Electives
We recognize that Family Medicine’s breadth can make it challenging for our residents to decide on the future scope of their practice. This is one reason why we offer a wide selection of elective opportunities for residents to pursue their passions and develop new ones.
Second year residents have one 4-week elective, one 4 weeks selective and one 3-week elective. Third year residents have two or three 4-week electives and one 4 week selective. Elective and selective experiences are available at our core training sites, including the University Hospital and Denver Health specialty departments and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Some Electives can also be completed at community hospitals and organizations in-state and abroad.
Some electives offer a focus on specific patient populations, such as clinics tailored for refugees, patients taking Suboxone, or patients with Hepatitis B or C. We even have opportunities for residents to spend time working on health policy at the capitol or advocating alongside community organizations. Some residents create custom electives to best suit their interests, and our program is always developing new educational experiences to support the learning needs of our trainees.
Recent electives include:
- Endocrinology at University Hospital
- Inpatient and Outpatient Geriatrics
- Refugee Health at Denver Health
- Health Policy with the University of Colorado’s Farley Health Policy Center
- Global Medicine at the University of Colorado clinic in Guatemala’s Trifino region
- Indian Health Services at the Zuni reservation in Arizona
- Inpatient and Outpatient Obstetrics
- Addiction Medicine
- Gender Affirming Care
- MSK at Winter Park Resort