Pediatrics: Residency

PL-3 Year

The PL-3 year is designed to further refine patient care skills, expand medical knowledge, develop supervisory and teaching skills, and to utilize elective time to explore individual interests.  At the completion of this final year, our residents have developed into outstanding clinicians, and are very well-prepared to enter practice as community pediatricians or hospitalists, to enter subspecialty training, or to pursue any other clinical or research training of their choosing. 




 

PL-3 Year Highlights

Supervisor on In-patient Ward Team

• PL-3 residents are responsible for leading their ward team
• Residents directly supervise the care of patients by the PL-1 residents and medical students on the team
• Residents develop their teaching skills under the guidance and supervision of Pediatric faculty

Neonatal ICU

• The PL-3 resident functions as a supervisor in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• The PL-3 resident attends deliveries as a supervisor, teaching the PL-1 residents how to manage delivery room problems
• The resident also supervises and teaches under the guidance of neonatology faculty and fellows

Night Shift

• Similar to the PL-2 experience, however with greater supervisory responsibility
• Overnight 14 hour shifts over a 4-week period

Emergency Department

• Similar to experiences in the PL-1 and PL-2 year, however with greater capacity to function independently under the supervision of faculty and fellows

Ambulatory Care

• The resident is responsible for supervising and teaching residents in the ambulatory clinic of Children’s Hospital’s Downtown Health Center.

Electives

• 20 weeks of electives allow the resident to explore individual interests including electives in all pediatric subspecialties, international overseas electives, and research, or they may design their own elective with approval from the Program Director Read More...