For the junior and senior medical student, the inpatient service provides an opportunity for training in the complex problems of disease and critical illness. There are daily rounds involving general pediatrics and all subspecialties. Challenging and interesting cases are presented to the staff for discussion of diagnosis and treatment. Outpatient experience, available in the junior clerkship and senior electives, stresses principles and practices required for the maintenance of health in children, treatment of common general pediatric disorders, and the diagnosis and treatment of subspecialty ambulatory patients. Fellowships The department offers an accredited three-year residency program designed to prepare each trainee for a professional career in the broad field of pediatrics.
Fellowships are available in many subspecialties as well as in the major subdivisions of pediatrics.
The programs are research and clinically oriented, encouraging development of knowledge and skill in the chosen discipline. Upon satisfactory completion of the program, fellows meet the eligibility requirements of the ABP in the subspecialty. The Department of Pediatrics is located in the Children's Hospital of Iowa at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, with inpatient and outpatient areas immediately adjacent to faculty offices and the pediatric library. The inpatient service has approximately 120 beds, and more than 50,000 patients are seen each year in the general, specialty, continuity care, and field clinics, and the Emergency Treatment Center. Laboratories performing both clinical and research studies are maintained in the department.