Curriculum
Residents alternate every three months between the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. Inpatient training is conducted across a variety of hospital settings (see Training Sites), providing exposure to a diverse patient population and a broad spectrum of pathology. On the pediatric service, residents rotate at Rady Children’s Hospital, California’s largest freestanding children’s hospital and a major regional referral center serving a large, diverse pediatric population, including patients with complex medical needs. Ambulatory training spans a wide range of outpatient settings, from community clinics to university-based subspecialty practices.
Schedule: Features
- Switches: Residents alternate every 3 months between the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics
- X+Y: Med Peds residents on internal medicine are on an X+Y schedule of 4+2 weeks. Pediatrics does not formally have an X+Y schedule, but has a maximum of 4-6 weeks of inpatient at a time.
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Call Schedule: no required 24-hour call on any rotation
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Rotation Duration: all rotations are 2-4 weeks long
- Vacation: 4 weeks of paid vacation per year, divided into two 2-week blocks
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Global Medicine and Research: Residents can take up to 4 weeks on medicine and 4 weeks on pediatrics for a global medicine rotation or research. All residents also have 2 weeks of protected time for a mentored individual or group research project during the PGY3 year.
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Intentional required rotations: Teaching you to care for our diverse communities - Adult HIV clinic, Substance Use Disorder treatment, Child Immigrant Health, Gender Medicine
