Curriculum & Teaching Conferences
Pediatric Residency Program
- We have recently expanded to accept eight interns per year; total 24 residents
- Referral Base: Covers 30 counties in the Southern portion of the state
- Rotation schedule is based on 13 four-week rotations per academic year
- Residents choose from three tracks in the middle of their intern year: Rural, General Pediatrics, and Subspecialty/Fellowship track.
Pediatric Residency Curriculum Grid
Core Rotation (weeks) |
PL-1 |
PL-2 |
PL-3 |
Outpatient Clinic |
4 |
4 |
|
Subspecialty Clinic |
8 |
|
|
Adolescent Medicine |
|
|
4 |
Mental Health |
|
|
4 |
Behavioral-Development |
4 |
|
|
Emergency Medicine |
4 |
4* |
4 |
Inpatient |
12 |
4 |
4 |
PICU |
|
8 |
|
NICU |
|
4 |
4 |
Newborn |
4 |
|
|
Night Shift |
8 |
6 |
6 |
Individualized Curriculum |
|
8 |
8 |
Electives |
1 |
7 |
11 |
Holiday Block** |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Vacation |
3 |
3 |
3 |
* At Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
**During Holiday block, residents take 2 weeks each of rotations for needed electives
Teaching Conferences
Noon Conferences
- 1-3 times per week
- Curriculum is based on an 18-month curriculum weighted according to pediatric board content specifications
- Lectures are based on Pediatric in Review articles, and are given by faculty
- Monthly Jeopardy are given to encourage retention
- Quarterly quizzes are given
Grand Rounds
- Occurs every Thursday. Attended by residents, attendings, private physicians, medical students, nurses, and anyone else interested in the topic for the week
- Each 3rd year resident presents once at Grand Rounds
Journal Club
- Approximately monthly and is led by residents
- The resident reviews medical literate and presents an article with subsequent group discussion
Resident Administrative Meeting
- Occurs once a month and includes only residents and directed by the chief residents.
- “Closed door” where resident opinions remain anonymous from attendings and administrators
Simulation Lab
- Occurs monthly
- State of the art Sim-Lab prepares residents for CPR, procedures, and leading code simulations
Weekly Review
- Occurs every Friday
- Case presentation by a resident, with discussion facilitated by an attending. Similar to the traditional “Morning Report.”
- PGY-3 residents present an Ethical topic that allows for discussion
Board Review Curriculum
- Each intern is assigned a Board review mentor for all three years
- Will have semi-annual meetings to discuss learning style, strengths and weaknesses, and study plan throughout the three years
- In third year, an individualized learning plan (including life events) will be created to optimize studying
- After graduation, the residents attend (in person or virtually) a board review course