Elective and Selective Course Policies
Adding and Dropping UTMB Courses (including C Form) Form
Electives Course Directors and Coordinators
Basic Science and Humanities Selectives
Career Development Electives List
Electives with No-prerequisite Requirements
Summer Preceptorship Electives
External Electives
Please be aware of the VSLO elective process found here: Click to Download
Tyler electives that will be available through the VSLO process starting AY 2024-2025:
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine — Tyler with Dr. Dalia Nessim.
- Acting Internship in General Surgery — Tyler with Dr. Hishaam Ismael.
For more information regarding these Tyler electives, please reach out to Megan Pazos at megan.pazos@uthct.edu.Non-VSLO External Elective Process
Please be aware of the Non-VSLO elective process found here: Click to Download
Electives at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston that will need to go through the Non-VSLO process starting AY 2024-2025:
- Surgery — Leadership in Medicine with John E. Bertini, Jr., MD, FACS.
- Clinical Ophthalmology with Keith A. Bourgeois, MD.
- Surgery — Urology with John E. Bertini, Jr., MD, FACS.
- Surgery — Plastic Surgery with Donald R. Collins, Jr., MD.
For more information regarding these electives at St. Joseph Medical Center, please reach out to Frances Dawe at fndawe@utmb.edu.Student Self-Created Electives
Please be aware of the rules below before submitting a Student Created Elective.
- This elective cannot be used for VSLO rotations.
- This elective can only be used for general elective credit and cannot be used for clinical elective credit.
- Elective has to be done off campus (Non-UTMB Campus).
- Electives must be a minimum of 2 weeks.
- Students are required to find their own mentor before submitting an elective.
- An elective will need to be submitted at least 60 days prior to start date. Anything submitted after 60 days will not be accepted.
- No student can use a family member as their mentor.
- Electives Committe Approval—The committee meets once a month to review these electives. You will hear from the committee once your elective has been reviewed.
- Faculty Vetting.
- Affiliation Agreements.
- WOS appointments (COVID vaccination cards.)
- B-Form (enrollment services) — Contact Person. Check TMB website, Board Certified, Criminal Background check, etc...
- Contact Tekeema Oliver at (409)266-0478 or tefrankl@utmb.edu with any further questions.
CLICK HERE to go to the Student-Created Elective Submission-Form.