Core Electives

  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Breastfeeding Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Child Abuse
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology-Oncology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Hospitalist Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Genetics
  • Nephrology
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Neurology
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Pulmonary
  • Research
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Transition to Practice

Elective Policy

  1. Residents must do a total of four subspecialty experiences, to be chosen from: the list above.
  2. Residents must do three additional  blocks of subspecialty experience which may consist of single or combinations of electives from those listed above as well as from the following list: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Child Psychiatry, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Pediatric Radiology or Pediatric Surgery.
  3. Residents also have six blocks of individualized curriculum. They can choose from the above experiences or:
  4. Research (must be approved by Program Director and Chief Residents, see course description)
    1. Plastics, Neurosurgery, Pediatric CT Surgery
    2. Pediatric Pathology
    3. *Transition to Practice
    4. Procedures (must be approved by Program Director and Chief Residents, see course description)
    5. *Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
    6. Breastfeeding Medicine* Resident must arrange with appropriate attending approval.
  5. Electives should be scheduled at least 45 days prior to the start of the elective.
  6. Outside/Away electives – can be taken at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital or Sacred Heart in Pensacola. Residents must begin arranging these electives with the Gainesville PME staff