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Electives

Shape your training around your future.

You’ll have 28 weeks of electives across years two and three to explore specialties, travel, and build skills for the medicine you want to practice. If your interests take you somewhere new, we’ll work with you to create an elective that fits.

Faculty teaching procedural skills in clinic

28 wks

Total elective time

Across PGY-2 + PGY-3

10+

Subspecialties on the menu

From nephrology to radiology

∞

Custom-built options

Bring your interest

Clinical electives

Favorite electives. Room to find your own.

Procedures

Allergy

Palliative Medicine

Family Planning

HIV Medicine

Obesity Medicine

Occupational Medicine

Subspecialty rotations

Specialist exposure when you want it

  • Nephrology
  • Endocrinology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Gastroenterology
  • Urology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Radiology

Operational + non-clinical

Practice and education tracks

  • Practice Management
  • Medical Education

Focused & custom

Electives shaped around your interests.

LGBTQ Health

Inclusive primary-care focus

EKG

2-week format with set dates

Pharmacy

PGY-3 residents only

Away rotations + auditions

Travel for specialty exposure

Global Health

International rotations available

Custom electives

Built around your goals

Have something else in mind?

Let’s explore it together.

Whether you’re interested in rural critical access care, sports medicine in a particular city, or OB at a high-volume site, bring us your ideas. We’ve built rotations from the ground up before, and we’ll work with you to create one that fits your goals.

Ask about a custom elective

Come explore your interests

Make a rotation your own.

Choose a focus and plan your medical student rotation with us at Pierre Rural Family Medicine. Meet our team, experience the training, and see how we can help you work toward the practice you have in mind.