Tag: self-directed learning
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Real Estate and the MSPE
We call the MSPE the dean’s letter because it’s signed by the dean. It’s written in collaboration with the Director of Enrollment Management and Student Success who gathers information from your transcript, your signature events, your Clinical Distinction forms, and you. It’s important to you because it’s your introduction to the residency director you hope…
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Backup Sponsor 2
A backup sponsor is a role filled by your Clinical Distinction Course Director. As Backup Sponsor, they can In the worst case scenario, which is you never get a real sponsor, they will evaluate your work. Meaning it’s a commitment to you and so you need to know what you are asking and sometimes they…
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Pitch Yourself
Many students express anxiety and worry about asking a person to sponsor them. I often hear, “wouldn’t it be easier to ask someone that knows about Clinical Distinction already?” Or “they are really busy, isn’t it a lot to ask?” And there are other concerns… which I address in this blog. What you’ll see when…
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Faculty Want To Be Your Sponsor
Over the years that Clinical Distinction has been a TUCOM course, we have had only positive feedback from faculty who have been involved. They tell us that they enjoy working with students who are engaged in adult learning, that they are impressed by the students creative and passionate work, that they are interested in the…
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The Hero’s Journey
This post describes the process of designing a specialty track and how it compares to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. The Journey of Creating a Specialty Project A specialty project is like a good story. You are the writer of the story but you are also the hero. In any good story, the hero goes through…
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Comparing Clerkship Tracks to Specialty Tracks
You get out what you put in. Specialty Tracks are definitely more work than a Clerkship track, but the benefits are much more too. Let’s look at the differences: Clerkship Track: A clerkship track requires that you find a clinical site willing to take you for four weeks. You show up and you do whatever…
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More than a rotation: Combined clerkship activities and independent study – a Specialty Track option
Students who want to distinguish themselves but also want to do a Clerkship can do a Specialty Track which includes clinical activities. They would follow the requirements for the Specialty Track, not the Clerkship style track. The same is true for a student who wants to do research, Global Health, or work on their MPH.…