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Medical elective
A medical elective is a block of a medical degree in which the student chooses where to go and what to study.
Summary
- At Aberdeen it is an 8 week block.
- Students there carry out an independent project, anywhere in the world, in a specialty of their choice.
Sources
- abdn.ac.ukabdn.ac.uk/…/6
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