Program Structure
Program Structure
Our main focus is on EDUCATION, not service.
While the cornerstone of our program is the Med-Peds continuity clinic, our residents get a truly integrated educational experience through combined electives, Med-Peds office practice, and transitional care.
An understanding of the spectrum of disease within the aging process is critical in a Med-Peds resident's education. Residents are given the opportunity to combine any of their electives, affording them the experience to compare and contrast disease processes within a given subspecialty, as well as refine their ability to transition patients from pediatric centered care to adult centered care.
Med-Peds residents also take full advantage of the learning opportunities in the individual departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. While rotating through the inpatient wards and ambulatory clinics, our residents are viewed as "equals" with our pediatric and medicine resident colleagues.
Both categorical programs utilize a '13-block' schedule of 2-4 week-long rotations, 13 blocks per year. Med-Peds residents rotate through the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics 3 blocks at a time, except for blocks 7 through 10, where they do 4 blocks in a row of either Medicine or Pediatrics. The other exception to this rule occurs at the end of the PGY-2 year when the residents transition to the PGY-3 year by spending 6 blocks in either Medicine or Pediatrics to ensure seasonal variation of pediatric illnesses across their residency career. Both categorical programs also use a night float system to facilitate resident learning and continuity of care.
The inpatient services of both departments are run on a team concept. Each team typically consists of one attending, one senior resident, 2 interns, and 2-4 medical students from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Information exchange is constant as education happens at all levels.
Overview of Curriculum Requirements
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Internal
Medicine |
Pediatrics
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PGY1 |
Inpatient Intern – 2 blocks
MICU – 1 block
Emergency Department – 1 block
Elective – 1½ to 2½ blocks
Vacation – ½ block |
Inpatient Intern – 3 blocks
Child Development – 1 block
Newborn Nursery – 1 block
Peds Clinic – ½ block
Elective – 0 to 1 block
Vacation – ½ block |
PGY2 |
Inpatient Senior – 2 blocks
MICU – 1 block
Elective – 1 ½ to 2 ½ blocks
Office Practice – 1 block
Vacation – ½ block |
Inpatient Senior – 1 block
Emergency Department – 1 block
NICU – 1 block
PICU – 1 block
Night Float – ½ block
Elective – 1 to 2 blocks
Vacation – ½ block
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PGY3 |
Inpatient Senior/Telemetry – 2 blocks
Night Float – ½ block
Medicine Consult – ½ block
MICU – 1 block
Elective – 1 ½ to 2 ½ blocks
Vacation – ½ block |
Inpatient Senior – 1 block
Emergency Department – 1 block
NICU– 1 block
Office Practice – 1 block
Elective – 1 ½ to 2 ½ blocks
Vacation – ½ block |
PGY4 |
Inpatient Senior/Telemetry – 1 block
Geriatrics – 1 block
Night Float – ½ block
Medicine Consult – ½ block
Office Practice – 1 block
Elective – 1 ½ to 2 ½ blocks
Vacation – ½ block |
Newborn Nursery – 1 block
Adolescent Medicine – 1 block
PICU – 1 block
Night Float – ½ block
Elective – 2 to 3 blocks*
Vacation – ½ block |
*1 block can be resereved as a call-free "attending" block where the resident can choose to do an away rotation in their subspecialty field of interest or create a curriculum designed around their own professional development.
Example of a Block Schedule:
*Dark blue is Pediatrics time, light blue is Medicine time
**All electives can be converted into combined Med-Peds electives
