PLME Students Taking Preclinical Medical Electives

Preclinical Medical Electives are NOT the clinical electives you will need to take as part of your medical school curriculum. Preclinical electives can be taken by first- and second-year medical students, and by PLME and EIP students. The workload is usually minimal given that medical students who take part already have a full basic science load, but it is an opportunity to learn something that is clinically related.

Undergraduate PLMEs do take preclinical medical electives and really enjoy the experience.

NOTE:

Preclinical electives do not count towards a PLME’s 30 courses needed to graduate from Brown. They are considered extracurricular.

In order for a preclinical medical elective to show on your transcript and to be noted on your medical school grade sheet, it is necessary for the course leader to forward the class roster to Eileen Palenchar and Alex Morang in the Medical Student Affairs Office so that the information can be uploaded to Banner.

Only five courses per semester can print on the Brown transcript. Consequently, the elective will not show on your Brown transcript if it is a sixth course.

For more information on preclinical medical electives, contact the medical school's Curriculum Affairs Office at 863-2006 or Richard_Dollase@Brown.edu.

http://bms.brown.edu/students/curriculum/preclinical_electives.php?year=1

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Last updated: 17 October 2007