2024-2025 M3/M4 Course Syllabi
Medical Education
COURSE NUMBER:
28 03 41
TITLE:
MEDICINE AND LITERATURE
Students read and discuss literature with medical themes. Two hours of class time and approximately eight hours of independent reading time required each week. This elective cannot be taken in conjunction with an Acting Internship, or any required third or fourth year clerkships. The minimum enrollment in the elective is six students.
PREREQUISITES:
This elective extends over the months of late January through mid-March.  It cannot be taken simultaneously with an Acting Internship (AI) or any required junior or senior year clerkship. If a student is taking a full-time (8 cr.) elective, only one part-time (4 cr) elective may be taken at the same time. Students must attend all 8 sessions to pass the elective.

Students must complete the reading assignment for first session prior to the class meeting.
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GENERAL INFORMATION

COURSE YEAR:
M4
CREDIT HOURS:
4
CREDIT WEEKS:
2
DOMESTIC VISITING:
NO
INTERNATIONAL VISITING:
NO
GRADED:
Pass/Fail
COURSE QUALIFICATIONS:
COURSE TYPE:
Non-Clinical/Non-Research
STATUS:
Part-Time  (Two Month PT Elective)  - Evening
OFFERED AS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME: NO
ALLOWS OVERLAP: YES
COURSE LENGTH:
8 wks PT: (Meets one evening a week over 8 weeks)
DIRECTOR:
Peirce Johnston, MD
SITE(S):
Medical Sciences Building
MAX ENROLL:
12 
REPORT 1ST DAY:
You will receive an email from Dr. Peirce Johnston with detailed information prior to the elective.

INSTRUCTION

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
  • Conference
  • Research
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POLICIES:
UCCOM strives to provide medical students with a learning environment that is conducive to their professional growth. All UCCOM and visiting medical students are encouraged to review the Student Handbook.

The Office of Student Affairs and Admissions is available to all UCCOM and visiting medical students to discuss any concerns/questions related to the learning environment. Please call 558-6796 to access faculty/staff that can assist you.

ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE POLICY

 

Session Attendance for M4 Students

  • Students may miss no more than two days of planned excused absences on a four week rotation without being required to make-up the work, at the discretion of the clerkship/elective/course director or his/her designee.
  • Non-AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the clerkship director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or more of these 4 days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during non-AI rotations, in consultation with the course/elective director, who may or may not approve such planned absences.
  • AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the course director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or 2 of these days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during AI rotations, in consultation with the course director, who may or may not approve such planned absences. Students must avoid scheduling Step 2 examinations during an Acting Internship.
  • Excused Absences - The following will be considered excused absences:
    • Diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health services (e.g. doctor appointments, physical therapy, counselling, etc).
    • Personal illness, accident or a major catastrophic event
    • Death or serious illness of immediate family members. Immediate family members, as defined by UC, are Grandparents, Brother, Sister, Brother-in law, Sister-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Son-in-law, Father, Mother, Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, Step-sister, Step-brother, Step-mother, Step-father, Spouse or domestic partner, Child, Grandchild, legal Guardian or other person who stands in place of parent (in Loco Parentis)
  • Whenever possible, planned absences should be requested a minimum of six weeks in advance of the start of the clerkship/elective/course in which the absence will occur; this enables the clerkship/course/elective to help plan for educational event scheduling (e.g. a known appointment could be scheduled around with enough notice and the student might not have any required coursework to make up). Absences requested less than 1 week prior to the planned absence may not be considered for a possible excused absence unless extenuating circumstances prevented the student from providing timely notification per the policy. Students should first submit their request for a planned absence to the clerkship/elective/course director using the online MSSF. All planned/excused absences for any reason should be documented on the MSSF.
  • The COM abides by the UC Religious Observance Policy that respects the religious diversity of its students by providing opportunities, where possible, for accommodation in cases where conflicts exist between students’ religious beliefs/practices and educational activities. In clinical settings, such accommodations must honor the primacy of a commitment to patient care and avoid unduly burdening faculty, staff and the general student population involved in the affected educational and/or patient care activity.
  • The following items are explained in detail in the Medical Student Handbook:
    • Excused/unexcused/unplanned absence, religious holidays, jury duty, and make-up work

See Attendance and Absences Policy, Religious Observance Policy, Medical Student Handbook.




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