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Pediatric Residency Program
Training Future Pediatricians
Overview
Pediatrics/Physical Medicine & Rehab
Pediatric Neurology
American Board of Pediatrics Special Alternative Pathway
American Board of Pediatrics Integrated Research Pathway
American Board of Pediatrics Accelerated Research Pathway
Overview
The University of Colorado Pediatric Residency Training Program provides excellent training in general as well as
subspecialty pediatrics. The first year of the program exposes
residents to the major facets of pediatrics, including
primary responsibility for patient care. The program places
emphasis on acquiring the knowledge and skills to evaluate,
diagnose, and treat pediatric patients. Throughout the year, the
schedule is divided fairly evenly among outpatient, inpatient, and
nursery rotations, including intensive care nursery. The program
also incorporates intensive care exposure into the ward
rotation at Denver Health Medical Center during the
intern year. A one-month experience in adolescent
medicine is also provided during the first or second year. Each first-year
resident spends two block months at their primary
continuity clinic site.
The next two years of training make up a continuum of increasing responsibility, supervisory experience and elective time. During the second year, training focuses on outpatient emergencies, critical care and subspecialty pediatrics. Rotations include emergency medicine, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, hematology-oncology and subspecialty electives of the residents’s choice. In addition, most second year residents will have their initial supervisory experience on the inpatient wards at The Children’s Hospital. Residents assume primary supervisory responsibility for patients on inpatient wards and nurseries during their third year. In addition, the program builds in elective months over the second and third years of the program. Electives can be selected in all pediatric subspecialties. In the second year, residents spend one full month at their primary care continuity site, in addition to continuing their weekly half-day continuity clinic. In the second and third years, a second half-day of clinic a week is added during non-inpatient months. This half-day can be in the resident’s continuity clinic, in a subspecialty clinic, or spent doing research.
Night call for PL-1 trainees averages every fourth night on the Denver Health wards, as well as at both the University of Colorado Hospital and Denver Health nurseries. We recently initiated a day/night shift structure for the ward rotations at The Children's Hospital. This system improves continuity of care for the patients and families, and strengthens the "team-approach" to patient-centered care by utilizing the night staff residents and nurses to participate in primary decision making. PL-1 trainees are a part of the night team in two separate two-week blocks throughout the year as well as 2-3 months of day team rotations at The Children's Hospital.
During clinic months, there is typically no overnight call, but there are urgent care and back-up responsibilities. Our program is in compliance with all ACGME policies regarding resident work hours. Call-free electives in the second and third years make it possible to participate in off-campus rotations. All residents are expected to perform at least one month during their second or third year in a practice outside the Denver metro area. Educational conferences are held daily with active resident participation. Daily teaching rounds with ward attendings are an important aspect of our program.
Our curriculum provides a month of formal training in behavioral and developmental pediatrics, as well as integration of developmental and psychosocial aspects of pediatrics into the routine health care supervision of pediatric patients at the resident's continuity site.
Training is provided in epidemiology, preventive
medicine, health care organization, and the role of
the physician in the community in a wide variety of
primary care settings, including neighborhood
health centers, private practices, health maintenance
organizations, and rural health clinics.
Residents in our program may also coordinate and
provide health care education to community groups
and organizations, including schools.
Pediatrics/Physical Medicine & Rehab
The American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offer a joint program whereby physicians interested in specialty certification in Pediatrics and PM&R can qualify for admission to the certification examination of both Boards. The University of Colorado Denver and The Children's Hospital are proud to be one of only three such accredited programs in the United States. (ACGME website July 2005)
The Pediatric
Rehabilitation Medicine
program offers a broad,
comprehensive range of
clinical inpatient and
ambulatory services for
children and adolescents
with congenital or acquired
disabilities. Research interests
include cerebral palsy,
neuromuscular diseases,
traumatic brain injury,
myelodysplasia, amputations
and gait and motion analysis.
The ABP requires a minimum of 36 months of general comprehensive pediatric training with six months' credit for Pediatric Rehabilitation within the PM&R training. The ABPMR requires a minimum of 36 months of PM&R residency with six months' credit for related rotations during the pediatric training. The programs are designed to be completed in a minimum of 60 months. Application must be made separately to this program.
Pediatric Neurology
Child Neurology Residency Training
The University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Department of
Pediatrics and The Children’s Hospital offers a three-year
residency in child neurology. The goal of the program
is to provide physicians who are board eligible in
pediatrics with in-depth training in child
neurology that will prepare them for a
career in clinical or academic medicine.
Acceptance into the child neurology
residency will be considered only if the
applicant either has completed: two
years of general pediatric residency, or
one year of pediatric residency and
one year of internal medicine
residency, or one year of pediatric
residency and one year of approved
basic neuroscience research training
in an area relevant to child neurology.
These requirements comply with those of
the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology for certification in child
neurology.
For more information, please visit the Child Neurology Residency Training Web page.
American Board of Pediatrics Special Alternative Pathway
The American Board of Pediatrics
offers a special pathway that
allows a limited number of residents
to enter subspecialty
training after completion of the
PL-2 year. Before the start of the
PL-2 year, the Department Chair or
Program Director must petition the
ABP to allow a resident to enter
the special alternative pathway.
The Department of Pediatrics is
committed to supporting residents
who wish to apply for this special
pathway and we will work with the
resident to plan the subspecialty training and to petition the
American Board of Pediatrics.
American Board of Pediatrics Integrated Research Pathway
Individuals may apply for this pathway before entering residency or during the first nine months of the PL-1 year. This pathway is open to individuals with MD or PhD degrees or others who demonstrate equivalent prior research experience. The training in most instances will include 24 months of basic Pediatrics and up to 12 months of integrated research time. This pathway is designed to attract physician-scientists.
American Board of Pediatrics Accelerated Research Pathway
This program is designed to accommodate candidates committed to an academic career as a physician scientist. Candidates must apply no later than nine months into the PL-1 year. This program has 2 years of basic pediatric training followed by four years of subspecialty training. There is no mandatory screening exam or requirement for prior research training.
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