| Pediatrics Department |
Residency Program
Education Program
Curriculum
The curriculum is intended to build upon basic experiences
of the intern year with increasing challenges as training proceeds. Specialty
rotations and electives have been built into the curriculum to promote
self-assessment of knowledge and resident selection of rotations in areas
needing to be strengthened.
Year One:
4
months Inpatient Ward
2 months NICU
1 month Emergency Medicine
1 month Surgical Subspecialties/ Anesthesia
1 month Newborn Nursery
1 month Adolescent Medicine
1 month Cardiology
1 month Behavior/Development
(One call free month; call during wards every 5th, call during NICU every
4th, no overnight call in newborn nursery, call during other rotations consists
of ER shifts from 5-10 pm; 1-2 per week)
Year Two:
2
months PICU
2 months Emergency Medicine
1 month NICU
1 month Private Practice
1 month Acute Care
1 month Advocacy
1 month Renal
1 month Infectious Diseases
1 month Elective
2 weeks
Nightfloat/ 2 weeks Elective
(Two call free months; call in PICU every 4, call in NICU every 4; in
ER 8-12 hour shifts, during other rotations Night Float 1-2 times per
month)
Year Three:
2
months Inpatient Ward Supervisor
1 month "Mole"
1 month Emergency Medicine
1 month Community Medicine
1 month PICU
1 month Teaching Resident
1 month Hematology-Oncology
2 weeks Nightfloat/ 2 weeks Elective
3 months Electives
(One call free month, call on wards once per week either Friday or Saturday,
"mole" shifts Sunday-Thursday, in ER 12 hour shifts, in PICU
every 4, rest of rotations Ward Senior or Night Float 1-2 times per month)
In
addition to the above designated rotations, residents spend one half day
in their own continuity practice. Residents are assigned to a small practice
located in the outpatient center with 2-3 other residents of varying levels
of training and a general pediatrics faculty member. Residents are encouraged
to build a practice and follow children longitudinally over a three-year
period of time. They are regarded as the primary care taker and patients
identify the residents as their personal physicians.
Loyola offers a unique educational opportunity for our pediatric residents
to provide training on child development and parenting issues. We have
the expertise of a Healthy Steps Specialist (HSS) available for our
residents. The Healthy Steps Specialist is part of the Healthy Steps for
Young Children (Healthy Steps) program, which is a national initiative
that focuses on the importance of the first three years of life. Healthy
Steps emphasizes a close relationship between health care professionals
and parents in addressing the physical, emotional, and intellectual growth
and development of children from birth to age three. Healthy Steps aims
to bridge the gap between the medical community and families by offering
the resources physicians need to give high quality care and the
information parents want and need. Our Healthy Steps Specialist works
with our pediatric residents as a team to help get families the
information and resources they need in relation to parenting and child
development. The goal of Healthy Steps at Loyola is two-fold: to
provide families with parenting information and resources while educating
our residents about child development issues. The Healthy Steps program
is one of the many ways in which Loyola helps better prepare our residents
for practice. The first year of Loyola’s Healthy Steps program has been a
success, and we look forward to future years of teaming with our residents
to further benefit children and their families!
