Modifiable Time for Residents Not Pursuing A Fellowship Experience

Residents who are not pursuing a fellowship experience are allocated a month-long elective in each of the second, third and fourth years. Elective rotations can be chosen to support your various career goals. In addition to a list of experiences from which residents can choose, there is also the possibility to work with program leadership to develop a new rotation. 

A non-exhaustive list of already cultivated elective experiences: 

  • Mt Hood Meadows Ski Clinic  

  • Lifestyle Medicine Certification 

    • Self-guided Modules, group check-ins, and participation in specialty clinics 

  • Addiction Medicine 

  • ICU at Kaiser Permanente 

  • Labor & Delivery at Kaiser Permanente 

  • Family Planning Clinic at Kaiser Permanente 

  • Mid County Refugee Clinic  

  • Women’s Health Care at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility 

  • Male Youth Care at Oregon Youth Authorities 

  • Student Health Care at Portland State University 

  • Rural Experience Options: 

    •  IHS Warm Springs  

    • Enterprise Hospital 

    • St. Charles Health System in Madras 

  • International Experience Options: 

    • Botswana (Hospital Medicine) 

    • Japan (JADECOM Partnership) 

    • Thailand (Public Health focused) 

    • Individually-designed international elective experience 

 * Please note, travel for international electives is subject to State Department Travel Advisories 

Residents who are not pursuing a fellowship experience will additionally have modifiable time woven throughout their 3rd and 4th years. This occurs in outpatient clinic weeks, currently labeled “Area of Concentration”. These weeks include 4-5 outpatient continuity clinics, didactics, and three ½ days to spend pursuing various clinical experiences, some examples of which are included below:    

  • Acupuncture Clinic 

  • Center for Women's Health Gyn Clinic  

  • CHH Comprehensive Reproductive Health Clinic  

  • Clackamas County Prenatal Clinic   

  • Death with Dignity  

  • CHH LEEP/Colposcopy Clinic  

  • Integrative Medicine Clinic  

  • Kaiser Paracentesis Clinic   

  • Kaiser Circumcision Clinic   

  • Kaiser Vasectomy Clinic   

  • MAT Clinic 

  • Point of Care Ultrasound  

  • Nutrition consults at OHSU (Gestational diabetes)  

  • OHSU L&D  

  • Outpatient Lactation Clinic  

  • Planned Parenthood Vasectomy Clinic  

  • Planned Parenthood TABs  

  • Perinatal Genetic Counseling  

  • Project Nurture  

  • Travel Clinic  

  • Gender Affirming Care Consult Clinic