Medical Student Opportunities

Medical Student Courses

Since 2013 medical students can take PLC or CARE Block as electives.

Peds 661 – Child Advocacy Elective (CARE Block)

Advanced 2-week elective to enhance skills in community health practice and advocacy. Takes place once a year in the summer.

Peds 662 – Pediatric Links with the Community (PLC)

A 2-week elective that enhances knowledge about community-oriented and community-based health care. Sessions occur repeatedly throughout the school year.

CHIC – The Community Health Improvement Course

4th year medical students can spend the 4 week CHIC block working on a project.

Year-Out Student Fellowship

Medical students have an opportunity to take a gap year with the Hoekelman Center and contribute to impactful, evidence-based research. Funding for the year-out experience can be obtained through the Office of Medical Student Inclusion and Enrichment Programs. Students who participate in the Medical Student Research Fellowship have the opportunity to apply for the MD with Distinction in Research in their fourth year of medical school.

Medical Student Spotlight:
Tiffany Mei

Medical student Tiffany Mei spent her gap year with the Hoekelman Center, which culminated in a published paper "A Visit to the Pediatrician as a Part of Comprehensive Prenatal Care?" Her work, alongside Dr. Andrew Aligne and Jessica VanScott, highlights the need to educate providers and patients about the evidence supporting prenatal visits and the availability of insurance coverage.