IU School of Medicine

Elective Title: 93ZI700 — M.D./Ph.D. THESIS ELECTIVE

Description:

This elective is for those M.D./Ph.D. students who need extra time (1-3 months) prior to beginning third year clinical rotations to complete research/thesis writing work for their Ph.D. Up to three months of elective may be taken (approximately mid-June through mid-September) as delineated by the third year clerkship schedule. The research advisor will serve as the Course Director and will be responsible for monitoring the student's progress and assigning a grade for each elective unit/month.

Learning Objectives

• 1) Prepare a more comprehensive and readable thesis document (PBLI1)
• 2) Develop more thorough experimental protocols for use by members of a research laboratory (PBLI1)
• 3) Respond to reviews of written documents (protocols, manuscripts) in a succinct, timely manner (P2)

Assessment

• Research Evaluation Form; (Student will have successfully submitted thesis to IU Graduate School and have submitted manuscripts for review, resubmitted revised manuscripts and/or corrected manuscript proofs and generated a plan, in collaboration with thesis advisor for final publications).

Enrollment Information

Prerequisites: 3rd year status; combined degree student; Ph.D. research work completed

Availability with Max Students per Month:

June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May
4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Duty Hours: 40

Time Distribution: 100% Research

Elective Type Category: AS - Advanced Science

Notes and Enrollment Information:

Add/Drop Contact Person: Maureen Harrington (mharrin@iu.edu) THIS ELECTIVE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE INITIAL SENIOR MATCH. For enrollment information, contact Nancy Mitchell at nanmitch@iu.edu

Third Year Elective? Yes

Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning

Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: None

Service Learning Included: None