Recipient selected by faculty. Opportunities Pediatric residents at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics participate in primary care activities throughout their three years of residency training. The newborn nursery provides residents an opportunity to become familiar with the perinatal homeostasis of the normal newborn and the provision of participatory guidance to young families. Residents gain experience working closely with pediatric nurse practitioners in this setting. All residents participate in a continuity clinic one-half day a week for the duration of the training program.
Special attention is given to anticipatory guidance and developmental behavioral issues.
Approximately 13,000 patients are served annually in the Child Health Clinic. General Pediatrics Clinic Residents participate in the general diagnostic clinic, growth clinic, travel clinic, and encopresis clinic, as well as manage acutely ill pediatric walk-in patients of all ages. Third year residents have a block rotation in the Emergency Treatment Center at UIHC and first and second year residents provide care to pediatric and young adult patients as a part of their night call experience. Common acute problems managed include minor and major trauma, lacerations, respiratory infections, asthmatic attacks, seizures, and dehydration. Senior residents serve as active participants on the Pediatric Trauma Team.