Non-Emory students must register through the Office of Medical Education and Student Affairs - contact Michele Rutherford. Grading is pass-fail.
Elective Highlights
- Supervised care of inpatients and outpatients with a wide variety of diseases and conditions, including obstetric care pediatrics and management of acute and chronic diseases and their complications.
- Students are expected to function at the level of a sub-intern, and participate in morning report, didactics, before clinic conferences and teaching sessions.
- Exposure to different models of care such as our Lifestyle Clinic and Chronic Disease Management Clinic as well as home visits.
- Students are expected to rotate through the procedure clinic
Elective Opportunities
Elective courses in Family Medicine are offered for credit only to senior medical students at Emory and are graded as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. Current electives include:
Sports Medicine
- This 4-week elective is offered jointly through the Department of Orthopedics and Family Medicine and is offered throughout the year. The course is directed by Dr. Neeru Jayanthi, a family physician and program director for the Sports Medicine Fellowship.
- The elective is designed to have an optimum learning experience for any student interested in improving their musculoskeletal physical exam skills, evaluations, and treatments.
- Each student will spend two weeks on the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Grady Memorial Hospital and two weeks at Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center.
Hispanic Health in Resource-Limited Environments
- This elective is offered in collaboration with faculty in the Department of OB/GYN, Pediatrics and the Emory PA program and is only offered to Emory medical students and physician assistant students.
- The purpose of this elective is to expose students to the challenges of providing health care to Hispanic patients, especially in a resource-poor environment.
- The 4-week course is offered only during the month of June and consists of 1 week of didactics, 1 week of working in a community clinic that serves Latinx patients, 1 week either in Puerto Rico or Cuba and 1-week providing care at the South Georgia Farmworker Project.