Med-Peds Curriculum

The training program is committed to providing a cohesive, planned educational experience, emphasizing where feasible and appropriate, joint pediatric/internal medicine experiences in subspecialties and adolescent medicine. Because the majority of primary care and subspecialty medicine is practiced in ambulatory settings, this training program places special emphasis on ambulatory block experiences throughout the four years of residency, while maintaining an appropriate level of training in inpatient and intensive care settings. Special efforts are made to provide as much opportunity as feasible for continuity of care in the ongoing ambulatory block experiences.

Specific goals, expectations and objectives are provided to the residents and reviewed prior to the start of each rotation on internal medicine and pediatrics.  The learning objectives and rotation expectations for each pediatric, medicine and combined rotation are web-based  and housed on two servers, Blackboard Vista and e-value. 

These syllabi are presented to guide the residents’ learning for each required rotation they encounter.   The objectives for each rotation include those that they are expected to learn in order to achieve competence in each area.  Optional objectives are also included in the curriculum for those residents desiring a more intensive training experience in an area.  Contact information, scheduling and clear expectations of residents and faculty are listed for each required rotation.  Reading lists, web links, practice parameters, practice cases, etc., are provided to optimize each resident’s learning.