Pediatric Residency Program

Training Program Overview

The Pediatric Department's residency training program provides housestaff with a comprehensive educational experience in the science and art of child health care. This is achieved through training programs in Categorical Pediatrics and combined programs in Pediatric/Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine/Pediatrics. For the combined programs, see separate links (to the left).

The science of pediatrics is taught through a core curriculum of didactic conferences and patient management discussions. The art of pediatrics evolves from close interaction between housestaff and faculty. Each resident is assigned a faculty mentor who provides special guidance and feedback throughout the course of training.

Our carefully balanced program trains graduates for the practice of primary care medicine as well as for competitive fellowship positions. Residents get broad experience in primary and tertiary care and in research. As a tertiary referral center, we provide learning opportunities in both neonatal and pediatric intensive care. Strong subspecialty divisions attract regional and statewide referrals. To complement tertiary care experiences, faculty from the Divisions of General Pediatrics, Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine and from the Community Practice Program act as preceptors for residents providing primary care to patients.

Residents are prepared for board certification by our accredited program, which meets all requirements of the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. The program received continued full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in 2006.

An Education Workgroup made up of both faculty and housestaff provides ongoing internal review of the residency training experience.

This page was last updated on: September 2, 2008.

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