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Residency Training Program in General Pediatrics

Didactics

Formal Teaching

The formal teaching component of the training program is accomplished primarily throughpatient care rounds and patient-centered educationalsessions ensuring a balanced, complete and comprehensive education. The educational experience is further rounded out by a full calendar of daily conferences and both intra- and interdepartmental. Our didactic sessions are systems based and follow the ABP content specification.

As an integral part of the training program, the following regularly scheduled didactics are provided:

  • Senior Morning Report
  • Junior Morning Report
  • NICU Morning Report
  • Attending Inpatient Rounds
  • Case Conference
  • Board Review
  • Orientation Lecture Series (July-September)
  • Downstate Pediatric Department Grand Rounds (September- June)
  • Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  • Kings County Pediatric Grand Rounds
  • Ethics Conference
  • Journal Club
  • Pick a Case
  • Radiology Conference
  • Pathophysiology Conference
  • Resident Continuity Clinic Conference
  • Research Methodology & Statistics
  • Journal Club
  • Community Pediatrics/Population Health
  • Resident Health & Wellness Program
  • Resident Town Hall

An important strength of a university training program is the opportunity to interact with other medical disciplines. All residents have the opportunity to attend and participate in numerous conferences in myriad disciplines held by the other departments at the Health Science Center.

In addition to the pediatric conferences listed above, the following multidisciplinary subspecialty conferences are provided:

  • Perinatal Conference
  • Infectious Disease Division Conference
  • Immunology Division Conference
  • Pediatric Tumor Board
  • Renal Biopsy Conference
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology Division Conference
  • Pediatric Pulmonary Chest Rounds
  • Pediatric Endocrine Conference
  • H.E.A.T. Clinic/AIDS Network
  MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
7:00AM Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds
8:00 AM Resident Work Rounds Senior Morning Report Resident Work Rounds Junior Morning Report Senior Morning Report
8:00 AM Morning Clinic Morning Clinic Morning Clinic Morning Clinic Morning Clinic
9:00 AM-11:30AM Attending Rounds Attending Rounds Attending Rounds Attending Rounds Attending Rounds
11:30AM Case Conference Case Conference/
Journal Club
Chief Talk NICU Morning Report Pick A Case
12:15PM Lecture Board Review Grand Rounds (12pm) Neonatal Lecture Lecture
1:00 PM  Clinic Conference Clinic Conference Clinic Conference Clinic Conference Clinic Conference
1:30PM Afternoon Clinics Afternoon Clinics Afternoon Clinics Afternoon Clinics Afternoon Clinics
5:00PM Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds Sign Out Rounds