The Department of Pediatrics offers instruction in child health care. In the first year of the medical curriculum, members of the department meet with small groups of students discussing the physician-patient relationship and other aspects of health of individual children, of families, and of the community. Students receive instruction in the pediatric manifestations of conditions being studied in the various modules of the preclinical years. In the clinical years, medical students have opportunities to learn about well and sick children in some depth.
Students function as an integral part of the medical care team during their clinical clerkships.
They are supervised by resident physicians as well as by attending pediatricians. Postdoctoral programs The Department of Pediatrics offers a three-year postdoctoral program which meets the requirements of the American Board of Pediatrics. The program consists of opportunities to study, at close range and in depth, most of the usual, and many of the unusual, conditions that bring children to the hospital for ambulatory care or for inpatient care. There is a mixture of patient care and elective experiences during which trainees can begin to explore, in depth, areas of their special interest. Fellowships in advanced pediatrics or in subspecialties offer opportunities for continued study under the direction of the faculty of the department.