The Indiana University primary care faculty have established a managed care organization which extends care to a growing network of urban, inner-city and rural sites. Both the university faculty and private practitioners contribute as preceptors in our education process. Residents quickly develop skills in the evaluation and management of well child care, in addition to common pediatric problems such as respiratory illness, infectious diseases, behavioral concerns and minor trauma. Ambulatory block rotations in child development and adolescent care are required. Fifty percent of pediatric training occurs in the ambulatory setting.
All residents have a normal newborn rotation.
There are over 7000 deliveries annually at the three hospital sites, with pediatric residents attending all high risk deliveries. Newborns evaluated in the nursery are invited to receive ongoing care in the residents' continuity clinics. Neonatal intensive care rotations are included at the intern and supervisory levels, including delivery room resuscitation experience. The large volume of patients provides exposure to all types of newborn diseases, including complex cardiac and surgical conditions. Pediatric intensive care is a supervisory rotation.