Adolescent Medicine

Curriculum and Sample Rotations

Outpatient: General Adolescent/Family Planning Clinic (one to two days per week)
Outpatient: Wood Adolescent Specialty Care (one to two days per week)
Outpatient: Adolescent Gynecology Clinic (one-half day per week for six months)
Outpatient: Subspecialty adolescent practices — rotating selectives in OB/GYN, psychiatry, internal medicine, endocrinology, sports medicine, eating disorders, juvenile justice, student health, homeless shelter, dermatology, infectious diseases, substance abuse, and HIV and other organ-system subspecialties
Inpatient: General Adolescent Service (two to three months)

Present didactic presentations during inpatient months for pediatric residents and medical students.
Work with clinic preceptor to develop at least two clinical presentations in the outpatient area.
Clinical precepting of medical students and residents on the inpatient service.

Attend research conferences.
Begin coursework as needed for research skills training.
Develop and submit to the program director, research director and fellowship committee a research proposal under supervision of a selected research mentor.
Assemble Scholarship Oversight Committee and establish research mentor.

Outpatient: General Adolescent/Family Planning Clinic (one-half day per week)
Outpatient: Wood Adolescent Specialty Care (one-half day per week)
Outpatient: Subspecialty Adolescent practices (rotating selective) [see first-year curriculum above]
Inpatient: General Adolescent (one to two months)

Prepare and present at least two adolescent health topics or journal clubs as part of the General Adolescent Health divisional conferences.
Prepare and present two adolescent health topics (may be same issues) for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania house staff conferences.
Prepare and present two adolescent health topics for trainees or faculty seminars in two other disciplines.
Continue didactic educational efforts on inpatient and outpatient services.

Attend research conferences.
Under supervision of research mentor and Scholarship Oversight Committee, conduct proposed research project.
Attend graduate coursework for research methods as needed.

Participate on hospital committee or committee/board of local or state advocacy group related to adolescent health.
Conduct quality improvement project.

Prepare and conduct sessions for the General Adolescent Health divisional conferences, resident conferences and interdisciplinary student/faculty seminars for a total of four topics.
Prepare and conduct two sessions as part of Research Module for fellows.
Precept residents and students in one adolescent clinic with attending physician.

Completion of data collection, data analysis, manuscript and abstract preparation, presentation at national meeting, submission of manuscript to peer-reviewed journal.
Preparation of grant proposal for new project.

Continue membership in advocacy group and/or hospital committee.
Work with attending physicians to understand practice structure and management.
Complete grant application under direction of faculty mentor, including budgeting, human subjects and hiring documents.
Complete and present quality improvement project.

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