Adolescent Medicine
Curriculum and Sample Rotations
First year
Clinical services
- 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)
Teaching
- 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
Research
- 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
Administration and health policy
- Choose qualitative improvement project question and do evidence-based review.
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Second year
Clinical services
- 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)
- Inpatient: General Adolescent (one to two months)
Teaching
- 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
Research
- Attend research conferences
- Under supervision of research mentor and Scholarship Oversight Committee, conduct proposed research project
- Attend graduate coursework for research methods as needed
Administration and health policy
- Participate on hospital committee or committee or board of local or state advocacy group related to adolescent health
- Conduct quality improvement project
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Third year
Clinical services
- Outpatient: General Adolescent/Family Planning Clinic (negotiable)
- Outpatient: Wood Adolescent Specialty Care (one half-day per week)
- Adolescent inpatient unit (one month)
- Electives: to be negotiated with program directors
Teaching
- 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
Research
- 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
Administration and health policy
- 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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