Medical Education / Interdisciplinary

This elective offers students that are interested in digital healthcare innovations—specifically Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTx) and Software as Medicine—the opportunity to gain a structured, real-world understanding of this rapidly evolving field.

The course emphasizes how PDTx are clinically validated, regulated, prescribed, reimbursed, and adopted in practice, with increasing attention to the integration of wearables, biometric data, and digital endpoints. Through interactive seminars led by top pioneering CEOs and industry leaders, the elective incorporates discussion-driven sessions to engage students directly with operators at the forefront of the field. These sessions focus on real-world decision-making, strategic tradeoffs, and lessons learned across the PDTx lifecycle, providing insight into what drives success—or failure—once products reach the market.

Students must attend ALL 7 seminars to receive credit.

This elective provides an opportunity for Phase 2 and Phase 3 medical students to provide clinical care at student-run free clinics and health fairs while advancing their knowledge of the social determinants of health and the barriers that underinsured patients encounter in obtaining preventive, primary, and specialty medical care. This elective will provide medical students with an engaging clinical experience that will prepare them to more effectively advocate and care for underinsured patients.

In addition to their clinical roles, students will be actively involved as both teachers and learners. Working under the direct supervision of physicians, students will participate in training and educating volunteer earlier level students by leading clinical care teams and conducting wrap-up sessions at the end of each clinic session. To prepare them for their educator roles, students will receive training outside of clinic on various topics pertaining to teaching skills and the social determinants of health.

This longitudinal experience provides students with the opportunity to receive two weeks of elective credit by completing the required assignments and at least 18 clinic sessions or equivalents as described that may be scheduled over the course of Phase 2 and Phase 3.