Schedules

Rotations in the first year include:

1. Subspecialty Rotations: Specialty-specific teams that comprise our pediatric wards. These teams include: nephrology, neurology, and gastroenterology/hepatology, hematology/oncology and pulmonary/allergy. During these rotations, PL-1 residents are primarily responsible for inpatient care.
2. Subspecialty "Subs" Outpatient Rotations: A majority outpatient experience in various subspecialty clinics with scattered consult experience. This culminates with a case presentation to the residency team during academic half day. 
3. General Medicine Wards: Inpatient care for general pediatric problems ranging from acute illness to medically complex/chronic illness.
4. Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Located at Prentice Women's Hospital, residents gain experience in neonatal resuscitations and caring for preterm and medically complex infants.
5. Newborn Nursery: Well newborn care at Prentice Women's Hospital. In this well-baby nursery, residents gain experience managing non-urgent problems, giving anticipatory guidance and perfecting the newborn physical exam. This is a great place for residents to recruit newborns for their own general continuity clinics.
6. Emergency Department: A level I trauma center that sees more than 50,000 patients a year. Residents work 4 weeks of evening and overnight shifts. A core lecture series goes over procedural basics including splinting, suturing and mock codes.
7. Outpatient General Pediatrics: Outpatient pediatric clinic at a local Lurie Children's–affiliated private practice. 
8. Adolescent Medicine: A variety of outpatient clinics in adolescent medicine where you can learn about reproductive health, eating disorders, mental health, and gender care.
9. Continuity Clinic Immersive Block: A dedicated block of with 4-6 continuity clinic days per week, sick clinics, sports medicine clinics, weight and wellness clinic, personal administrative time and educational half days with didactic lectures and patient simulations. 
10. Mental Health: Exposes residents to psychiatry consult liaison services within the hospital, in the ED, and through modules.

During the first year, residents participate in a night float system, compliant with ACGME work hour guidelines.

Rotations in the second year include:

1. Subspecialty Rotations: PL-2 residents transition into a leadership role as a supervisory resident both for call and during the daytime. During these rotations, the PL-2 may have responsibilities such as inpatient care, consultations and outpatient clinics.
2. Subspecialty “Subs” Outpatient Rotations: A majority outpatient experience in various subspecialty clinics with scattered consult experiences. This culminates with a case presentation to the residency team during academic half day. 
3. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Lefkofsky Pediatric ICU has 60 beds. PL-2 residents do not cover the cardiac ICU patients or TCU patients, thereby maximizing exposure to the diagnostic and management challenges of the medically complex patients in the PICU.
4. Emergency Department: PL-2s are given more independence in the ED working the busier evening and overnight shifts beside interns
5. General Medicine Ward: PL-2s gain more autonomy caring for patients on the PL-2 only Gen Med C service. PL-2s supervise medical students and rotating residents while caring for common pediatric problems.
6. Adolescent Medicine: A variety of outpatient clinics in adolescent medicine where you can learn about reproductive health, eating disorders, mental health, and gender care. 
7. Development and Behavioral Pediatrics: Interactive experiences in day care, small groups, schools and clinics to foster education in both normal and abnormal developmental patterns, behaviors and management strategies
8. Electives: A variety of elective options are available at Lurie Children's. Possible electives include: sports medicine, dermatology, dentistry, urology, infectious disease, otolaryngology, genetics, pediatric surgery, general academic medicine, anesthesia, radiology, vascular access, orthopedics, ophthalmology and any additional subspecialty clinic as mentioned above.
9. Continuity Clinic Immersive Block: A dedicated block of with 4-6 continuity clinic days per week, sick clinics, sports medicine clinics, weight and wellness clinic, personal administrative time and educational half days with didactic lectures and patient simulations. 

Rotations in the third year include:

1. Emergency Department Supervisor: PL-3s work afternoon and evening shifts and function both seeing patients and assisting PL-1s, MS4s and rotators with procedures and decision-making.
2. General Medicine Ward Supervisor: Supervising PL-1s, MS3s and MS4s, the "Gen Med senior" leads a large team providing general pediatric care. This rotation allows the PL-3 significant autonomy to run a service and make independent decisions while providing leadership, organization, and education.
3. Subspecialty Rotations: PL-3 residents are team leaders for a variety of subspecialties. During these rotations, the PL-3 splits time between inpatient care, consultations and outpatient clinics.
4. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: At the Lurie Children's level IV NICU, residents gain experience in caring for a referral population of medically complex neonates. Many of these infants have surgical/anatomic diseases or require extensive medical management for diseases such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, meningomyelocele and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. 
5. Cardiology Selective: All third years have the opportunity to rotate for 2 weeks on the Cardiology Consults service and can choose to spend the other two weeks in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) or in outpatient cardiology clinics. This rotation is an excellent opportunity to participate in the care and clinical decision making regarding different cardiac pathologies across various settings. 
6. Newborn Nursery: PL-3 residents work alongside PL-1s and medical students in the Prentice Newborn Nursery for a 2-week rotation. This rotation allows for both improved newborn physical exam and anticipatory guidance and many educational opportunities for teaching.
7. Electives: A variety of elective options are available at Lurie Children's. Possible electives include sports medicine, dermatology, dentistry, urology, otolaryngology, genetics, pediatric surgery, general academic medicine, anesthesia, radiology, vascular access, orthopedics, ophthalmology, protective service team, infectious disease, and any additional subspecialty clinic as mentioned above.
8. Continuity Clinic Immersive Block: A dedicated block of with 4-6 continuity clinic days per week, sick clinics, sports medicine clinics, weight and wellness clinic, personal administrative time and educational half days with didactic lectures and patient simulations. 
9. Senior Project: Under the guidance of a faculty preceptor, PL-3s complete a "senior project" that may be based in clinical or basic research, advocacy or other areas of interest. This requirement provides residents with the experience of becoming an expert in a particular area of medicine and with an appreciation for the complexity of doing quality research.

During the third year, residents participate in a night float system, compliant with ACGME work hour guidelines.