Ambulatory Electives
Adolescent Medicine
At Children's Hospital adolescent medicine practice.
Allergy and ENT
At BIDMC and Massachusetts Eye & Ear. Focus on common ENT problems. Allergy sessions at BIDMC.
Behavioral Medicine
Can focus on general counseling services, addictions, eating disorders.
Community Health Centers
Options at Dimock (inner city chronic disease, HIV), Fenway (focus on HIV, gay/lesbian health care), Outer Cape (HIV and geriatrics), South Cove (in Chinatown with Asian immigrant population).
Dermatology
General dermatology at BIDMC.
Endocrinology
Includes general endocrinology, osteoporosis, diabetes at Joslin.
Gastroenterology
With a variety of BIDMC GI faculty focusing on common problems in general GI and liver disease.
Genetics Work in oncology high risk cancer practice and with genetic counselors.
Geriatrics
At Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, area nursing homes, elder housing, and with Urban Medical Group, a well established practice integrating geriatric and primary care.
Healthcare for the Homeless
Experiences in shelters, outpatient clinics, a women's homeless program, respite care.
Home Care
In depth experience with home visits program.
Infectious Disease
Includes HIV, general outpatient ID, travel medicine.
Lipid Disorders
Includes consultation with lipid specialists, nutrition. Also includes time in stress test lab.
Neurology
General neurology, behavioral neurology, sleep medicine, HIV neurology.
Occupational Medicine
Occupational illness and disability.
Oncology
Focus on outpatient management.
Ophthalmology
At BIDMC and Joslin.
Orthopedics
Includes general orthopedics, hand surgery, sports medicine, back pain.
Planned Parenthood
An in depth exposure to contraception and general women’s health.
Private Practice
Sample a variety of practices around the area to see different styles of practice and care delivery systems.
Public Health
Work at Boston Medical Center Tuberculosis clinic.
Quality Improvement
Exposure to hospital quality improvement systems. Residents perform a root cause analysis of a quality problem.
Renal
At BIDMC and Joslin seeing a range of renal problems.
Rheumatology
At BIDMC including rheumatology sessions, podiatry, musculoskeletal medicine, physical therapy.
Senior Teacher
Teaching of interns, medical students in didactic sessions with feedback. Also includes opportunity to do apprentice outpatient precepting.
Student Health
Options at Simmons College, Northeastern University. Common problems in college health including women's health, musculoskeletal medicine.
Urology
General urology, incontinence, impotence.
Women's Health
Sessions In Women's Health practice, gynecology, breast unit.
