Career Exploration and Synthesis (CES)

Given that students in Phase 2 are required to have 3 separate two-week clinical exposures, CES provides opportunities in addition to existing formal two-week electives. To that end, Career Exploration and Synthesis is a 2 week clinical experience in a medical or surgical discipline of the student's choice at the end of each block in phase II. This time is intended to permit exploration of various career options, extension of clinical experiences and synthesis of material learned throughout the block, and allow for individualization of learning in the clerkships.

All Phase II - Clerkship students are required to take the equivalent of 7.5 credits of Career Exploration and Synthesis electives, so the CES-LIC provides the opportunity to take all or a portion of these electives in a longitudinal rather than a block format. For students participating in an LIC, Career Exploration and Synthesis-LIC is a longitudinal clinical experience in a clinical discipline of the student's choice that occurs concurrently with the other LIC courses. This time is intended to permit exploration of various career options, extension of clinical experiences and synthesis of material learned throughout the LIC, and allow for individualization of learning in the clerkships.