Our philosophy is that your education should include comprehensive and longitudinal care for your patients and their families. You will continue to follow and build relationships with the same patients throughout the three-year residency. During your residency, you will eventually develop primary responsibility for more than 150 patients. Your patients are acquired from the newborn service, the emergency department, in follow-up of unassigned admissions, and referrals from outside physicians, agencies and graduating residents. When clinic patients are admitted to the medical center, residents will be called upon to provide and supervise their care.
Residents also provide care for many patients admitted by physicians in the community.
Morning report is held each morning with an attending physician, a senior resident, other residents on the inpatient teaching panels and medical students assigned to the pediatric floor. The resident on call during the night will report overnight admissions and provide updates on patient conditions. A resident or medical student is appointed to raise questions and stimulate the discussion about an assigned topic of interest. The attending physician and senior resident offer additional information and feedback. Following morning report, residents accompany attending physicians on their rounds, discussing patient conditions and recommended treatments.