As might be expected in a hospital serving a large and diverse population, residents become comfortable with providing primary care for a broad spectrum of patients in a culturally sensitive context and often forge close physician-patient relationships over the years. The teaching conferences at Bellevue Hospital constitute a comprehensive core curriculum in primary, secondary, and tertiary care pediatrics. The teaching conferences at Tisch Hospital comprise a core curriculum addressing a wide variety of problems in subspecialty pediatrics, in combination with case-based discussions of complex medical and surgical issues. Special curricula have been developed for residents in medical informatics and evidence-based medicine. At each site, residents have the opportunity to read and critically appraise the medical literature on a regular basis.
Residents also have the opportunity to participate in multi-disciplinary teaching conferences.
All housestaff are actively encouraged to attend the many other basic science or clinical-oriented conferences sponsored by other Departments throughout New York University Medical Center. All residents assigned to inpatient block rotations, including the intensive care units, have a total of 7 overnight calls per 28-day rotation, averaging out to 1 call every 4 days. Occasionally, residents who are rotating through the ambulatory clinics cover a limited number of weekend daytime or overnight shifts to assure continuity of care, although the ambulatory clinic experience is, for the most part, call-free. Copyright 1999, NYU Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics. All rights reserved.