Electives

28 weeks to shape the practice you actually want.

PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents have twenty-eight weeks of electives — enough room to specialize, to travel, or to build a track that doesn't exist on any other program's list. If we don't already offer what you want, we'll help you build it.

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

Areas residents most often pick

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

Built for specific 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

Don't see what you want?

We build custom electives.

If your goal is rural critical access, sports medicine in a specific city, OB at a high-volume site, or something we've never been asked for — bring it to the program. We've built rotations from scratch more than once.

Ask about a custom elective

Want a feel for the elective culture?

Try an away rotation here yourself.

A medical-student rotation at SFFMR is your own early-stage elective. Pick a focus, build the schedule with us, and see whether our flexibility matches your career arc.