The Internal Medicine Residency in Florida encourages each resident to design their own three-year track by allowing multiple elective rotations each year to help you meet your career goals.

Aerospace medicine

Aerospace Medicine is a four-week elective offered to Mayo Clinic medical students, residents, and fellows. The course is delivered by Aerospace Medicine faculty in collaboration with multidisciplinary subspecialty experts, providing learners with a comprehensive introduction to the physiologic, clinical, and operational principles of aerospace medicine.

The curriculum includes instruction in Federal Aviation Administration aeromedical certification concepts, high-altitude physiology, acceleration physiology and cardiovascular responses to G-forces, spatial disorientation and aerodynamics, and austere medicine in extreme environments, including microgravity. Learners participate in immersive site visits to Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Air National Guard. Experiential learning is emphasized through hands-on simulation experiences focused on crew resource management, in-flight medical emergencies, and astronaut recovery scenarios. Individual and collaborative research projects provide opportunities for scholarly exploration of emerging challenges in aviation and commercial spaceflight.

Medical education opportunities

Residents have multiple opportunities to develop their skills as medical educators. They regularly teach medical students from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine as well as visiting sub-interns from across the country.

To support this role, teaching faculty and senior residents participate in formal training designed to enhance teaching effectiveness. As part of the core curriculum, residents engage in interactive “Residents as Teachers” sessions that focus on key educational principles, including creating a positive learning environment, delivering effective feedback, and recognizing individual learning styles.

Residents may also participate in a dedicated Medical Education elective, which includes both didactic and experiential components focused on educational theory, curriculum development, and teaching practice.

Additionally, residents may be competitively selected to participate in Mayo Clinic’s enterprise-wide Medical Education Pathway program.