Curriculum

Academic Year At-A-Glance

PGY1 and PGY2 years in Pediatrics (currently as of AY24-25)

There will be an X+Y (3+1) schedule.

Continuity clinics will be concentrated during the Y weeks (every 4 weeks).

PGY1	PGY2
6-8 wks Wards	6-8 wks Wards (supervisory)
3 wks Hematology/Oncology	3 wks Hematology/oncology (supervisory)
3 wks Nights	3 wks Nights (supervisory)
3 wks GI/Nephrology	4 wks Kaiser outpatient pediatrics
6 wks NICU	3 wks NICU
2 wks Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics	2 wks Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
2 wks Adolescent Medicine	2 wks Adolescent Medicine
4 wks Community Health Advocacy	4 wks Scholarly Project
1 wk Primary care immersion	1 wk Primary care immersion
8 wks Pediatric Emergency Medicine	4 wks Pediatric Emergency Medicine
4-6 wks Selectives/Electives	5-7 wks Selectives/Electives
4 wks Vacation	4 wks Vacation

Summary of Rotations for PGY-3 to PGY5:

12 months of Adult Neurology (meeting ACGME requirements)
- 6 inpatient months – 3 general, 2 vascular, 1 night float (2 x 2 weeks blocks)
- 3 months outpatient adult clinics: Includes General Neurology, Subspecialty Clinics (Movement Disorder, Neuroimmunology, Neuromuscular), Epilepsy
- 3 months adult neurology electives. Options include: Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Neuromuscular (EMG/NCS), Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy, Neuro-Oncology, Neurocritical Care
24 months of Child Neurology
- Inpatient child neurology: includes pediatric neurology consultation service and pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit
- A minimum of 5 months of child neurology clinics: includes general child neruology, neuromuscular, epilepsy, neuro-immunology, with additional opportunities available
- A minimum of 4 months of child neurology electives. Options include: Epilepsy, Neuro-immunology, Neonatal Neurology, Genomic Medicine, Developmental Pediatrics, PM&R, Neuroradiology, Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuroradiology
- 1 month Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- 2 months Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG and/or EMG)
Child Neurology Continuity clinic is a longitduinal experience, with one half-day of resident continuity clinic weekly PGY-3 through PGY-5.
The PGY-3 year is weighted towards Adult Neurology (including all inpatient rotations), but also includes 3 Child Neurology blocks
Vacation is 4 weeks per year, scheduled across the year
Call; Adult neurology call is through a night float/shift system. Child neurology call is home call during select blocks. Home call is never more frequent than every fourth night.

Conferences and Didactics

Residents will have graduated autonomy to educate patients and their families about the diagnosis, work-up, and plan, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. They will be encouraged to lead family meetings for patients with complex medical issues in the critical care setting, after observing and participating in meetings with the attending physician.

Residents will educate students, co-residents, rotating residents, and other health professionals while completing consultations and rounding, in discussion of clinical cases. They will observe medical students in history gathering and examination, and provide real-time feedback. The residents will look up primary literature and reviews to teach the inpatient consult team and primary services. They will present at journal club conferences and morning reports. They will also offer the clinical perspective of child neurology at clinical genomics conferences.

Conferences: