 | Domestic Violence Practicum | 4 |
PBS 486 | Narratives in Illness | 2-4 |
PDT 428 | Pediatric Rheumatology | 4 |
PDT 430 | Pediatric Sports Medicine | 4 |
PDT 435 | Pediatric Ophthalmology | 2 |
PDT 436 | Pediatric Plastic Surgery (OMA) | 4 |
PDT 459 | Pediatric Genetics and Metabolic Disease | 4 |
PDT 460 | Pediatric Inpatient Sub-Internship | 4 |
PDT 461 | Pediatric Critical Care Sub-Internship (OMA) | 1-8 |
PDT 463 | Pediatrics Infectious Disease Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
PDT 464 | Neonatal Intensive Care Services Sub-Internship (OMA) | 2-4 |
PDT 466 | Pediatric Cardiology | 4 |
PDT 468 | Pediatric Gastroenterology | 2-4 |
PDT 469 | Pediatric Endocrinology Services | 2-4 |
PDT 470 | Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Service | 4 |
PDT 471 | Pediatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 4 |
PDT 472 | General Pediatrics | 2-4 |
PDT 473 | Advanced Pediatrics | 4 |
PDT 474 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 4 |
PDT 488 | Pediatric Allergy and Immunology | 3-4 |
PDT 491 | NICU Sub-Internship at Children's Hospital (OMA) | 4 |
PMH 470 | Preventive Ophthalmology (Dominican Republic) | 4 |
PTG 461 | Introduction to Pathology Practice | 4 |
PTG 468 | Microbial Laboratory Diagnosis | 4 |
RAD 463 | Diagnostic Radiology | 1-4 |
RAD 465 | Angio/Interventional | 4 |
RON 464 | Radiation Oncology (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 405 | General Surgery Sub-Internship (Red) (OMA) | 1-8 |
SUR 405A | Selective in General Surgery | 2 |
SUR 409 | Vascular Surgery | 4 |
SUR 419 | Head and Neck Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 427 | General Surgery Sub-Internship - VA (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 432 | General & Oncology Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA) | 2-4 |
SUR 432A | Selective in Oncology/Surgery | 2 |
SUR 433 | Urology Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 436 | Urology/Gynecology (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 443 | Orthopedic Spine Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 444 | Orthopedic Sports Medicine Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 452 | Ophthalmology - Terp (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 460 | Vascular Surgery (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 472 | Neurological Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 475 | Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Elective (OMA) | 2-4 |
SUR 475A | Selective in Orthopedic Surgery | 2 |
SUR 476 | Otolaryngology (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 477 | Selective in Pediatric Surgery | 4 |
SUR 479 | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OMA) | 1-4 |
SUR 480 | Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 485 | Surgical Intensive Care Unit | 1-4 |
SUR 486 | Burns - St. Elizabeth's Hospital (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 491 | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OMA) | 4 |
SUR 495 | Surgery Capstone | 4 |
Phoenix | ||
ANE 450 | Neuroanesthesia Sub-Internship (PHX) | 1-4 |
ANE 451 | Introduction to Anesthesiology | 4 |
ANE 456 | Introduction to Anesthesiology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
BMS 451 | Gross Anatomy (PHX) | 4 |
BMS 452 | Gross Anatomy (PHX) | 2 |
FAP 416 | Making Meaning at the End of Life (PHX) | 4 |
FAP 425 | St. Vincent De Paul Medical & Dental Clinic | 1-5 |
FAP 428 | Primary Care Sports Medicine | 2 |
FAP 438 | Respite Care for the Homeless | 4 |
FAP 440 | Inpatient Family Medicine Sub-Internship | 4 |
IDC 410 | Simulation Elective | 2-4 |
IDC 413 | Anatomy | 1-5 |
IDC 419 | Medicine as Ministry: Death and Dying | 2 |
MED 403 | Emergency Medicine - Chandler/Mercy (PHX) | 4 |
MED 404 | Internal Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 415 | IM Hospital Med Sub-Internship | 4 |
MED 417 | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | 2 |
MED 418 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 4 |
MED 420 | Infectious Diseases Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
MED 421 | Renal Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 426 | Interventional Pulmonary Medicine (PHX) | 4 |
MED 438 | Hematology & Oncology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 439 | Emergency Medicine | 4 |
MED 444 | Cardiology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 448 | Inpatient Cardiology Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
MED 451 | Emergency Medicine Ultrasound - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 454 | Gastroenterology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 458 | Pulmonary/Lung Transplant | 4 |
MED 459 | Minding the Gap (PHX) | 4 |
MED 464 | Endocrinology & Metabolism - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 467 | Rheumatology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 474 | Critical Care Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 477 | Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 480 | Pulmonology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
MED 487 | Internal Med Sub-internship | 4 |
MED 490 | Critical Care Medicine | 2-5 |
MED 492 | Internal Medicine Capstone | 4 |
NEU 401 | General Neurology Sub-Internship (PHX) | 2-4 |
NEU 415 | Clinical Neurology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
OBG 432 | Gynecologic Surgery | 4 |
OBG 438 | Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
OBG 441 | Labor and Delivery | 4 |
OBG 450 | Women's Imaging - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
OBG 451 | Maternal Fetal Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
OBG 489 | Obstetrics & Gynecology Capstone | 4 |
PBS 410 | General Hospital Psychiatry Sub-Internship (PHX) | 1-4 |
PBS 414 | Pediatric Psychiatry (PHX) | 2-4 |
PBS 420 | Special Topics in Psychiatry | 4 |
PBS 425 | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
PBS 429 | Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
PBS 435 | Psychiatry ACT Sub-Internship | 4 |
PDT 401 | Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 4 |
PDT 420 | Pediatric Endocrinology | 4 |
PDT 421 | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | 4 |
PDT 422 | Pediatric Rheumatology | 4 |
PDT 423 | Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition | 4 |
PDT 424 | Medical Care for Homeless and At-Risk Kids and Teens | 2-4 |
PDT 425 | Pediatric Cardiology | 4 |
PDT 426 | Pediatric Urology | 4 |
PDT 432 | Neonatology Critical Care PCH (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 433 | Allergy and Immunology - PCH (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 434 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 437 | Pediatric Anesthesia | 4 |
PDT 438 | High-Risk Adolescent Medicine (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 440 | Breastfeeding Medicine | 1-4 |
PDT 442 | General Pediatrics Outpatient/Nursery | 4 |
PDT 444 | Anatomic and Clinical Pathology | 4 |
PDT 446 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 448 | Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology | 4 |
PDT 449 | Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology | 4 |
PDT 450 | Pediatric Orthopedics | 4 |
PDT 451 | Pediatrics Capstone | 4 |
PDT 462 | Pediatric Outpatient Department | 4 |
PDT 465 | Pediatrics GI and Nutrition - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 475 | Pediatric Pulmonology | 4 |
PDT 477 | Clinical Genetics/Dysmorphology | 4 |
PDT 478 | Pediatric Nephrology | 4 |
PDT 480 | Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect | 4 |
PDT 481 | Development and Behavioral Pediatrics | 4 |
PDT 483 | Pediatric Neurology | 4 |
PDT 484 | Pediatric Critical Care Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 485 | Neonatology Critical Care | 4 |
PDT 486 | Inpatient Pediatrics Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 490 | Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
PDT 494 | Pediatric Urgent Care | 4 |
PMR 421 | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 4 |
PTG 418 | Hematology/Hematopathology (PHX) | 4 |
PTG 445 | Anatomic/Clinical Pathology (PHX) | 4 |
RAD 442 | Interventional Radiology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
RAD 447 | Diagnostic Radiology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
RAD 450 | Interventional Radiology | 1-4 |
RAD 455 | Musculoskeletal Radiology Elective | 1-5 |
RAD 458 | Neuroradiology - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
RAD 459 | Pediatric Neuroradiology | 4 |
RAD 460 | Diagnostic Radiology | 1-4 |
RAD 471 | Advanced Diagnostic Radiology | 4 |
RON 410 | Radiation Medicine PRC | 4 |
SUR 402 | Colorectal Surgery Sub-Internship - Chandler (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 407 | Surgical Critical Care Sub-Internship – Chandler (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 410 | Cardiothoracic Crit Care Sub-I | 4 |
SUR 411 | Orthopedic Surgery Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 414 | Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery (PHX) | 1-4 |
SUR 415 | Urology (PHX) | 1-4 |
SUR 416 | Surgery Research | 4 |
SUR 421 | Otolaryngology (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 423 | Urology Sub-Internship (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 424 | General Thoracic Surgery (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 440 | Burns Surgery Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 3-4 |
SUR 442 | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 445 | Ophthalmology Elective (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 446 | Neurosurgery Trauma and Critical Care (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 451 | Surgical Critical Care - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 458 | Trauma Surgery - Valleywise (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 462 | Acute Care Surgery Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 463 | Colorectal Surgery Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 464 | Endocrine Surgery Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 465 | Minimally Invasive Surgery Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 466 | Trauma Critical Care Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 468 | General Surgery/Vascular Sub-Internship | 4 |
SUR 494 | Neurological Surgery - Barrow (PHX) | 4 |
SUR 496 | Surgery Capstone (PHX) | 4 |
Both Omaha and Phoenix | ||
IDC 417 | Medicine and the Law | 4 |
IDC 421 | Why Catholic Medicine? | 4 |
IDC 432 | Medical Jurisprudence (OMA) | 4 |
IDC 485 | LGBTQIA Health Disparities: Issues and Strategies | 2 |
IDC 497 | Directed Independent Research | 1-8 |
IDC 498 | Directed Independent Study | 1-4 |
Clinical Education & Simulation Center
The mission of the Simulation Education Center shall be to assist health sciences faculty in the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational sessions for Creighton University health sciences learners at various levels of training. We exist to enhance the learning process and increase learner satisfaction with their educational experiences. We promote faculty development and are committed to the advancement of excellence in education at Creighton University so that graduates are able to provide comprehensive and safe patient care. The goals and objective for all of our activities are designed to provide learners with opportunities to demonstrate clinical competence in a safe and constructive environment. Learners are given opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in a variety of skills, while showing compassion and sensitivity to patient needs and concerns. Learners are taught to work as a team and are encouraged to reflect upon their experiences. Educational sessions are designed to promote an awareness of, and responsiveness to, the larger context and system of health care and the ability to call upon system resources to provide quality patient care. It is our goal to foster professional behavior that acknowledges the mission and vision of Creighton University.