This curriculum is designed to assist pediatric healthcare providers in learning  principles and skills needed to work in and interact with evolving healthcare systems.  The curriculum includes two parts:

• a one-week course completed by every resident: Systems Survivor
• a series of modules used within the Friday Learning Conference series.

 
ONE -WEEK COURSE
Systems Survivor

MODULES
The modules cover concepts specific to pediatric health care. 
The curriculum is designed primarily for Pediatric Residents
but some components are also appropriate for Pediatric Clerkship and for faculty development.  

Professional Organizations
and Board Certification

Practice Guidelines, Managed Care
and Utilization Review
using an asthma-related case: 
"While you were wheezing"
(or "Breathless in Galveston")

Emergency Room Law & Ethics: EMTALA
"Drs. Em's & Taul's Emergency Room Adventure" 

Discharge Planning
using a case of a 6-month old
with severe medical needs:  
"Homeward Bound"

HIPAA Privacy Rule
Health Information Portability & Accountability Act

last updated 2-08