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Dept. Pediatrics
 

 

UTMB Pediatric Residency Program Curriculum 
The details of each curriculum component are linked below with administrative details, educational activities/schedules, goals and objectives, and instructions for self-assessment.  Residents are expected to review each curriculum component, self-evaluate, and set personal goals1

Resident-Faculty Curriculum Review.
Beginning of rotation:  Early in the rotation, residents and faculty are expected to meet together to review learning plans. 
Residents are asked to submit confirmation.

End of rotation:  Resident and faculty are to meet together to review the experience and determine whether learning goals are met.  Residents are asked to submit confirmation.

 

  Curriculum Director Usual Level
GENERAL PEDIATRICS  (all are required)    
Adolescent Medicine Rupp PGY1
Behavioral-Developmental Pediatrics   Mize PGY2
Blue Team (hospital care)          Intern                 Upper Level Gerik PGY1
PGY2,3
Child Abuse & Neglect (aka "ABC" rotation) Noble PGY2
Continuity Practice                PGY1             PGY2             PGY3,4,5 Beach PGY1, 2, 3-5
longitudinal
Critical Care Skills (sedation, resuscitation): curriculum not yet available   PGY2
Emergency Pediatrics Fraser PGY1, 2, 3
Gold Team (hospital care)          Intern                    Upper Level Rowen PGY1
PGY2,3
Health & Development  (normal development- well-child care) Niebuhr PGY1
Newborn Nursery                     Intern                    Upper Level Richardson PGY1
PGY2,3
Same Day (SDA)  (outpatient urgent care) Rogers PGY1
School Health Rupp PGY2longitudinal
Surgery for Primary Care Pruitt PGY1
Systems-Survivor (systems-based practice)      curriculum not yet available Turley PGY2
     
SUBSPECIALITY PEDIATRICS    
Allergy-Asthma-Immunology-Rheumatology Brooks core elective
Cardiology Aly core elective
Endocrinology Parker core elective
Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition Villa core elective
Hematology-Oncology Huang required PGY3
Genetics Lockhart core elective
Infectious Diseases Patel core elective
International Health : curriculum to be developed by director and resident   elective
ISCU (Infant Special Care Unit) - Neonatology
               PGY1                               PGY2                       PGY3,4
Richardson requiredPGY1,2,3
Nephrology     Lin core elective
Neurology        curriculum not yet available Geller core elective
PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care)     curriculum not yet available King requiredPGY2,3
 
INTEGRATED-LONGITUDINAL CURRICULA
Professionalism    curriculum not yet available Niebuhr, Luk PGY1
Research Huang PGY1, 2, 3
School Health Rupp PGY2
     
CONFERENCE SERIES    
Board Review Series Pruitt/Rowen  
Career Preparation: Life after Residency   curriculum not yet available Pruitt  
Grand Rounds   Rogers  
Morning Report Chief Resident  
Core Curriculum Conferences Pruitt  

1 RRC guidelines read:
Goals and Objectives: The program must possess a written statement that outlines its educational goals with respect to the knowledge, skills, and other attributes of residents for each major assignment and for each level of the program. This statement must be distributed to residents and faculty, and must be reviewed with residents prior to their assignments.

last revision: 06/02/2008
If you identify any errors on this page, or if curriculum directors wish to make any changes in the posted curricula,
contact webmaster and curriculum editor,  V. Niebuhr. vniebuhr@utmb.edu

 

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