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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Family & Community Medicine

M4 Electives

Visiting Students

Visiting students should visit the visiting students website.

For the current listing of available electives for Feinberg Medical Students, please visit the Family and Community Medicine section in OASIS. 

Elective Advising

Students interested in learning about family and community medicine opportunities, site placements, or seeking specialty advising are encouraged to contact the Department of Family and Community Medicine at FCM@northwestern.edu or 312.503.1273 to schedule a meeting with a faculty advisor.

Elective Credit Application 

To receive credit for your clerkship, please submit the FM Away Elective Form/Application (and additional application for global clerkships) to fcm@northwestern.edu. If the application is complete, it will be brought to our chair for approval.

Each elective form must be approved and signed by the chair of the department. 

Global Electives

To receive credit for a global clerkship precepted by a family physician, please complete the FM Away Elective Form/Application. For the application, you must submit your own course goal and objectives view a sample here. In addition to your preceptor evaluation, you must propose a project deliverable, such as an essay or weekly logging, for credit. Once complete, please submit all materials to fcm@northwestern.edu for review. If the application is complete, it will be brought to Dr. Clements for approval. If you have any questions, please contact us with additional information about your site.

Rural Medicine Away-Electives

Feinberg medical students enrolled in the Education Centered Medical Home and who have electives available in Phase II and Phase III of the curriculum are eligible to apply for a rural medicine away elective. The Department reviews all applications for credit-worthiness.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine may refer students to rural medicine rotations within the U.S. via the RTT Collaborative

Application Process

  1. Students request elective credit via the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Please complete the FM Away Elective Form/Application  to receive elective credit and ensure you schedule an appointment with our faculty student advisor via contacting us at fcm@northwestern.edu.
  2. You will need to complete the FM Away Elective Form/Application for your rural medicine elective. Please note there is a rural medicine funding application you can complete prior to your elective rotation.  If approved for funding assistance, this will help with the cost of the elective experience.  More information can be found on the FM Away Elective Form/Application under the rural health elective section.

Rural medicine rotations are supported by Feinberg’s Global Health Initiative. The Global Health Initiative is a flagship education program through the Feinberg Institute for Global Health.