The University of Colorado Preventive Medicine Residency Program offers a wide variety of required and elective rotations, enabling the resident to meet all competencies required for graduation and eligibility to sit for the examination of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. These include practice opportunities in public health agencies, community health clinics, hospitals, community health organizations, research centers, a health maintenance organization, and other public health and preventive medicine-related organizations.
Opportunities for practice in both rural and urban health settings, and at sites serving underserved populations, are available. Throughout the practical rotations, competency-based learning objectives guide the residents and practicum site directors in developing site-specific objectives for the residents. Training requirements, competency objectives, and resident interests guide choice of practice sites.
Required Rotations (all residents)
Preventive Medicine/PublicHealth/Environmental Health Mini-Practicum
Occupational Medicine Practicum
VeteransAffairsMedicalCenter (VAMC)
Selective Rotations (at least 2 months full-time or 4 months part-time at one of the following sites):
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
Denver Health, Department of Public Health
El Paso County Health Department
Jefferson County Public Health
Native American Cancer Research
Peak Vista Community Health Centers
Tri-County Health Department
Elective Rotations:
Standard Elective Rotations
Clinica Campesina (3-6 months)
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) (6-12)
Denver Community Health Services (6-12 months)
Health District of NorthernLarimerCounty (4-12 months)
Kaiser Permanente Colorado (6-12 months, 12 months preferred)
National Jewish Health (3-4 months)
Plan de Salud del Valle (2-12 months)
University of Colorado Denver (CU):
Area Health Education Center (1-6 months);
Colorado School of Public Health (6-12 months)
Other Potential Elective Rotations
Colorado Health Outcomes Center (CU)
Health Team Works
MedicalGroupManagement
Federally sponsored short term public health training:
a) CDC-Sponsored Student Investigator Initiated Short Term Public Health Training, at home institution (CU), or CDC, Atlanta, GA (up to 6 months)
b) Health Policy and Public Health Internships and Traineeships in Washington, DC or Atlanta, GA (3 months or summer only)
Highmark Life and Casualty Group (Pittsburg, PA) (at least 3 months)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins - Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, NationalCenter for Zoonotic, Enteric, and Vector-Borne Diseases