Pediatrics: Residency

PL-2 Year

The PL-2 year is a transitional year between the broad experiences and close supervision of the PL-1 year and the more autonomous PL-3 year.  PL-2 residents gain additional experience in pediatric critical care, and have more ambulatory experiences including rotations in developmental pediatrics and community pediatric advocacy.  PL-2 residents also are introduced to a supervisory role by participating in night shift rotations where they are responsible for supervising PL-1s. 

At the completion of the PL-2 year, our residents have received training which allows them to feel comfortable and capable of providing care to any patient in the hospital or in the clinic, whether that be a critically ill child or a child requiring health maintenance.  The resident at this stage is ready to progress to the more supervisory third year.

 

PL-2 Year Highlights

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Residents receive instruction and experience caring for children of all ages with a wide variety of life-threatening conditions
• Residents rotate through a dedicated Cardiology Critical Care floor, caring for children with pre- and post-operative congenital heart disease
• Residents will have multiple opportunities for procedures such as central lines, arterial lines, intubations, and chest tube placement

Residents are expected to manage no more than 8 patients at a time, with very close support from Pediatric Critical Care fellows and faculty
 

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Similar to the PL-1 year, however with greater supervisory experience 

Hematology/Oncology/Transplant Unit

• Only PL-2 residents rotate on this unit, supervised by faculty and fellows
• Residents provide care to patients on a 24-bed unit dedicated to Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant
• Residents are responsible for a maximum of 8 patients at a time    

Night Shift

• A primarily supervisory in-patient experience, with opportunities to develop teaching and supervisory skills
• Consists of overnight shifts over a 4-week period of Residents will help PL-1s to care for in-patients overnight, including new admissions

Adolescent Medicine

• PL-2 residents provide ambulatory care to adolescents at multiple sites including the Downtown Health Center of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Adolescent Clinic, and the Juvenile Detention Center
• Residents learn to evaluate and manage a wide variety of problems commonly seen in adolescent patients including sexually transmitted infections, eating disorders, substance abuse, and mental health issues

Community Pediatric Advocacy

• Residents have a unique opportunity to learn about community advocacy, including the role of various community organizations in improving the health of Milwaukee’s children
• Residents work collaboratively with an organization to develop a project that they design and implement
• Opportunities exist for residents to continue their community activities beyond the scheduled 4-week experience
• Many residents have presented their projects at local, regional, and national meetings

Emergency Department, Ambulatory Care, Elective

• Similar to PL-1 experience