Our faculty members are committed to the pediatric education of medical students and residents in all aspects of teaching, clinical practice and research. Our goal is to prepare medical students to care for the health care needs of children from newborn through adolescence, whether as a pediatric specialist or in the context of a different specialty of medicine.
During years one and two, the pediatrics faculty provide didactic instruction in the classroom and via small group discussions, simulations and neonatology labs. As a result, our students have a strong foundation in the practice of pediatrics and are confident and well prepared to meet the challenge of clinical rotations in years three and four.
During years three and four, students are exposed to both inpatient and outpatient pediatrics in their required core clerkship and can choose many different pediatric electives. These pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric intensive care medicine, pediatric neurology, pediatric nephrology, pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery and pediatric gastroenterology.