Students are required to do 24 weeks of Electives. Each elective should be of at least 4 weeks in duration. Electives are used to strengthen and consolidate the knowledge gained in the core clerkships.

With this in mind, students are recommended to take additional 4- or 6-week clerkships in the core disciplines of their interest, i.e., in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, OB-GYN, or General Surgery. In addition to strengthening the core disciplines, electives should also be chosen from medical specialty/subspecialty or surgical specialty/subspecialty or primary care disciplines or other specialties.

In general, these are clerkships done in family medicine, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology, ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology, infectious diseases, hematology/oncology, neonatology, pain medicine, addiction medicine, geriatric medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, pathology, radiology, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, sports medicine, anesthesiology, plastic surgery, colorectal surgery, Trauma care, urgent care, neuropsychiatry, etc.

The University’s academic and career counseling team will work with the student in guiding them in the choice of the appropriate clerkships based on their interest, aptitude, and desirability.