A day in the life...Experience
The Medicine-Pediatrics residents immerse themselves in the department where they have an assigned rotation. Except for the time spent in the Latham Ambulatory Clinic for their continuity clinics, they adhere to that particular specialty's schedule and attend its teaching conferences.
Rotations
The training in each specialty is intertwined and progressive. Residents switch between departments every two months (i.e., every two rotations). This tempo keeps their knowledge of each specialty fresh and reduces the anxiety associated with switching rotations. It also allows residents to experience both specialties during each season of the year.
The major focus of the internship is learning to take care of hospitalized patients. By the end of the residency, however, the major focus has shifted to the different, more subtle, and more difficult enterprise of caring for outpatients. Residents complete a wide variety of subspecialty rotations that stress the outpatient management of subspecialty problems.
Continuity Practice
All Medicine-Pediatric interns attend continuity practice one afternoon each week. MedPed residents attend two afternoons a week. All interns and residents are expected to develop a patient panel of their own. While continuity is encouraged, residents may not always be able to see only their patients.
Conferences
Noon Conference: There are scheduled noon conferences Monday through Friday throughout the curriculum year in both Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. Pediatric conferences are located in C6 classroom. Internal Medicine conferences are held in the ME100 lecture hall. Attendance is mandatory and will be recoarded for ACGME. Conference topics reflect curricular guidelines. Conference schedules are posted on Medlists.
Grand Rounds: Both the Medicine and the Pediatrics Department hold Grand Rounds Presentations. The Department of Medicine hosts Grand Rounds the second Thursday of every month, 8:30am-9:30am in ME700. The Department of Pediatrics host their Grand Rounds presentation every Wednesday, 8:00-9:00am. (Notices and updates will be sent on a regular basis)
Housestaff Meetings: Housestaff meetings will be held on a monthly basis. The MedPed Chief and Program Director will set the agenda and run the meetings. Please conact Dr. Tracey Jablonski, Dr. Hamish Kerr, or Dr. Jennifer Lindstrom wiht agenda items. Meetings will be the final Thursday of the month beginning in August through June at Noon in the Alumni Lounge. (Room is subject to change)
Summer Lecture Series: During the month of July, all interns starting in Pediatrics are required to attend the Summer Lecture Series. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 12:00pm-1:00pm, in the C-6 Classroom. The topics constitute our core curriculum. There is an In-Training Examination during July. It is offered two mornings that month, each resident will be assigned one morning to take the exam.
