Curriculum
Our curriculum provides a comprehensive education that prepares residents equally well for primary care or subspecialty careers. In the first year residents spend approximately six months in outpatient general and subspecialty rotations, working closely with experts in ambulatory pediatrics, emergency medicine, neurology, infectious diseases, cardiology, and others. The remaining months are spent in inpatient rotations on the general pediatric wards, newborn intensive care unit, and normal newborn nursery. In the second year, residents gain independence and leadership skills, supervising medical students on a unique rotation in which third-year medical students function like junior residents. Second-year residents rotate on additional subspecialties (endocrinology and gastroenterology), spend time in the emergency department and pediatric care unit, and benefit from elective rotations. In the third year, senior residents refine their leadership skills by supervising junior residents in the newborn intensive care units, and inpatient wards. Residents have block rotations on genetics, adolescent medicine and developmental/behavioral pediatrics. Elective rotations provide opportunities for residents to focus on areas of interest.
Residents have two ½ day continuity clinics per week, a unique aspect of our program. This provides extensive experience in ambulatory pediatrics and also creates opportunities for advocacy and research. With the collaboration of faculty mentors, residents can apply to use one of the ½ days in thier PL-2 and PL-3 years to pursue research or advocacy projects. This has enabled our residents to conduct laboratory or clinical research and to advocate for children’s health. Numerous conferences, including morning report, noon conference, intern lecture series, grand rounds, research in progress, and morbidity and mortality, contribute to an invigorating, comprehensive education for pediatric residents.
Residents have two ½ day continuity clinics per week, a unique aspect of our program. This provides extensive experience in ambulatory pediatrics and also creates opportunities for advocacy and research. With the collaboration of faculty mentors, residents can apply to use one of the ½ days in thier PL-2 and PL-3 years to pursue research or advocacy projects. This has enabled our residents to conduct laboratory or clinical research and to advocate for children’s health. Numerous conferences, including morning report, noon conference, intern lecture series, grand rounds, research in progress, and morbidity and mortality, contribute to an invigorating, comprehensive education for pediatric residents.
