Rural Electives & Special Sites

Rural Outpatient Pediatrics: Douglas pediatrics**
Location: Douglas, Arizona
Distance from Tucson: 120 miles (2 hours) from Tucson
Rotation: Outpatient Pediatrics
Housing: Provided in an onsite trailer that can be shared with medical students and other residents.

Special Features:

• Pediatrics Clinic
• High Volume
• A lot of Bread and Butter peds
• Work at multiple sites to serve underserved peds population
• Mobile Health at the local high school
• Group visits that focus on development o children

Rural Rheumatology: Sells and San Xavier**
Locations: Sells and San Xavier, Arizona
Type of Site: Indian Health Serives (Tohono O’odham Tribe)
Rotation: During musculoskeletal block
Distance from Tucson: 60 miles (1 hour) from Tucson
Housing: It is a day trip once per week  

Special Features:

• This population has a higher than average rate of rheumatologic disease
• Work with the rheumatologists
• Visit both sites on the reservation

Rural FM: Juneau, AK SEARHC
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Type of Site: Alaska Native Center
Housing: Provided by SEARHC

Special Features:

• Outpatient, inpatient (peds and option for adults), OB
• Medical home model for clinic with case managers in each pod
• Complex Medical needs
• High Volumes pediatrics
• Many outpatient procedures

Rural FM: BC, Canada
Location: Rural British Columbia, Canada  
Housing: Home stay

Special Features:

• Broad Spectrum Family Medicine (including inpatient, outpatient, ED, urgent care)
• Run by two graduates of our program
• POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound)
• A lot of fracture management
• Xray reading