During the PGY-7 year, residents can spend six months at a location of their choice getting additional training in an area of interest. This may be done off-site or at the University of Iowa and is setup independently by each resident with the guidance of faculty.

Recent locations

Some sites visited by residents in the past include:

• Melbourne, Australia (Pediatrics)
• Sydney, Australia (Tumor/Minimally Invasive)
• England (DBS)
• Northwestern (Spine)
• Rush (Spine)
• Japan
• Africa (Mission work)
• Grenoble, France (sEEG)
• Netherlands