Ambulatory care, inpatient management, informal case conferences, and work rounds are part of the group experience. The program conducts active teaching schedules of attending rounds, seminars, and resident conferences. A Visiting Professor program invites outstanding pediatric educators from major universities and medical centers each year. These academicians may spend several weeks participating in the teaching program. In addition, there are many short-term visitors.
Most residents remain in the training program for three years.
During the first year, approximately six months is spent on the Inpatient Pediatric Wards, three months on the Newborn service, one month of Behavioral Pediatrics, and one month of Adolescent Medicine. Residents have also been assigned to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Residents attend their Continuity Clinics two half days per week during all rotations. Rotations include the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, an Inpatient General Pediatric Ward Experience, an Acute Care experience, and an HMO ambulatory experience at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. In addition, the residents rotate through the Pediatric Emergency Department for two months and four months of electives in pediatric subspecialties.