An R-3 Away Elective is offered to provide residents with clinical or research experience at sites remote from Seattle. This experience will give residents additional training in areas pertinent to their future practice of medicine. There is no expectation that all residents are entitled to an away elective.

Criteria

• Educational content, objectives, supervision, expected future practice value, and evaluation format are pre-approved by a majority of the faculty.

• A draft of the resident’s proposal is presented to the mentor faculty member at least six months in advance.  Application is located in the residency admin folder on First Class.

• The final proposal is presented to the faculty and chief residents by the resident at least four months in advance of the rotation month and approved by the faculty at least three months in advance of the rotation month.

• A report will be required at the conclusion of the away rotation, with a copy to the Swedish Foundation if a foundation grant was received

• Only one R-3 may schedule an Away Rotation per month from each clinic site. The date that the request is submitted determines priority for the requested month.

• The CLINIC CHIEF at each site schedules each clinic’s staffing during the away rotations to maintain clinic productivity. R-3 residents will be expected to help cover staffing when other R-3s are on away electives.

• No Away Rotations may be scheduled during the month of July due to the transition of new residents into the Family Medicine Residency Program.