The overall aim of the three-year residency curriculum is the comprehensive education and training of the general pediatrician. Clinical rotations blend a mixture of inpatient pediatrics, including intensive care experience, with ambulatory pediatrics in a multitude of settings.
Residents participate in mock codes once a block.
In an effort to enhance pediatric resident education, each resident has 24-hour access to the Pediatric Resident Learning Center. This state of the art center adjacent to the pediatric wards is equipped with computers with internet, E-mail access and medline capabilities as well as comprehensive audiovisual supplies and reference textbooks. These answers to common questions can be summarized as a Critically Appraised Topic. The residents also have access to the child advocacy library which contains books, journals, and videos on the health of children. The Children s Hospital at Strong encourages and fosters resident research activities either clinical or bench, in collaboration with faculty.