Located within Children's Hospital, the lounge provides individual lockers, mailboxes, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a television and a VCR for residents. Located within Children's Hospital, the lounge provides individual lockers, mailboxes, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a television and a VCR for residents. Residents are also paired with a faculty advisor who is available at any time to discuss evaluations or personal problems, or give guidance in career planning. The residents' social committee plans activities and events to bring the residents and their families together throughout the year. These include beach barbecues, crawfish boils and seasonal parties Night Call.
Residents receive an average of one day off per week during all rotations.
One resident from each level of training is elected to help the chief residents organize the call schedule. Graduate Medical Education Committee. Each year, the house staff select representatives to serve on the Graduate Medical Education Committee, which designs the curriculum for residency training in pediatrics. All house staff are required to complete the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course and the Neonatal Resuscitation course. House staff are also encouraged to take an Advanced Cardiac Life Support course.