The Pediatrics Residency Program has developed an optional learning opportunity that allows residents to enhance their understanding and skills in a subset of academic areas. This longitudinal curriculum taps into residents’ areas of interest, and takes advantage of faculty expertise and enthusiasm, to offer a structured but flexible variety of experiences that include mentoring sessions, apprenticeship/observership, guided reading and discussion, as well as hands-on projects.

Residents are recognized at graduation for their enhanced studies in one of the nine skills domains:

1. Behavioral and Mental Health
2. Clinical Informatics
3. Clinical Research
4. Medical Education
5. POCUS
6. QI Patient Safety, and Operations
7. Social Media