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Pediatric Residency Program


Department of Pediatrics

Educational Experience

Morning Conferences

  • Inpatient Report
    • Resident-prepared, case-based discussions presented three days per week.
    • Focus on clinical reasoning.
  • Mock Code
    • Monthly thirty minute session to practice code scenarios.
  • Grand Rounds
    • Local & national speakers present pertinent pediatrics topics weekly
  • Surgery Conference
    • Common surgical topics are presented monthly by CMH Pediatric Surgeons.

Afternoon Conferences

  • Professor Rounds
    • Case-based presentations for residents and faculty prepared and presented by a senior resident each week.
  • Noon Conference
    • Faculty presentation on a topic in his/her area of specialty biweekly.
  • Journal Club
    • Monthly case-based sessions, developed by residents, which work through clinical questions using evidence-based medicine techniques.
  • Morbidity and Mortality
    • A monthly conference structured to define ways to improve quality of patient care through the analysis of recent cases.
  • Chief’s Conference
    • Interactive, board review style presentations given by the Chief Residents utilizing a state-of-the-art Audience Response System bimonthly.
  • Academic Scholarship Conference
    • A unique bimonthly conference covering topics such as quality improvement, advocacy, research, and medical education.
  • Core Curriculum Didactics
    • A monthly Friday afternoon lecture series developed for each individual resident class that covers general and subspecialty topics.
  • Business Meetings
    • Housestaff Meeting
      • A bi-monthly meeting that facilitates discussion surrounding residency program activities
    • Roundtable
      • Quarterly informal residency class meeting with the Program Directors to discuss current issues or concerns

Additional Educational Sessions

  • Continuity Clinic Lecture Series
    • 18 month lecture series focusing on well-child care and other outpatient general pediatric topics.
  • Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Continuity Clinic Internet Learning CenterTM
    • Interactive ambulatory modules initially created by the John Hopkins Department of Medicine are available online and incorporated into the curriculum.
  • Individual Rotation Didactics
    • Residents attend specialty-specific lectures and conferences on individual rotations.

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