The mission of the Pediatrics Residency Program is to provide broad ranged experience in general and subspecialty Pediatrics with the flexibility to meet the educational needs of individual housestaff members such that they are able to follow the career paths which take advantage of the trainee's individual gifts upon completion of the program. Because the basics of pediatric medicine are learned best through direct patient contact, with guidance from experienced role models, the training program centers on the PL-l as the patient's primary physician. The PL-l therefore plays a central role in making decisions regarding his or her patients. Orders are written by the PI.-1 only.
Residents assume a large part of the responsibility for teaching the medical students.
In the PL-3 year, an additional supervisory opportunity is available as chief resident of the PAC clinic. Residents filling this role are encouraged to plan a variety of teaching opportunities, including conferences, informal discussions of clinic patients, and mock codes. Two chief residents in pediatrics function at the PL-4 level. These individuals are responsible for resident scheduling in addition to planning and leading many of the teaching conferences. In addition to frequent spontaneous teaching, many formal teaching settings are available, including weekly Grand Rounds, the Chief Residents' Conference, professors' rounds, subspecialty conferences, weekly case management conferences, daily morning report, and many other regularly scheduled lectures.