Medicine-Pediatrics Core Curriculum

Residents switch from internal medicine to pediatrics every four months.  Beginning in PGY-1, all residents have a full day of clinic each week with 1/2 day at the FQHC and 1/2 day at private practices in the community (see training sites for more information).

INTERN LEVEL: Months 1-16
(All of PGY-1 year + first 4 months of PGY-2 year)

MEDICINE (8 months)
3 months general inpatient (UHATS)
1 month night float
1 month ER
1 month MICU
2 months electives
PEDIATRICS (8 months)
3 months general inpatient
1 month Pediatric Outpatient Acute Care intern
1 month Newborn Nursery
1 month NICU
1 month Pediatric elective
1 month Pediatric Emergency Medicine

SENIOR LEVEL II: Months 17-32
(Last 8 months of PGY-2 year + first 8 months of PGY-3 year)

MEDICINE (8 months)
2 months general inpatient supervisory (UHATS)
1 month AIM supervisory (outpatient acute medicine)
1 month Adult Cardiology
1 month Night Float Supervisory
2 months electives
PEDIATRICS (8 months)
2 months general inpatient supervisory
1 month NICU
3 months electives
1 month PICU
1 month Pediatric Outpatient Acute Care supervisory

SENIOR LEVEL III: Months 33-48
(Last 4 months of PGY-3 + all of PGY-4 year)

MEDICINE (8 months)
2 months general inpatient supervisory (UHATS)
1 month geriatrics
5 months electives
PEDIATRICS (8 months)
1 month general inpatient supervisory
1 month adolescent medicine
1 month electives
1 month pediatric Emergency Medicine
1 month Behavior & Development

Internal Medicine Electives

  • Allergy/Immunology
  • College Health 
  • CV Surgery 
  • Endocrinology 
  • Gastroenterology 
  • General Internal Medicine Private Practice
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatrics
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • HIV 
  • Infectious Diseases  
  • Medical ICU (MICU)
  • Nephrology
  • Neuroophthalmology
  • Neurology
  • Ob/Gyn / Women's Health 
  • Occupational Medicine 
  • Ophthalmology
  • Outpatient Acute Care (AIM)
  • Pain
  • Palliative Care
  • Pathology
  • Procedural rotation
  • Pulmonology
  • Psychiatry
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiology 
  • Rheumatology 
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Stroke
  • Ultrasound 

Combined Electives

(Can be scheduled on IM or Peds Blocks)
  • Adolescent Medicine / College Health
  • Anesthesiology
  • Bleeding/Clotting Disorder
  • Community Based Medicine-Pediatrics
    • ​Peoria​
    • Canton
    • Chillicothe
    • Farmington
    • Washington
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gynecology
  • International Health (Haiti)
  • MedPeds Illness Clinic
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • ​Psychiatry
  • Reading Elective
  • Research elective 
  • Rural Health
  • Sports Medicine
  • Trauma

Pediatric Electives

  • Advocacy
  • Ambulatory Clinic Supervisor (PAC)
  • Allergy/Immunology
  • Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Cardiology
  • CVICU
  • Child Abuse and Neglect (Pediatric Resource Center)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Education Senior (Inpatient Peds)
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • General Outpatient Pediatrics
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Immunology/Pulmonology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology
  • Neuro/Behavior
  • Neurology
  • Newborn/Level II Nursery Supervisory
  • Pathology
  • Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
  • Pediatric Orthopedics
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Pediatric Sedation-Analgesia
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Pediatric Ultrasound
  • Pediatric Urology

Structured Learning Experiences

- Resident Orientation
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Ethics Curriculum
- Residents As Teachers Program
- Practice Management Seminar
- Daily Medicine and Pediatrics Noon Conferences
- Daily Medicine and Pediatrics Morning Report
- Pediatric Advance Life Support Simulator Lab
- Evidence-Based Medicine Discussions
- Journal Club
- Weekly Medicine and Pediatrics Preclinic Discussions
- Grand Rounds - Medicine/Pediatrics/Med-Peds
- Research (optional)
- Masters in Public Health (MPH) Program (optional)
- International electives
- Board review lectures

Sample RESIDENT Schedule