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Curriculum

Structured Learning Experiences

- Resident Orientation
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Ethics Curriculum
- Residents As Teachers Program
- Practice Management Seminar
- Daily Medicine and Pediatrics Noon Conferences
- Daily Medicine Morning Report
- Pediatrics Morning Report
- Pediatric Advance Life Support Simulator Lab
- Evidence-Based Medicine Discussions
- Journal Club
- Weekly Medicine and Pediatrics Preclinic Discussions
- Grand Rounds - Medicine/Pediatrics/Med-Peds
- Research (optional)
- Masters in Public Health (MPH) Program (optional)
- International electives

 

MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS CURRICULUM

Residents will switch departments every four months throughout their training.

 

 MEDICINE:

R1 (intern - level call)
- 3 months general inpatient
- 1 month general outpatient
- 1 month ER or outpatient elective
- 1 month MICU
- 1 month subspecialty/elective
- 1 month night float intern
   8 months total

R2 (senior - level call)
- 2 months general inpatient supervisory
- 1 month outpatient medicine supervisory
- 1 month adult cardiology
- 1 month ER or elective
- 3 months subspecialties/electives
   8 months total

R3 (senior - level call)
- 1 month general inpatient supervisory
- 1 month medical consults
- 1 month MICU supervisory
- 1 month night float supervisory
- 3 months subspecialties/electives
- 1 month geriatrics
   8 months total
 PEDIATRICS:

R1 (intern - level call)
- 3 months general inpatient
- 2 months Peds ambulatory & nursery
- 1 month NICU
- 1 month PICU
- 1 month ER or outpatient elective
   8 months total

R2 (senior - level call)
- 1 month general inpatient supervisory
- 1 month behavior/development
- 1 month ER or elective
- 1 month NICU
- 4 months subspecialties/electives
   8 months total

R3 (senior - level call)
- 1 month general inpatient supervisory
- 1 month Peds ambulatory & nursery supervisory
- 1 month adolescent medicine
- 1 month NICU supervisory
- 4 months subspecialties/electives
   8 months total
   

During months 1-24, residents will have one Medicine continuity clinic each week and one Pediatric continuity clinic each week. Emphasis will be on the basic foundations of care in each discipline.

During months 25-48, residents will have two combined medicine-pediatrics clinics each week. In this format, residents will integrate the two disciplines into a continuum of care across all age groups, while being supervised by a Combined Med-Peds attending.