Residency

Goals & Objectives

To acquire basic knowledge and skills in primary care

• A weekly continuity conference will review a general practice issue.  One resident will be assigned to lead the discussion for each continuity session
• Residents are responsible for managing their patients' illnesses and learning about therapies in an effort to provide optimal patient care

To learn to provide high quality, longitudinal care for a practice panel of patients

• Residents recruit patients to their panel.  If resident's panels are  too small, preceptors will recruit additional patients.  The panel of patients should consist of a diverse patient mix representing a broad spectrum of diseases and patient ages not only well care visits
• Residents should have their panel size and number of patients evaluated reviewed by their continuity preceptor at a minimum of every 6 months. 

Resident Orientation General Pediatric Medicine

Goal

To develop the residents' clinical skills and knowledge in general pediatrics to provide outpatient pediatric care

Objectives

• Enhance Skills in gathering historical information, conducting physical evaluation, and designing medical plans tailored to a patient's medical concerns
• Develop a systematic approach to a patient's medical needs
• Foster professionalism in working with peers and ancillary staff
• Acquire an increased fund of pediatric knowledge

General Schedule

1315 - 1630 Daily (Monday - Friday) - see schedule for your assignment day

Responsibilities

• Maintain a card/file system for your patients
• Each resident is responsible for maintaining his/her own continuity clinic
• Patients will be assigned to your continuity clinic by the ambulatory staff and/or scheduled by you (such as, patients from ward, nursery, etc)
• Each continuity clinic will begin with a 30-minute presentation on a general topic, given by the residents
• All patient care responsibilities on the wards, nurseries, etc. should be signed over before coming to continuity clinic
• Residents exempted from continuity clinic include: residents on night float, and residents on vacation.  When in the ER, resident are scheduled for clinic on select days during the month