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.
Elective Details:
Primary Contact for Add/Drops: Maureen Harrington (mharrin@iu.edu)
Director: Maureen Harrington, Ph.D.
Campus: Indianapolis
Location: IUSM - all campuses
Other Faculty:
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