Curriculum at a Glance
First-year residents
First-year residents rotate monthly through the following areas:
- Inpatient general pediatrics and specialty units (5)
- Emergency department
- Well newborn nursery (located at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania)
- HUP Neonatal intensive care unit
- Primary Care and Normal Development
- Development and Community Outreach for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
- Outpatient Subspecialties
- Elective (1)
- Last 5 blocks, interns are given opportunity to rotate in the Pediatric Intensive Care, Cardiology, and Oncology units
Second-year residents
Second-year residents assume more patient care responsibility, supervise medical students and rotate through the following areas:
- Inpatient general pediatrics and specialty units
- Pediatric intensive care unit
- CHOP Neonatal intensive care unit
- Oncology unit
- Cardiology Unit
- Emergency department
- Outpatient Adolescent & Community Outreach for Youth
- Primary care II
- Electives
Third-year residents
Third-year residents assume the major supervisory role in the inpatient units, the emergency department and the neonatal intensive care unit. In addition, senior residents choose from a broad range of elective options. The PL-3 year consists of the following rotations:
- Inpatient service senior blocks (including HUP NICU)
- Elective blocks (1 call-free) for further study in over 25 pediatric subspecialties and for away or international experiences
- ED blocks (2)
- Teaching, Evidence-based medicine and Admitting resident block
- Transport Services
- Advocacy Project
- Primary Care III
- Outpatient Subspecialties
| CHOP Pediatric Residency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL1 | PL2 | PL3 | Total | ||
| Inpatient Medicine | Inpatient Units (5E, 5W, 5S, 7W, 8S) |
5 | 1 or 2 | 2 or 3 | 8 or 9 |
| Integrated Care Service/ General Pediatrics |
0 | 1 or 2 | 0 | 1 or 2 | |
| Well Newborn Nursery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Critical Care Medicine | PICU | 0 or 1 | 1 or 2 | 0 | 2 |
| NICU | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 0 or 1 | 4 | |
| Cardiology | 0 or1 | 1 or 2 | 0 | 1 or 2 | |
| Oncology | 0 or 1 | 1 or 2 | 0 | 1 or 2 | |
| Emergency Medicine | Emergency Department | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 2 | 4 or 5 |
| Transport Medicine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Primary Care | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Developmental Pediatrics* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Outpatient Adolescent* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Outpatient Medicine | Outpatient Subspecialties** | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Advocacy* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Teaching Resident | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1* | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | ||
| * Advocacy experience incorporated into these rotations | |||||
| ** PL1 rotation includes experiences in Pulmonary, Cardiology, GI, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Genetics/Metabolism | |||||
| ** PL3 rotation includes experiences in Psychiatry, Radiology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Audiology, Orthopedics | |||||
Get more information:
Pediatric Residency Program
- 215-590-2437
