Residency Program Medical Students Continuing Education (CME)

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Housestaff Manual

Mission Statement Application, Procedures and Requirements Required Resident Pediatric Competencies of ACGME Goals and Objective by Competencies Resident Supervision / Procedure-specific Credentialing Resident Evaluation Resident Advancement Criteria USLME and In Service Training Exam Policies Faculty Advisors Resident Curriculum Med-Peds Resident Curriculum On-Call Schedule Duty Hours Electives Resident Leave Moonlighting Departmental and University Teaching Conferences Resident Scholarly Projects Subspecialty Alternate Training Pathways

Resident Curriculum

Minimum Requirements

Rotation	RRC

In-Patient	5 months
*Acute Care*	2 months
Urgent Care Clinic	1 month
Emergency Dept.	1 month
Newborn	1 month (PL-1)
Community Health	Structured Experience
Child Development	1 month
NICU	3 months
PICU	1 month
Total ICU	6 months (Maximum)
Adolescence	1 month
Subspecialty Maximum 3 per Subspecialty Four rotations must be from: Pulm., Endo., Allergy-Immunology, Neuro., Genetics, Heme-Onc, I.D., G.I., Cardio., Nephro., Rheum. Minimum of 2 must be taken at UTMB	6 months

Continuity Care Clinics Minimum: 1/2 day per week	PL1 3-6 patients per ½ day PL2 4-8 patients per ½ day PL3 5-10 patients per ½ day Panel # of patients: PL1--50 patients; PL2 and PL3--100 patients

*Miscellaneous RRC Requirements:*	Ethics/QA/Risk Management/Cost Effective Health Care--Structured Curriculum No Call Rotations--Maximum 4 months per Residency Off Duty--Average 1 out of 7 days Ambulatory Experience--Minimum 50 % of Residency Journal Club --Must include Scholarly Activities/Research--Opportunity to Participate On-Call--Average every 3rd or 4th night for in-patient

PEDIATRIC CURRICULUM

	*PL-1*	*PL-2*	*PL-3*
1	Inpatient Gold Team (8 weeks)	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks)	Inpatient Gold Team (4 weeks) (Supervisory)
2	Inpatient Gold Team (8 weeks)	Inpatient Day Float (4 weeks)	Inpatient Blue Team (4 weeks) (Supervisory)
3	Inpatient Blue Team (4 weeks)	Newborn Nursery (4 weeks) (Supervisory)	Emergency Room (4 weeks) (Supervisory)
4	Newborn Nursery (8 weeks)	Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks)	Neonatal Intensive Care (8 weeks) (Supervisory)
5	Newborn Nursery (8 weeks)	Core Elective (4 weeks)	Neonatal Intensive Care (8 weeks) (Supervisory)
6	Adolescent Medicine (4 weeks)	Core Elective (4 weeks)	Pediatric Intensive Care (4 weeks) (Supervisory)
7	Pediatric Emergency Room (8 weeks)	Moderate Sedation Selective (1-2 weeks)	Continuity Care Clinic
7		Vacation (3 weeks)	Vacation (2-3 weeks)
8		Primary Care Block (6 months)* Includes: Continuity Care Clinics School Health Child Behavior & Development Adolescent Medicine Pediatric Dermatology Child Abuse & Neglect AIDS/HIV Clinic Asthma Clinics Allergy/Immunology ER night shifts (4 weeks)	Teaching and Team Management Selective (supervisory) plus Night Float (supervisory) (8 weeks total)
9	Same Day, Acute Care Clinic (4 weeks)
10	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks)		Heme-Onc Selective (4 weeks)
11	Child Health & Development (4 weeks)		Heme-Onc Selective (4 weeks)
12	Elective (1-2 weeks)		Core Elective (4 weeks)
12	Vacation (2-3 weeks)		Core Elective (4 weeks)
13	Surgery Specialties Selective (4wks) * [Pedi surg, ENT, Pedi rad, Ophthal, Ortho, Anesthesia) (Poison Control Center On-Call) 1 month - No Call CCC 1/2 day/week		Core Elective (4 weeks) *
13			Elective (4 weeks)
	No Call Rotation *; CCC ½ day/week	No Call Rotation *; CCC ½ day/week	No Call Rotation *; CCC ½ day/week

PL-1

In-Patient	12 weeks
NICU	4 weeks
Same Day, Acute Care Clinic	4 weeks
Newborn Nursery	9 weeks
Surgery Selective* (Radiology; Pediatric Surgery; ENT; Ortho, Ophthal) (Poison Control Center On-Call)	4 weeks
E.R.	8 weeks
Adolescent Medicine	4 weeks
Child Health & Development (Nutrition; healthy eating; dental health)	4 weeks
Vacation	3 weeks
Continuity Care Clinic	Minimum ½ day per week
One month No Call^*

PL-2
^†denotes supervisory role

PICU	4 weeks
NICU	4 weeks
Newborn Nursery^†	4 weeks
Elective^*	9 weeks
Primary Care Block (Child Development; Child Abuse & Neglect; Genetics Clinic; School Health; HIV Clinic; Asthma; Child Psychiatry Derm; Adolescent Medicine)	6 months
Vacation	3 weeks
Continuity Care Clinic	Minimum ½ day per week
One Month No Call^*

PL-3
^†denotes supervisory role

In-Patient ^†	8 weeks
PICU^†	4 weeks
NICU^†	8 weeks
Hematology/Oncology Service^†	4 weeks
Nephrology Service^†	4 weeks
Electives*	9 weeks
E.R.^†	4 weeks
TTM/Night Float^†	8 weeks
Vacation	3 weeks
Continuity Care Clinic	Minimum ½ days per week
One Month No Call*