2025-2026 MS4 Elective Catalog

4th Year Course Scheduling Requirement

• Acting Internships - 8 weeks (4 weeks must be in a core AI, indicated below)

• Critical Care - 4 weeks

• Electives - 22 weeks

  • Additional Acting Internship or Critical Care courses count toward the 22-week elective count

  • Maximum 12 weeks of away electives 

    • 4 weeks of "aways" may count towards the non-core AI graduation requirement if:

      • a. Dell Med does not offer an AI in that clinical specialty,

      • b. Approval from the Departmental Associate-Chair for Education (or their delegate) is given after reviewing the structure and learning objectives of the AI at another institution, and

      • c. The Departmental Associate-Chair for Education (or their delegate) emails the course scheduler with approval. 

  • Maximum 8 weeks of 2-week electives (including electives completed in Year 2 and/or Year 3)

  • Maximum 4 weeks of Professional Development electives; included in the 2-week elective count 

• Milestone One - 3/23/26 - 3/26/26
  
  

FYIs:

• Numbers listed below indicate spots currently available, e.g., “0” means a block is at capacity.

• Submit course add/drop requests using the Add/Drop Request Form.

  • As add/drops are processed, capacities are automatically updated.

  • Numbers listed below may not always reflect actual spots available.

• Rising MS4s have an opportunity to take one 2-week clinical elective in the 5/12-5/25 block (capacities found on the 2024-2025 MS2 Elective Catalog).

• MS4s may not schedule anything past 4/26/26 as University Commencement is 5/9/26.

• DMS only = course reported as closed to visiting students.

• For the most up-to-date information regarding attendance and absences, reference the Attendance and Absence Policy, not the course descriptions linked below.

• Questions? Reach out to the course scheduler, Marsie Molina, at marsela.molina@austin.utexas.edu.

Medical ICU (MED 380CC-1)

• Maximum 3 students between Critical Care and Acting Internship in Medical Intensive Care (AI currently closed)

• Cannot complete both Medical ICU & Acting Internship in Medical Intensive Care (AI currently closed)

Surgery ICU (MED 380CC-2)

• Maximum 2 students

• 10/27 - 11/23 block - special approval granted to overbook by one; only two spots total available if dropped

Neonatal ICU (MED 380CC-3)

• Maximum 2 students between Neonatal Critical Care and Acting Internship in Pediatrics Neonatal Intensive Care (686PM) 

• Cannot complete both Neonatal ICU & Acting Internship in Pediatrics Neonatal Intensive Care

Pediatric ICU (MED 380CC-4)

• Maximum 1 student between Pediatric ICU and Acting Internship in Pediatric Intensive Care (684PM)

• Cannot complete both Pediatric ICU & Acting Internship in Pediatric Intensive Care

Pediatric Cardiovascular ICU (MED 380CC-5)

• Maximum 1 student

Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (MED 380CC-6)

• Maximum 1 student

Emergency Medicine

Acting Internship in Emergency Medicine [CORE] (MED 682EM)

• Maximum 8 students

Internal Medicine

Acting Internship in Medical Intensive Care (MED 690IM)

• Maximum 1 student (spot can be filled through Medical ICU Critical Care)

• Cannot complete both Medical ICU & Acting Internship in Medical Intensive Care

• COURSE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Acting Internship in Inpatient Internal Medicine [CORE] (MED 691IM

• Maximum 7 students (maximum 6 in June and July)

Neurology

Acting Internship in Neurology [CORE] (MED 680NO)

• Maximum 2 students

Pediatrics

Acting Internship in Pediatric Intensive Care (MED 684PM)

• Maximum 1 student between Pediatric ICU (380CC-4) and Acting Internship in Pediatric Intensive Care 

• Cannot complete both Pediatric ICU & Acting Internship in Pediatric Intensive Care

Acting Internship in Inpatient Pediatrics [CORE] (MED 685PM)

• Maximum 1 student

• *Add Requires Course Director approval* (doesn’t apply to the lottery)

  • Please attach proof of approval to add request. 

• Additional spots available with course director/department approval. If a block is full, you may email the course director to request permission to add the course.