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Electives

The third year of training includes five months of electives. Advanced training is available in OB, procedural skill building (sigmoidoscopy, colposcopy, stress testing, vasectomies, ultrasound, casting), community/environmental medicine, emergency medicine, ICU/CCU/hospice/etc. 

An additional orthopedics rotation is available in Colorado with a group of family physicians. This orthopedics elective highlights sports-related injuries, initial management and stabilization. This well-established elective has been working with family medicine residencies in Colorado and nationally for the past several years. 

There is the opportunity in the third year to return to a rural site for two months of electives without commitment at the residency site clinic. Other electives include international health experiences, residency-developed experiences at Indian Health Services sites, HIV, OB, with the additional opportunity to partner to look at rotational development for new educational experiences.