{"id":3148,"date":"2022-11-11T18:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/?page_id=3148"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:20:04","slug":"elective-counseling-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/elective-counseling-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Elective Counseling Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immersion Phase Elective Counseling Overview<\/b><\/h3>\n

Immersion Phase Elective Counseling is a joint effort between Medical Student Affairs, Careers in Medicine, the Immersion Phase Team, College Mentors, and the Faculty Specialty Advisors designed to support students in planning and managing their Immersion Phase schedules to ensure timely achievement of graduation requirements and preparation for post-graduation plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

In need of individual elective counseling? Please let us know<\/a> so we can schedule a one-on-one session with you!<\/span><\/p>\n

Traditional path<\/b><\/h4>\n

Introduction to Immersion Phase (with elective counseling by faculty Specialty Advisors)<\/em>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Session Objectives<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Describe the overarching goals and course types in the Immersion Phase<\/li>\n
  • Discuss Immersion Phase curricular requirements<\/li>\n
  • Discuss Research, Learning Communities, and Foundations of Healthcare Delivery requirements<\/li>\n
  • Discuss graduation requirements<\/li>\n
  • Discuss registration timeline and provide counseling on elective choices by faculty Specialty Advisors<\/li>\n
  • Provide support for students to design their Immersion Phase schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Date: February\/March of M2 Year<\/span><\/p>\n

    Format: Large group session with question and answer session, and individual small group sessions with faculty Specialty Advisors<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Integrated Science Course (ISC) Fair<\/b><\/p>\n

    Session Objectives<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Discuss graduation requirements<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Provide an overview of each ISC by faculty course directors<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Answer student questions regarding ISC selection and scheduling<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Provide counseling on elective choices\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Date: February\/March of M2 Year<\/span><\/p>\n

      Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Immersion Phase Orientation<\/b><\/p>\n

      Session Objectives<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Provide an overview of the Immersion Phase and Requirements<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Provide counseling on elective choices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Date: August of M3 Year<\/span><\/p>\n

        Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/span><\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Acting Internship Information Session<\/b><\/p>\n

        Session Objectives:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        • Describe the goals and objectives of the acting internship<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Describe the process for scheduling AIs<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Provide an overview of each AI<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Answer student questions regarding AI selection and scheduling\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Date: November\/December of M3 Year<\/span><\/p>\n

          Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/span><\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

          Traditional Path Immersion Phase Elective Counseling Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n

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           <\/p>\n

          MSTP<\/strong><\/h4>\n

          Introduction to Immersion Phase<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Session Objectives<\/p>\n

            \n
          • Describe the overarching goals and course types in the Immersion Phase<\/li>\n
          • Discuss Immersion Phase curricular requirements<\/li>\n
          • Discuss Research, Learning Communities, and Foundations of Healthcare Delivery requirements<\/li>\n
          • Discuss graduation requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Timing:\u00a0 February\/March of final G-Phase year<\/p>\n

            Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/p>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Integrated Science Course (ISC) Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Session Objectives<\/p>\n

              \n
            • Discuss graduation requirements<\/li>\n
            • Provide an overview of each ISC by faculty course directors<\/li>\n
            • Answer student questions regarding ISC selection and scheduling<\/li>\n
            • Provide counseling on elective choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Timing: February\/March of final G-Phase year<\/p>\n

              Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/p>\n

               <\/p>\n

              Registration and Planning Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Session Objectives<\/p>\n

                \n
              • Discuss registration timeline and provide counseling on elective choices<\/li>\n
              • Provide support for students to design their Immersion Phase schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Timing: February\/March of final G-Phase year<\/p>\n

                Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                Acting Internship Information Session<\/strong><\/p>\n

                Session Objectives:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • Describe the goals and objectives of the acting internship<\/li>\n
                • Describe the process for scheduling AIs<\/li>\n
                • Provide an overview of each AI<\/li>\n
                • Answer student questions regarding AI selection and scheduling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Date: November\/December of final G-Phase year<\/p>\n

                  Format: Large group session with question and answer session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Immersion Phase Elective Counseling Overview Immersion Phase Elective Counseling is a joint effort between Medical Student Affairs, Careers in Medicine, the Immersion Phase Team, College Mentors, and the Faculty Specialty Advisors designed to support students in planning and managing their Immersion Phase schedules to ensure timely achievement of graduation requirements and preparation for post-graduation plans….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4548,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/md-gateway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}