Clinical Electives

Residents choose from a wide variety of electives in both inpatient consults services and outpatient practices.

Medicine Subspecialties

• Cardiology, including Advanced Heart Failure/CCU
• Endocrinology
• GI (general, hepatology)
• Geriatrics
• Hematology
• ID (general, HIV, oncology, transplant)
• Intermediate Care Unit
• International Health
• Nephrology (general, transplant)
• Occupational Medicine
• Oncology, including Mixed Tumor Service elective
• Palliative Care
• Pulmonary
• Rheumatology
• Transplant Medicine

General Medicine

• Hospital Medicine
• Medical Consultation
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Hypertension
• Toxicology
• Women's Health

Special Electives

• Medical Education
• Social Media

Other Electives

• Dermatology
• Neurology
• Orthopedics
• Psychiatry Liaison
• Sports Medicine

Residents are encouraged to create their own electives that meet their educational needs—whether at Maryland or other sites around the country and the globe.

Other innovative electives that are available include:

Hospital Medicine and Elective in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

These two electives are available to all residents, but provide additional training for those interested in a career in hospitalist practice. Residents learn the art of medical consultation and perioperative medical management under the guidance of academic hospitalists. They participate in quality improvement projects and learn about the business aspect of hospital practice.

Transplant ID and Oncology ID

In addition to the traditional ID elective, residents may spend time with the Transplant ID or Oncology ID service and manage patients with significant immunosuppression. These electives complement our inpatient Med Infectious Disease service.

Transplant Nephrology

As the academic medical center with one of the largest number of renal transplants performed annually in the United States, residents have the opportunity for a vast clinical experience on this elective.

Residents learn the basics of transplant biology, the evaluation of patients for transplantation and the prevention and management of post-transplant complications.

Residents work on an interdisciplinary team along with transplant nephrologists, infectious disease experts and surgeons.

Occupational Medicine

Under the supervision of specialists in Occupational Medicine, residents evaluate patients with job related illnesses, participate in ongoing research or may work with physicians at health facilities at industrial plants in Baltimore.

• See the Occupational Health Programs for more information.

In addition, residents interested in a career in Occupational Medicine may link their curriculum at UMMC to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins University.

Geriatric Medicine

Residents participate in a multidisciplinary clinic evaluation of the elderly, engaging in inpatient consultations and caring for patients in a nursing home.

Outpatient clinics provide residents with training on the management of frail elderly, osteoporosis and older patients with multiple comorbidities.

Medical Education Track

The medical education longitudinal track is an opportunity for residents to develop additional knowledge and skills in medical education. Residents can apply to this program in their intern year.

In this track, selected residents will work one-on-one with a faculty mentor to carry out an educational research project. They will also attend quarterly professional development sessions on medical education topics such as adult learning theory, curriculum development and assessment and evaluation.

Residents will apply learning in the Internal Medicine Transition to Residency course for medical students who have matched into Internal Medicine. This a great opportunity for residents pursuing a career in academic medical education.

PhD Program for Clinicians

The PhD Program for Clinicians provides a rigorous, accelerated curriculum to train medical scientists for careers in basic or translational research in association with the research component of existing accredited residency and fellowship programs. PhDs are awarded through the Graduate Program in Life Sciences. 

These programs include:

• Biochemistry
• Molecular Medicine
• Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
• Neuroscience
• Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Science
• Epidemiology
• Gerontology
• Toxicology

See the PhD Program for Clinicians for more information.