NEXUS Learning Opportunities

Different NEXUS Opportunities are offered each semester and students are encouraged to take at least one during Phase 1.

NEXUS Learning Opportunities are

• non-credit courses

• after curriculum hours

• created by students with faculty oversight

NEXUS Content can include:

• medical knowledge

• arts and humanities

• clinical skills

• learning new skills or language

• Specialty specific

  • often involve volunteer housestaff and faculty and allow students an informal way to engage with specialties

Learn More About NEXUS Here

Fall 2025 Specialty-Specific NEXUS Offerings

Students can see a list of all NEXUS for each semester along with their start dates in the Weekly Class Update Email. Students register for NEXUS on Empower.

Code	Title	Helpful if interested in:
AMH 0029	ENT & the Arts: Interrogating representations in visual media, film, and music	ENT
ANE 0597	Introduction to Anesthesiology	Anesthesiology
DER 0176	Skin as Testimony: Forensic Dermatology and Asylum Medicine	Dermatology
DER 0177	A Visual Guide to Dermatologic Diagnosis	Dermatology
EMR 0061	Introduction to Emergency Medicine	Emergency Medicine
EMR 0530	Introduction to Wilderness Medicine	Emergency Medicine
OBG 0276	Preclinical Obstetrics	Ob-Gyn
OPH 0171	Introduction to Medical and Surgical Ophthalmology	Ophthalmology
ORT 0241	Orthopedic Research Bootcamp	Orthopedics
OTO 0121	ENTroduction to Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery	ENT
PED 0162	Preseason Peds: Clinical Integration	Pediatrics
PSY 0494	Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Medical Students	Psychiatry
PSY 0601	Cognitive Behavior Therapy Training for Student Providers	Psychiatry
PSY 0602	Psychiatry, Literature, and Storytelling	Psychiatry
RAD 0360	Introduction to Ultrasound	Radiology, Emergency Medicine
RAD 0646	Introduction to Radiology for Medical Students	Radiology
REH 0018	Targeted Care for Long COVID and Other Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses	PM&R. Internal Medicine
SUR 0636	Introduction to Surgical Subspecialties	CT Surgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, other surgical subspecialties
SUR 0637	Narratives in Global Health and Global Surgery	CT Surgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, other surgical subspecialties
SUR 0584	Surgical Skills Bootcamp	CT Surgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, other surgical subspecialties