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Electives Listing

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elective approval form 2022.pdf

Elective Policy (please review before planning and setting up your elective)

 

 


Elective List with Concentrations

 

If you need help setting up an elective, contact Dr. McClain (i.e. if contacts aren't listed or are incorrect).  

**Please note- some of these must be set up well in advance*

 

Residents, please feel free to edit/add elective options with contact information if you have done a great elective.  You can also send the information to residency staff to update.

 

Concentration Areas

Adult Medicine

Hospital Medicine

Behavioral Medicine

Obstetrics

Pediatrics

Women's Health

Population Health

Rural Medicine and ER

QI and Informatics

Practice Management

 

More Nuts and Bolts

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU MAKE YOUR ELECTIVES WORK FOR YOU, PLAN AHEAD!!

 

THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU GET YOUR ELECTIVE SIGNED OFF BY YOUR PRECEPTOR BEFORE SUBMITTING TO DOLORES.  THE PRECEPTOR IS THE ONE WHO WILL GIVE YOU AN EVALUATION AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND SPECIFICS OF YOUR PLAN!!

 

elective approval form 2022.pdf

Elective Policy (please review before planning and setting up your elective)

 

For many (but not all) electives we need the "elective approval form" filled out. Ask Dolores if you need to fill it out for the elective you are planning.

 

If you are planning to get credit for an elective that requires an elective approval form, please keep in mind:

  • Must be approved by a preceptor and signed form with plan for rotation schedule, goals/objectives, and submitted by:
    • 90 days prior - otherwise your clinic days will be automatically blocked in by Dolores – this may impact your elective learning opportunities that you are able to finalize in your elective schedule plan.
    • 60 days prior – if form still not received, you will be assigned a clinic intensive block and elective time lost.

If you do not receive appropriate approval for elective time, and there is no formal approval or evaluation for your elective time, you may not receive credit for the time and may need to extend time in training.

 

 

GME Outside Rotation Form: GME Outside Rotation Request Form rev 2020-06-17.pdf

Away Rotation houseofficer procedure 2020-05-26 FINAL.pdf

 

Additional Notes

  • Some of these contacts have no doubt changed since someone last did this elective.  If you find the contact has changed please contact the office so we can update
  • It is ultimately your responsibility to make sure your clinic schedule fits with your elective (but the office can assist as possible).  Please schedule electives more than 6 months in advance so clinics can be set up

 

Elective  Contact(s) Away?  Knowledge/Skills Learned  Misc. 

Concentration

Area 1

Concentration

Area 2

Self Designed Elective Use Elective Approval Form 2021.pdf Form, get approval through the residency office. Y/N Varies  Please make sure to add in one  community health activity 1/2 day every 2 weeks (or even every 1 week if doable).  Best days for that are tues am and wed am when there are no clinics.  Need to schedule 3 months in advance (like all electives) so clinics can accommodate. Varies  
Outpatient ID elective Dr. Miriam Salas N encompasses a variety of outpatient clinics - travel medicine, HIV primary care, outpatient antibiotics, hepatitis C clinic, STD's, TB clinic, general ID consults, etc. 8 or 9 to 5 weekdays. Thursday morning didactic and case conference.  Can be done on a 2 week block if interested.   Adult Medicine    
ENT elective Dr. Karen Hawley N ENT and primary care have a TON of overlap.  And they get to do a lot of in-office procedures. Dr. Hawley is really excited about FM residents learning more about ENT including: 

tinnitus, hearing loss, dysphagia, trach management, tympanostomy tube management, removing foreign bodies, I and D’s, salivary gland biopsies, wound care, packing noses, draining peri-tonsillar abscesses, abnormal TM exams, audiograms- reviewing hearing tests, speech pathology [learning which is more appropriate for referral between speech vs ENT] multi-disciplinary teams [cleft team, endocrine clinic, vascular malformations, aero-digestive clinic - kids with dysphagia, trach-vent clinic], and time on both adult and peds ENT.  You are also invited to join resident education, grand rounds, journal club,

To start 1/2023, no more than one FM resident at a time to maximize teaching and procedural access.    
Outpatient LGBT and HIV Medicine Dr. Miriam Salas and Dr. Kate Stuenkel N A variety of outpatient clinics. Multiple options for experience with transgender medicine including Deseo Clinic at SEH, PRISM clinic at the TGRC, Transgender clinics with an endocrinologist, pharmacists, or Dr. McClain at Truman. Other clinics that can be incorporated include PREP clinic, HIV primary care, HIV in adolescents, and STD clinics at the public health departments.

E-mail Dr. Salas and Stuenkel in one email.

Note: ID (Dr. Salas) cannot accommodate residents in July or January because of the fellows' schedule.

Adult Medicine  
Infectious Disease Consult Service

Shauna Rodriguez 2-5666

 

N 

Includes consult service experience- good for those who may do more inpatient work.   Adult Medicine  Hospital Medicine

Rheumatology Clinic 

(CONTACT DOLORES GARCIA- SHE WILL SET UP THE ROTATION)        Jackie Cremar, coordinator 24761 

UNM Rheumatology

N 

Work with outpatient UNM rheumatologists in their clinics.  Opportunity for additional exposure to RA, SLE and other common rheumatologic conditions.  Popular.

JULY AND DECEMBER ARE CLOSED BLOCKS

UNM Rheumatology clinic 


Adult

Medicine

 

HIV/Infectious Disease Travel Clinic and general ID rotation

Dr. Samuel Lee

N 

Work at the VA ID travel clinic, HIV primary care clinic and some other ID experiences.

See elective page for more information

Adult

Medicine

 

Asthma and COPD

UNM Pulmonology

 

Outpatient experience with UNM Pulmonologists in the care of patients with these two common outpatient diagnoses.

 

Adult Medicine
 

SRMC ICU

Eleana Zamora EZamora@salud.unm.edu

 

Community ICU elective at SRMC

may be limited per year, based on funding

Adult

Medicine

 
Nephrology

Autumn Roberts, Coord

2-4759

auroberts@salud.unm.edu

N   Contact in advance for schedule Adult Medicine  
Neurology

Cathy Overton, Coord

2-3345

auroberts@salud.unm.edu

N   Contact in advance for schedule Adult Medicine  

Endocrinology

coordinator 

UNM Endocrinology

Outpatient endocrinology clinic patients, including pts with diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal disorders, etc

 

Adult

Medicine

 

Healthcare for those experiencing homelessness/

social medicine

HCH-there are no providers right now at HCH that can work with residents as of 4/1/2022. This will be updated when they have providers there

 

Casa de Salud- Dr. Anjali Teneja-anjali@casadesaludnm.org

HCH- Provide medical services to persons experiencing homelessness through assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral. Effectively practice patient-centered care with the ability to apply and adapt standards of care and evidenced-based medicine to the patient in front of them. Understand and apply principles of harm reduction and motivational interviewing. Work on ending homelessness through a medical social model.  

 

Casa de Salud- Healthcare for people, not profit! novel practice model, private that focuses on underserved and social justice.  Spanish-speaking trans and non-binary health, harm reduction, acupuncture, reiki

HCH- can be done as 2 or 4 weekResidents will have the opportunity to practice clinical medicine at the following sites: AHCH stand-alone primary care clinic.Shelter-based primary care clinical sites (Joy Junction, Good Shephard, Noon Day).Street medicine/ backpack medicine to homeless encampments and street workers.

 

 

Casa de Salud- can only be done as a four week block.  Residents will work at the Casa de Salud site.

Adult Medicine  Behavioral Medicine 

Other Internal Medicine Subspecialties at UNM or the VA

varies

 

There are lots of possibilities- please discuss with the residency office before scheduling

Adult

Medicine

 

Hospice and Palliative Care

Dr. Esme Finlay, please contact Dr. McClain first

Opportunity to work with inpatient palliative care team, as well as possibly outpatient hospices

Opportunity for 2 week elective with the inpatient Palliative Care team

Adult

Medicine

Behavioral Medicine

Clinic elective and QI 

Residency office, and your clinic educational director More of your outpatient continuity clinics, as well as the opportunity to work on a Quality Improvement Project that improves the care for your patients (and perhaps the pts of the clinic).  

Adult Medicine

 
Sleep Medicine

Dr. Frank Ralls

UNM Sleep Medicine

contact email is in groupwise

N Learn to integrate sleep medicine concepts into your practice.  Learn about the types of sleep apnea and their significance, alternatives to sleep studies if they aren't obtainable, restless leg syndrome, common nocturnal sleep related disorders, sleep related side effects of commonly prescribed medications. Opportunity for participating in a sleep study as part of the rotation (usually a couple friday nights)

Adult

Medicine

 

Patient Education @UNM

ML Johnston 28062

mljohnston@slaud.unm.edu

N

Spend some time thinking about/concentrating on patient education and healthcare literacy.  Important topic!

 

Adult

Medicine

Behavioral

Medicine

Toxicology

Dr. Jody Rogers

2-4261

Work with the great UNM toxicology service (a largely ED trained physician group) Contact ahead of time to organize schedule Adult Medicine

Pediatrics

LGBT Health (away in Philadelphia)   Y Hasn't been done yet by one of our residents, but well reviewed from other residencies who have sent residents.  For more info see the website.  The Mazzoni center is in Philadelphia and focuses on the healthcare and wellness of the LGBT community https://mazzonicenter.org/ Adult Medicine

Behavioral

Medicine

Heart Failure (and additional inpatient Cardiology)

 

For those wanting extra exposure to inpatient cardiology conditions, including management of MIs, afib and HF.   Very helpful if you will be doing inpatient work in the future.  Work with the Inpatient cardiology team on 7S.  You could probably also work with the Heart Failure Clinic if interested.
Hospital Medicine  

Hospital Medicine

Kali Graham, MD or if prefer Lovelace contact Dr. Ramalingam at sathish.ramalingam@lovelace.com

Additional inpatient clinical experience and focus, but also experience in what it is to work in a hospital, and function as a hospitalist.   Exposure to QI, systems management, core measures. You will also be given selected hospital medicine articles to read. Hospital Medicine   

Psychiatry Inpatient Consult Service

Janet Robinson

24763

jrobinson@salud.unm.edu

Work more closely with the inpatient psychiatry consult service, which has a particular focus on altered mental status, suicidality, decisional capacity, etc.  Very useful for those who will do inpatient work. Contact ahead of time for schedule

Behavioral Medicine

Hospital Medicine 

IHS elective at ABQ IHS Dr. Summer Nguyen summer.nguyen@ihs.gov N work at ABQ IHS clinic. Exposure to IHS structure, native health. Must do for full month and only 3 residents at a time. Contact Dr. McClain and Dr. Nguyen if interested    

Addiction Medicine

Patrick Abbott

925-2500

pabbot@salud.unm.edu

ASAP: 2350 Alamo SE 87106

 
Contact ahead of time for schedule

Behavioral Medicine

 

Psych Emergency Services

Dr. Weil

eweil@salud.unm.edu

 Gain more experience working with patients who are having an acute psychiatric crisis.  Can be very valuable depending on your future practice.
Contact ahead of time for schedule

Behavioral Medicine

 

Pediatric Urgent/Emergent Care Month

Dr. Penny Brandt Dr. Brian Moore (peds ED) Dr. Jennifer Rael

Peds ER and Urgent Care combined with neonatal resuscitation.

 

Note: as of Jul 2014: Santa Fe and Silver City have started having their interns also do Peds ED, so any Peds ED experience would likely have to occur when our other learners don't have shifts.

Doable and high value.  Takes some leg work to coordinate the experience, since it takes place within 3 areas: the Peds ED, Peds urgent care, and NICU.  Those areas tend to have a good amount of other learners, so the key is making a schedule to work shifts less covered by others, including nights and weekends.  Example schedule attached (from previous resident).  The NICU resuscitation is done best by coordinating with the NICU NP: times without peds residents.  

Pediatrics

Rural Medicine

Newborn Resuscitation at Presbyterian

Dr. Michael Rankin

N

Hands on rotation on newborn resuscitation on normal deliveries, C sections. Will also experience working with NICU team in attending deliveries with babies that are preterm, have congenital anomalies or those with meconium staining. Can have option of performing newborn intubations, PICC line insertion, IV insertion, and UVC insertions. Can participate in Newborn transport.

Michelle Chungtuyco did this in spring 2018 and thought it was great. Need to have Pres credentialing done

Pediatrics

Rural Medicine

Other Pediatric subspecialties at UNM varies N  
Contact the residency office prior to selecting/scheduling Pediatrics  
Young Children's Health Center Jennifer Garcia: Jengarcia@salud.unm.edu
N  
Must speak Spanish! Pediatrics

Behavioral

Medicine 

 
Children's Psychiatry (at UNM)

Dr.Rashmi Sabu

rsabu@salud.unm.edu

 

Office: 272-2890

N  
Contact ahead of time to arrange schedule Pediatrics

Behavioral

Medicine 

FOCUS/Milagro Elective Kate McCalmont, MD (FOCUS) and Jessi Goldstein, MD (Milagro)  

Includes participation in the clinics as well as the multidisciplinary team for home-visiting based Early Intervention for child development. Can also include some exploration of behavioral health resources.

 


Especially valuable for residents not at North Valley/SEH for their clinic Pediatrics Obstetrics
New Parent Emilie Sebesta, MD
N http://unmfm.pbworks.com/w/page/93547217/NewbornParentRotation http://unmfm.pbworks.com/w/page/93547217/NewbornParentRotation Pediatrics  

UNM Urgent Care 

Dr. Don Lemke (in groupwise) 

Urgent care at UNM Fast Track. 

Requires a bit of flexibility. Some of the shifts will be 7 am to 3 pm and some will be 3 pm to 11pm. 

 

Adult Medicine
Border Health in Dona Ana County

Danielle Pattison, MD danielle.pattison@gmail.com

Mary Alice Scott, MD mscott2@ad.nmsu.edu

Laura Parajon, MD

LParajon@salud.unm.edu

Y/N Refugee/asylee curriculum
  1. Residents should contact Dr. Danielle Pattison with a cc to Dr. Mary Alice Scott (both of their emails are cced here) and Dr. Laura Parajon about when they would like to come at 3 MONTHS in advance
  2. Once they are approved by Danielle Pattison, then Dolores will put the resident in the schedule and let all parties know (Dr. Pattions, Dr. Scott, and Dr. Parajon) what the exact schedule of the resident will be, including arrival time to Las Cruces and departure time from Las Cruces. This is important because of the time it takes to schedule with the multiple partners that Danielle and Mary Alice work with to schedule the border rotation
  3. There will be no border rotation slots during holidays between the week of Thanksgiving and New Years because there is very little going on during those times at the border
  4. Rotations should be no less than 14 days and can be up to 30 days
  5. The border rotation does not support 1 week rotations
Rural Medicine  

Crownpoint (IHS)

 

Y/N 

Full spectrum Family Medicine practice, with support of previous UNM graduates.  Inpatient, outpatient, obstetrics, urgent and emergent care.

Can return some for clinic (Fri AM/PM) if don't want to do as away  Rural Medicine Obstetrics 

Zuni (IHS)

Dr. Jason Kurland and Dr. Rebecca Ryan

Y/N 

Full spectrum Family Medicine practice, with support of previous UNM graduates.  Inpatient, outpatient obstetrics, urgent and emergent care. (2.5hrs away)

Can return some for clinic (Fri AM/PM) if don't want to do as away, plan ahead for credentialing, also they sometimes have other residents/students so spots can fill up.

Rural Medicine

 

Obstetrics 
Chinle (IHS)
Y/N

Full-scope, rural, cultural medicine in a 60 bed inpatient hospital and outpatient facility treating children and adults; addressing subspecialty medical issues along with the usual primary care concerns. Translation is used for the 25% of patients who speak only Navajo and care plans are often augmented by the Office of Native Medicine which offers traditional healing ceremonies. (3.5 hrs away)

Plan ahead for credentialing, also they sometimes have other residents/students so spots can fill up. Can return some for clinic (Fri AM/PM) if don't want to do as away,

Rural Medicine

 
Bernalillo private community clinic

Dr. Steven Hartman

 

N Work in a well functioning local-ish private clinic staffed by a recent grad to get a sense of a different practice environment.  Highly recommended  

Rural

Medicine

 
Santa Rosa

Dr Brown

Y Rural rotation- one of the popular choices for the required rural experience.  

Rural

Medicine

 
Silver City

Charlie Alfero

Y Rural rotation- one of the popular choices for the required rural experience  

Rural

Medicine

 

Shiprock (IHS)

Dr. Heather Kovich

Y

Rural rotation with lots of customizability.  Some unique features include ability to visit patients in their homes with public health nurses, derm clinic and inpatient/obstetrics.

Can also work with PMS if interested (an FQHC in Farmington).  Shiprock has a pretty stable provider group and strong focus on population health

Rural

Medicine

Population Health

Kayenta (IHS) Dr, Jon Stucki
Located in Kayenta Arizona, 20 miles from Monument Valley.  A good ER/acute care experience.   Rural Medicine   
Whiteriver, AZ (IHS)
Y Rural rotation- full spectrum family medicine with UNM residency graduate.   Rural Medicine  
Lovington, NM  
Y Rural rotation in southern NM.  Outpatient primary care and urgent care with UNM residency graduates.   Rural Medicine  
International Rotations varies Y People sometimes have their own experiences they'd like to pursue, we also can share contact for other experiences.   Rural medicine (varies)
Lovelace OB Miguel Gonzales N

There are always 2 CNMs on, they either have 12 hr shifts or 24 hr shifts. They are not required to have a trainee with them, so coordinating in advance is really helpful. That said - the schedule can sometimes change month to month, so I am not sure how far in advance residents are able to realistically plan.  The CNMs who were willing to have residents were there on Wednesdays (Rachel Garcia 505-688-9509, and  Amy Macleod amy.macleod@lovelace.com) , Thursday (Brenda Beck, brenda.beck@lovelace.com), Saturdays (Candace Reid, 505-280-5008, candace.reid@lovelace.com). Charge nurse at the CNM Westside Clinic - Jenny White - 505-727-4534 helps with contact info for the CNMs. Main contact for FM residents- Brenda Beck (brenda.beck@lovelace.com).   Shifts are 8am-8pm (or 8am-8am if on a 24 hr shift)

Meals:

I got free meals from the cafeteria while I was there - when you check out tell them you are a physician and then you just sign a paper with the amount that your food cost.

Badge:

If residents have a hard time getting badge access, they can get a physician temp badge each day that they are there by going to the security office (behind the cafeteria), telling the security officer that they are a resident physician on L+D and need a temp badge, and giving them their drivers license. They get their drivers license back at the end of the shift when they turn in their badge. 

Parking:

You can park anywhere (I never had a problem). The Hospital is on San Mateo and Montgomery (Lovelace Women’s Hospital). To get to L+D, Go to the south side entrance, park in the lot, walk in the entrance and take a left, go down the hall until you see the elevators, go up to the third floor, and the desk of L+D is in front of you.  They CNMs usually do sign out on the second floor GI conference room but it changes sometimes - so I recommend that the residents reach out to whoever they are working with to see where they want to meet.

   

Santa Fe Community Obstetrics Rotation at Saint Vincent

 
Y/N New for Academic Year 2017-18: spend a rotation in Santa Fe, working with a combination of FM, midwive and OB providers to get an experience of obstetrics in a community hospital setting Housing is available in Santa Fe.  We will work with you to create a schedule that still allows you to do some clinic work in Albuquerque to make sure we are meeting clinic requirements.  Note- schedules need to be coordinated with Santa Fe, so the longer lead time you can give the office the better.

Obstetrics

Rural Medicine

Maternal Fetal Medicine

UNM Obstetrics

Work as an elective with the UNM MFM service

 

Obstetrics   

The Network Towards Unity for Health Conference

Varies

Attend and participate in the annual Network Towards Unity for Health International Conference, which includes opportunities to learn about issues relating to the international medical education of primary care physicians and supporting providers.  For more info: http://www.the-networktufh.org/conferences

If you are presenting a poster, the residency will help pay for your attendance, though usually we aren't able to pay enough to cover the entire costs.  The conference (and recommended post-conference excursion) usually do not take an entire elective block. 

Population Health


Month with NM State Legislature

Dr. Molly McClain (Dr. Parajon, Dr. Jesse Barnes and Dr. Anjali Taneja

Expanded exposure to the NM state legislature.  Also participate in Doc of the Day activities.  Occurs one month a year, usually Jan or Feb.

 

Population Health  
Southwestern Women's Options

Dr. Alison Gilbert

agilbert@southwesternwomens.com


Family Planning training in ABQ   Women's Health  
Rape Crisis Advocacy Training Rape Crisis Centervolunteer@rapecrisiscnm.org$25 fee (reimbursable via CME money) How to talk with people about their experiences and feelings around their sexual trauma, ranging from remote childhood sexual trauma, remote sexual assault (rape), intimate partner violence or in a crisis intervention moment after a recent rape. About resources and referrals, useful information that can be passed on regarding orders of protection, reporting sexual assault, statistics on arrests and sentencing of perpetrators, and how to manage triggering experiences after an assault.  This is a 2 weekend intensive training occurring Friday night, all day Sat and Sun for a total of about 40 hours. It should not be combined with any calls at all during those 2 weekends. Recommended for providers who plan on doing a significant amount of women's health and want exposure to these skills. Women's Health  Behavioral Medicine 

Personal Clinic Effectiveness (2 weeks)

Dr. Kathy Chang

2 week experience to help residents gain more skills in moving effectively through a clinic day.  If you do it for 4 weeks can combine with a practice investigation elective (where you visit different clinics and see how they work).  Please see the elective page for more information. Experiences vary from working 1:1 with some of our faculty who have specific skills in navigating their clinic day, to reading about what other organizations consider keys to efficient workflow and working at the top of your license.  There's also an opportunity to see UNM/resident clinic locations different than your own. Practice Management   
Practice Investigation
N 2 or 4 weeks. Spend some time at clinics other than your own to see what they are like. Can include some locum tenens as a part of this experience.   Practice Management   
Institute for Healthcare Improvement "Open School"

IHI Open School will take you directly to the modules access page

 

A customizable online course on QI and Patient Safety. IHI Open School is a recognized authority and the courses are well received. You can tailor your experience based on how much time you have and can aim for a "Basic Certificate in Quality Improvement & Safety." Free online with complete access if you use the UNM GME group passcode (see elective page)
QI and Informatics  
QI/Informatics Elective with First Choice

Dr. Ben Buxton (Head of Informatics for First Choice and UNM FM grad)

N Dr. Buxton has multiple projects of varying length he is working on that you can be involved in. Also learn about the important field of informatics.  Can be 2-4 weeks and can tailor to your personal goals.    QI and Informatics  
Medical Spanish Elective

Multiple options

Y This generally involves 4-5hr of one-on-one Spanish instruction every morning and self-study in the afternoon. Recently, residents have traveled to Guatemala and to Mexico. In Guatemala, residents have had good experiences at https://www.spanishacademyantiguena.com/ in Antigua, and at https://plqe.org in Xela.   Away  
McDougall Program at Santa Rosa

Tiffany Hobson

Tiffany@drmcdougall.com

Y

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/programs/10-day-program/

This is a 10 day live-in program focused on health promotion through whole-food plant-based nutrition education.  Learn how to adhere to a plant-based diet and how to discuss nutrition with patients.

If you e-mail Tiffany and are accepted as an intern, the cost of travel, board, and meals would be covered.    
Global Health Partnerships at Kisesini, Kenya

Dr. Angelo Tomedi

atomedi2@gmail.com


Y Coordinate with Dr. Tomedi, who travels at specific times of the year       
VA Emergency Room
Dr. Molly McClain N 4 weeks. Gain additional ER skills at the VA ER.  Availability depends a little on the ER upper level schedule, sometimes they send residents as well.

The VA recently hired a bunch of new ER docs and the rotation has been popular with those who have done it so far

Rural Medicine
 
Primary Care Psychiatry

Primary Contact: Dan Williams

danwilliams@salud.unm.edu

 

Other Faculty involved:

Jasen Christensen

ASAP Clinic Faculty

No

2-4 weeks based upon resident schedule with the goal of building primary care focused pyschopharmacology and therapeutic skills for family medicine doctors 

For more information visit elective wiki page: Primary Care Psychiatry Rotation

     

 

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