Clinical Seminars. 1 Credit Hour

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The clinical seminars course will feature presentations from physicians practicing in several specialties at UT Health San Antonio, including faculty from General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Family and Community Medicine, Pediatrics, Urology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, OB-Gyn, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Anesthesiology and others. The presentation would inform students about their interests that lead them to select their specialty, their schedule, what they like about your position as well as time commitments and challenges that entail that position, and any other information they would like to share with the students. The experience should give the students an understanding of future expectations, rationales for pursuing a medical degree, strategies used to matriculate into medical schools, and the different paths followed to specialize in different specialties.