General Preventive Medicine Residency

Elective Opportunities for Visiting Trainees

Electives for Visiting Residents & Medical Students

Medical students enrolled in the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical schools in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, and resident-physicians enrolled in training programs may apply for a one-month research elective in preventive medicine with the General Preventive Medicine Residency (GPMR) Program. This rotation is formally precepted by the Program Director and supervised by the Chief Resident.

Objectives of our Research Elective in Preventive Medicine:

  1. To expose rotators to both the theory and practice of preventive medicine.
  2. To introduce rotators to statistical and epidemiological principles required for population-based fields.
  3. To provide educational opportunities and contacts with professionals at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  4. To familiarize rotators with our GPMR curriculum, residents, faculty and staff.

Rotation Components:

  1. Faculty Meetings/Mentorship: rotators meet one-on-one with the Program Director during their rotation.
  2. Fundamentals of Clinical Preventive Medicine: rotators attend course lectures along with first-year preventive medicine residents.
  3. Integration into GPMR Activities: rotators attend all GPMR first- and second- year activities during their elective.
  4. Rotation Shadowing: rotators have the opportunity to shadow first and/or second-year preventive medicine residents on their rotations.
  5. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Courses: rotators are welcome to attend Master of Public Health courses of interest during their elective (pending instructor approval).
  6. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Seminars: rotators are notified of seminars at the School of Public Health, and will be required to attend select sessions according to the discretion of the Chief Resident.
  7. Community Outreach Opportunities: rotators may pursue community outreach activities during their elective.

Elective Dates:

The four-week research elective is offered once per academic year; dates for academic year 2025-2026 are Monday, September 22, 2025, through Friday, October 17, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The application deadline is July 15, 2025. Applicants are required to send their CV and a brief personal statement (no more than 1 page) describing your interest in the specialty or the elective opportunity to GPMR Chief Resident via email at GPMRChief@jh.edu.  

If selected, visiting medical students must complete a separate application process through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine(link is external) following their guidelines, deadlines, and fees. This application process includes submission of official transcripts and other materials, as well as a mandatory health screening which will be coordinated directly with accepted applicants by the Johns Hopkins Occupational Health office. Please note this application, including all required documentation, must be submitted through their portal no less than 6 weeks before the research elective start date.

Affiliates of General Preventive Medicine Residency

The BSPH General Preventive Medicine Residency Program is extending an opportunity to two physicians interested in preventive medicine and also concurrently enrolled within the School’s MPH program to become affiliates of the residency. Affiliation with the residency program provides an opportunity for the physicians to attend all the residency-related activities planned for junior preventive medicine (PM1) residents, including journal clubs, modules and didactic sessions, monthly residency rounds, networking events, and opportunities to serve as a teaching assistant for different MPH courses.  

The affiliation with the residency program does not result in any degrees or certificates, although the physicians can request a letter of support from the residency program director upon successful completion of their year-long affiliation. 

Interested physicians can contact residency program director, Dr. Clarence Lam (ckl@jhu.edu), or residency associate program director, Dr. Elham Hatef (ehatef1@jhu.edu), with a copy of their CV and a one-page cover letter summarizing their interests in preventive medicine and goals for this experience. The affiliation will start at the beginning of MPH training (Summer) and will be concluded at the end of the MPH training (next May) of each academic year. The affiliation requires attendance at all residency-related activities, including the ones scheduled during the MPH breaks.