Schedule
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education (MCSGME) provides orientation for more than 400 incoming residents and fellows each year.
Business formal is required for orientation: Suit or sport coat, skirt or dress pants, button-down/up collared shirt and tie, dress, blouse or sweater. Casual clothing or fabric, such as denim is not permitted.
Three sessions scheduled for 2025
Session 1 — June 17, 2025 (Tuesday): This session is for trainees in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Anesthesiology (PGY1), Dental Specialties, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine (Rochester, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Mankato), General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurologic Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Plastic Surgery-Integrated, Preliminary Internal Medicine, Preliminary Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Urology, and Vascular Surgery- Integrated.
Session 2 — July 1, 2025 (Tuesday): This session is for trainees in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Residents (PGY2+), Dermatology, Hospital Obstetric Medicine and Surgery, Neuroanesthesiology, Neurology, Obstetric Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Thoracic Surgery, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, and fellowship programs with July 1 start date.
Session 3 — July 23, 2025 (Wednesday): This session is for fellows with an August 1 start date, including those in Abdominal Transplantation, Adult Reconstruction-Lower, Adult Reconstruction-Upper, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Breast Oncology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery, Gynecologic Oncology, Hand Surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Orthopedics-Sports Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Spine Fellowship-Orthopedics, Surgical Critical Care and other off-cycle trainees.
Pediatric fellowships and ophthalmology fellowships will start and complete orientation with the program July 7, 2025 (Monday).
Three sessions scheduled for 2026
Session 1 — June 17, 2026 (Wednesday): This session is for trainees in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Anesthesiology (PGY1), Dental Specialties, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine (Rochester, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Mankato), General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurologic Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Plastic Surgery-Integrated, Preliminary Internal Medicine, Preliminary Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Urology, and Vascular Surgery-Integrated.
Session 2 — July 1, 2026 (Wednesday): This session is for trainees in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Residents (PGY2+), Dermatology, Hospital Obstetric Medicine and Surgery, Neuroanesthesiology, Neurology, Obstetric Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Thoracic Surgery, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, and fellowship programs with July 1 start date.
Session 3 — July 23, 2026 (Thursday): This session is for fellows with an August 1 start date, Abdominal Transplantation, Adult Reconstruction-Lower, Adult Reconstruction-Upper, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Breast Oncology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery, Gynecologic Oncology, Hand Surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Orthopedics-Sports Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Spine Fellowship-Orthopedics, Surgical Critical Care and other off-cycle trainees.
Pediatric fellowships and Ophthalmology fellowships will start and complete orientation with the program July 7, 2026 (Tuesday).