Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-297-4828
COMinfo@health.fau.edu
Visiting Student Information
For application-related questions please visit our institution page on the Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) website. Students interested in applying to any of our offered electives should apply through the Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) website.
Visiting Student Course Descriptions
DESCRIPTION: This clinical rotation will expose students to the specialty of General Surgery. Students will have the opportunity to learn by examining and providing care for patients, with a focus on the most common surgical problems. Students will be part of the inpatient surgical team. Students will participate in admissions, rounds, consultations, surgeries and discharge activities. Students will care for a panel of patients. The importance of work ethic and interpersonal skills will be emphasized.
Course Goals:
Block length: 4 weeks
Night shifts: Possible
Weekends: Yes, 1-2 per month
Educational Activities: Students should participate in educational activities available at the rotation site if there is no interference with their responsibilities for patient care.
DESCRIPTION: This clinical rotation will expose students to the specialty of Internal Medicine. Students will have the opportunity to learn by examining and providing care for patients, with a focus on the most common medical problems. Students will be part of the inpatient medical team. They will participate in admissions, rounds, consultations, and discharge activities. They will care for a panel of patients. The importance of work ethic and interpersonal skills will be emphasized.
Course Goals:
Block length: 4 weeks
Night shifts: Possible
Weekends: Yes, 1-2 per month
Educational Activities: Students should participate in educational activities available at the rotation site if there is no interference with their responsibilities for patient care
DESCRIPTION: This rotation offers medical students a challenging clinical experience in emergency medicine with a broad range of clinical pathology, in a closely supervised environment. The student will work eleven 10-12 hour shifts when rotating for four weeks, some of which must be at night. . Students attend a five-hour didactic conference each week at Bethesda Hospital East. Students will learn the basics of emergency medicine with one on one instruction from board certified attending physicians. Students will be exposed to history taking and physical exams. They will determine a diagnosis and plan of treatment for each patient. The importance of work ethic and interpersonal skills will be emphasized.
Course Goals:
Block length: 2-4 weeks
Night shifts: Yes
Weekends: Yes
Educational Activities: Students will participate in educational activities available at Bethesda Hospital East.
Students accepted for rotations must complete the Professional and General Liability Insurance Verification for Visiting Students Form.
Internal Medicine inquiries: Alixe Marcial at amarcial@health.fau.edu
Surgery inquiries: Hillary Cohen at hdcohen@health.fau.edu
Emergency Medicine inquiries: Joanne Daly at joannedaly@health.fau.edu