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Clinical Electives

The MSU College of Human Medicine Lansing Community offers Clinical Elective Clerkships to MSU College of Human Medicine students, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine students, and visiting students.

A brief description of the electives we offer can be found at the links below. Please note that not all of these electives are available to all students and our elective offerings vary throughout the year. This list is accurate as of April 17, 2025.

Department

Available Electives

Anatomy

  • Directed Clinical Prosection (non-clinical)

Anesthesia

  • Anesthesiology

Emergency Medicine

  • Emergency Medicine Sub-I*

  • Emergency Medicine (Rural)

Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Outpatient*

  • Family Medicine Inpatient

  • Family Medicine Sub-Internship*

  • Research (non-clinical)

  • Virtual Breastfeeding and Lactation*

Human Medicine

  • Pain Medicine

  • Pathology

  • Radiation Oncology

  • Research (non-clinical)

Medicine

  • Allergy

  • Advanced Internal Medicine - Ambulatory

  • Advanced Internal Medicine - Intensive Care Medicine

  • Cardiology

  • Endocrinology

  • Gastroenterology

  • Hematology/Oncology

  • Infectious Disease

  • Internal Medicine Sub-Internship *

  • Nephrology

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation*

  • Pulmonary

  • Sports Medicine

  • Rheumatology

  • Occupational Medicine

Neurology & Ophthalmology

  • Neurology*

  • Neuro-Ophthalmology*

(The Neuro-Ophthalmology elective

provides minimal exposure to the

Neurology residency program. The

Neurology elective above is a better

option for students seeking auditions.)

Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Advanced Obstetrics*

  • Advanced Gynecology*

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Sub-Internship*

  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility 

Pediatrics & Human Development

  • Ambulatory Pediatrics

  • Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

  • Neonatology*

  • Pediatric Cardiology

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine*

  • Pediatric Endocrinology

  • Pediatric Infectious Disease

  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

  • Pediatric Sub-I*

Psychiatry

  • Adult Psychiatry*

  • Child/Adolescent Psychiatry*

Radiology

  • Diagnostic Radiology

  • Interventional Radiology

  

Surgery

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Colorectal Surgery

  • General Surgery Sub-I*

  • Hand Surgery

  • Neurosurgery

  • Ophthalmology

  • Orthopedic Surgery

  • Plastic Surgery

  • Surgical Oncology

  • Urology*

  • Vascular Surgery

* Indicates that this elective is affiliated with a residency program

Affiliated Residency Programs

Our campus offers students access to a large selection of specialty and subspecialty rotations, some of which are affiliated with UMH-Sparrow and/or MSU residency programs. Please note that some of these residency and fellowship programs do not offer elective clerkships to visiting students. All of our available electives are outlined in our VSLO catalog.

Note about rotations at McLaren: our office does not schedule any audition rotations at McLaren Greater Lansing. To request an audition rotation at McLaren, follow this link.

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