Residents care for children in a rich mix of clinical settings, including community-based programs, children's hosptials, county medical centers, a rehabilitation center and a university hospital. Residents attend weekly continuity clinics throughout residency in our community-based Primary Care Clinic Network. This network makes it possible for residents to choose preceptors in both public and private sector practices at over 40 sites including private pediatricians' offices, HMO's, and non-profit community clinics. An urban child health rotation is based in clinics in county homeless shelters where residents care for children with problems such as lead poisoning, malnutrition, and infant addiction. They also participate with agencies such as Head Start.
Residents are partners and colleagues in the educational endeavor.
They hold quarterly Resident Council sessions, serve on the Educational Policy Committee, and hold regional and national offices in professional organizations. Each resident has a faculty mentor, and written feedback from both individual resident and attending physician is exchanged monthly. Four times each year, residents who share the same continuity clinic days come together from all sites within the Primary Care Clinic Network to participate in a resident-run Primary Care Symposia. These sessions complement daily conferences and grand rounds. Additionally, residents select electives from a compendium of more than 50 options, and often design their own objectives and learning experiences.