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Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Residency PL1 Year

The PL1 year consists of a variety of inpatient and ambulatory experiences which promote the development of independent patient care skills, the accumulation of medical knowledge, enhancement of communication skills and professionalism, improvement in supervisory and teaching skills, the capacity to work in interdisciplinary teams, and the gradual development of a level of confidence, skills, knowledge, and comfort that will allow the resident to progress to the more supervisory stages of their training.

About PL1 Year

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Orientation
  • 1 week experience prior to starting July 1
  • Introduction and teaching of specific skills
  • Introduction to the services of Children’s Wisconsin
  • Opportunity to meet your peers and get acquainted with the hospital and Milwaukee
  • Instruction in Pediatric Advanced Life Support and the Neonatal Resuscitation Program
  • Meetings with potential faculty advisors
  • Time to develop individual learning plans
Ambulatory Care Clinic
  • You will learn about non-emergent acute illnesses and preventive health care for newborns through adolescents.
  • You will provide care at the Midtown Clinic, an academic general pediatric practice in urban Milwaukee.
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
  • An ambulatory rotation devoted to childhood development, behavioral pediatrics, and psychiatry.
  • Residents spend one week each at an elementary school and at a day care center engaging and observing children of different ages and different developmental levels.
  • Residents receive instruction on children with special health care needs, including a home visit with a child and their family and instruction regarding home medical equipment.
  • Residents receive instruction in psychopharmacology, developmental assessments, ADHD, autism and developmental delay.
Electives

Our program offers a wide variety of elective opportunities that allow residents to explore specific interests in pediatrics while working with experts in their respective pediatric subspecialties. We also encourage interested residents to utilize elective time to pursue opportunities in research, medical education, advocacy, and global/community health. We also allow for residents to develop new electives with approval from the Program Director.

Emergency Department
  • You will receive instruction and experience in acute childhood illnesses, including trauma, infectious illnesses, and life-threatening emergencies.
  • You will function as the primary care provider for assigned patients.
  • Multiple opportunities for procedures, including suturing, intravenous line placement, lumbar puncture and reduction of dislocations.
General Pediatric and Subspecialty Wards

Ward Teams with a combination of:

  • General Ward Teams that provide care to hospitalist and community pediatricians' patients.
  • Subspecialty Ward Teams that provide care to patients on the following services: Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, Endocrinology, Genetics
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • You will receive instruction and experience in the care of the critically ill neonate, including premature infants, infants with congenital heart disease, and infants with surgical conditions.
  • You will have multiple opportunities to learn procedure such as intubation and umbilical line placement and attend deliveries.
  • You will be supported by a PL2 or PL3 Residents, Fellows and Neonatology Faculty while in the Unit.
Newborn Nursery
  • You will learn about the care of the normal newborn, acute care in the delivery room, and newborns with mild medical illness not requiring intensive care.
  • You will be supervised by a General Pediatrician Faculty member.

Contact Us

Pediatrics Residency Program
Medical Education Office
Children's Corporate Center
999 N. 92nd St., Suite 730
Milwaukee, WI 53226


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(414) 266-6800

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