Electives General Information

Electives General Information

Electives Offered at P&S:

Visiting Students:

For more information, please visit the Visiting Students page.

Opportunities for P&S Students:

Outlined is information regarding Fourth Year electives offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and its affiliated hospitals/sites for the 2006-2007 academic year. All questions regarding our electives or the affiliated hospitals/sites should be directed to Val Ambrose in the Office of Student Affairs at or va2134@columbia.edu.

While all electives listed are offered to Columbia P&S students, not all are available to visiting students. Electives not available to visiting students will be specifically noted. Please read elective descriptions carefully to determine your eligibility. Visiting students MUST apply through the Office of Student Affairs for ALL electives. Visiting students are NOT permitted to contact the course directors directly. All inquiries MUST go through the Office of Student Affairs. ELECTIVE AVAILABILITY INFORMATION IS NOT GIVEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. Please review the provided material thoroughly and select an elective program carefully.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS/SITES

Allen Pavilion
5141 Broadway
New York, New York 10034		 NH/Dartmouth
250 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Basset Health Care/Cooperstown
One Atwell Road
Cooperstown, New York 13326		 Northern Navajo Medical Center
PO Box 160
Shiprock, New Mexico 87420
Harlem Hospital
135th Street and Lenox Avenue
New York, New York 10037		 Presbyterian Hospital
622 West 168th Street
New York, New York 10032
Helen Hayes Hospital
Route 9W
West Haverstraw, New York 10993		 Roosevelt Hospital
1000 10th Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Indian Health Service
PHS Indian Hospital, PO Box 860
Whiteriver, Arizona 85941		 St. Francis Hospital
100 Port Washington Blvd.
Roslyn, NY 11576
Indian Health Service
PHS Indian Hospital, PO Box 467
Zuni, New Mexico 87327		 St. Luke’s Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
Milstein Hospital
177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, New York 10032		 Stamford Hospital
Shelburne Road at West Broad Street
PO Box 9317
Stamford, Connecticut 06902

The Allen Pavilion of Presbyterian Hospital is located at 5141 Broadway (near West 220th Street). It is not on the main Presbyterian Hospital site.

Please note that electives at NH/Dartmouth, Basset Health Care/Cooperstown, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, Indian Health Service, St. Francis Hospital, and Stamford Hospital are NOT AVAILABLE TO VISITING STUDENTS.

FOURTH YEAR ELECTIVES SCHEDULE

Electives are offered July through April. Special arrangements can be made for electives during May and June. Unless otherwise specified in the course description, all electives begin on the first day or weekday of the month and end on the last. Visiting students MUST adjust their schedules to meet this timetable as course directors are not obliged to honor your school's dates.

Location Codes

Code letter   Location  Code number
P Presbyterian Hospital  1 - 19
C Mary I. Bassett Hospital 20 - 29
H Harlem Hospital  40 - 49
L St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, St. Luke's 50 - 59
R St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Roosevelt 60 - 69
S Stamford Hospital 30 -39
RESEARCH All Hospitals 90 - 99

Types of Electives:

  • ADVANCED CLERKSHIP/SUBINTERNSHIP:
    Student will function as part of a team on a teaching service and is REQUIRED TO TAKE NIGHT CALL. May be on any service that has such a rotation. Usual ones are medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, neurology, and obstetrics & gynecology.
  • CONSULT:
    Student will be under direct supervision of house staff and attending and will provide consultation to other in-hospital services. Student presents at least 3 times a week and is responsible for follow up of his or her patients.
  • PRECEPTORSHIP:
    Student will be under direct tutelage of one faculty member. This may be clinical or basic science.
  • RESEARCH:
    Individual program by prior arrangement, on an individual basis.

Electives That Are Not In The Fourth Year Elective Catalogue

Preceptorships, research electives and away electives that are not listed in the Fourth Year Electives Catalogue have their own course codes and numbers.

  • Preceptorships not listed are all XX036. For example, an Orthopaedic Surgery Preceptorship is OR036 and a Surgery Preceptorship is SU036.
  • Research that is not listed in the catalogue is XX950. For example, Immunology Research is IM950 and Dermatology Research is DR950.
  • All away electives have the code number of 700. For example, Pediatrics Away is PE700 and OB/GYN Away is OB700.

INFORMATION ON REQUIREMENTS FOR FOURTH YEAR COLUMBIA P&S STUDENTS

  1. Elective Requirements. Columbia P&S students are required to complete eight electives, two of which are mandatory. These are:
    • An intensive advanced clinical clerkship/sub-internship, or equivalent, which will demonstrate their ability to safely care by themselves for acutely ill patients 24 hours a day. These courses are denoted by an asterisk (*) throughout the course catalogue.
    • "Back to the Classroom" selectives. Students must take one of the three following lecture/seminar format electives with accompanying Clinical Practice IV and Biomedical Informatics components:

      PA06P: Advanced Clinical Pathology (October)
      MD02P: Advanced Medical Pathophysiology and Therapeutics (February)
      PH01P: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (March)
      Back to the Classroom selectives are NOT open to visiting students.
  2. Course codes consist of a two-letter prefix, a sequence number, and a one-letter suffix. The prefix indicates the specialty and the suffix indicates the location of the elective. For example, AS01P is an elective in Anesthesiology at Presbyterian Hospital.
  3. Registration. The call numbers included in your registration packet are to be used to register for a specific course. The section numbers correspond to the month that the elective is offered. For example, a section number of 007 indicates the month of July. If the elective description denotes that you will need prior approval from the course director, you must submit a Permission to Enroll form. All independently-arranged preceptorships and research electives also require the submission of a Permission to Enroll form. Otherwise, you will be dropped from the course if you register for it.
  4. A double asterisk (**) denotes a course not satisfying the full-time requirement but which may be taken as supplementary.
  5. Specialties. No more than two months of electives in a particular specialty are permitted. Additional elective months in the specialty may be done in lieu of interview and vacation months. If you wish to complete three months of research plus one month of clinical work in the same specialty, credit will be given for two months. The other two months will replace your interview and vacation months. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Affairs prior to registration.
  6. Enrollment in electives at Bassett Healthcare must have prior approval from these hospitals before call-in registration. Contact the Office of Medical Education at the hospital at (800) 852-4566.


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