Career Interest Contacts

1. Career Interest Contacts • General Surgery • Drs. Kimbrough, Gugliuzza, and Nealon (ext 21201) • Plan to have a meeting soon – date TBA • Neurosurgery • Dr. Patterson (ext 26321) • Obstetrics/Gynecology • Meeting Monday March 13 5-6PM Ballinger Mills Room, Administration building • Ophthalmology • Drs. Gunderson, Wong, Troupe, and Trocme (ext 21037) • Pediatrics • Meeting Tuesday March 20 5:15PM 3.302 Children’s Hospital • Plastic Surgery • Dr. Phillips (ext 21257) • Urology • Dr. Warren (ext 22091)

2. Year 4 Scheduling

3. Year 4 Courses • Senior Neurology • Senior Surgery • Senior Emergency Medicine • Acting Internship selective • Basic Science/Humanities selective • Ambulatory Community Selective • Electives (5 blocks needed to graduate)

4. Scheduling Scheduling for Year 4 occurs in two phases Initial Schedule Preferences • Submitted electronically via E-Connect • Deadline 5 PM Monday April 3 • Receive initial schedule on Monday April 24 Add/Drop Process • Begins Tuesday April 25 • Continues for remainder of the academic year

5. Scheduling Included in initial schedule preferences • UTMB required courses • UTMB selective • UTMB electives Not included in initial schedule preferences (Conducted during the add/drop process) • Austin courses (required, selective, elective) • Non-UTMB courses (required, selective, elective) • Any Research elective (UTMB or non-UTMB)

6. Initial Schedule Preferences • Part I Block periods • For vacation • For planned Austin courses • For planned non-UTMB courses • For carry-over Year 3 clerkships scheduled

7. E-connect screen

8. Initial Schedule Preferences • Part II Required and Selective Courses • For Senior Surgery in Galveston* • For Senior Neurology in Galveston* • For Senior Emergency Medicine in Galveston* • For Acting Internship Selective** • For Ambulatory Community Selective** Indicate periods in which you prefer each course *Austin version added later **See Electives Brochure

9. E-connect screen

10. E-connect, AI screen

11. Initial Schedule Preferences • Part III Electives Courses • For UTMB electives (except Research) • Option B – schedule it in period requested or any open period • Option C – schedule it in period requested or schedule the next elective listed in that period Indicate periods in which you prefer each course

12. E-connect screen

13. Adding/Dropping Courses • Begins Tuesday April 25 • UTMB Courses • Austin and non-UTMB Courses • Research electives • BSHS selectives • Add/drop deadlines • Electronic and paper-based options

14. Remember, C is for Complete Without a properly completed, signed C form, your registration is not complete!!!!!!!

15. R is for Research Readiness We gotta know that you have a plan, the permission to do the research, the resources to do it and appropriate oversight of your project

16. B Form is for Before You Go We gotta know they’ll take you = B2 (Austin doesn’t need this) They might wanna know stuff about you= B1

17. Registration Errors • Participating in a course you have not added • No credit • Failing to participate in a course you have not dropped • Failure • Withdrawal

18. The ICEEIntegrated Curriculum Evaluation Exercise • Required for graduation • Two phase examination • First phase periods 1 or 2 • Hand in form if you cannot take it block 1 • Take it even if you’re “out of synch” if you plan to graduate on time