Medical Education

Weekly Half-day Didactics – Held every Wednesday 1-4pm. PMCH residents have protected time each Wednesday afternoon for didactics. Attendings cover all patient care so residents can focus on learning. An 18 month curriculum was created based on American Board of Pediatrics content specifications as well as based on feedback from faculty and residents. In addition to faculty-led lectures, these sessions include a variety of other experiences such as poverty simulation, board review, professional identity formation, research methodology, advocacy topics, and post-residency curriculum (finances, malpractice, creating a CV...)
Weekly Morning Report – Held on Monday & Friday mornings from 7:30a-8:00a. Resident-led education on interesting patient cases with various objective including developing a differential diagnosis, appropriate workup and management, and complications related to the case.
Pediatric Grand Rounds – Held the second Wednesday each month. Invited speakers give cutting-edge presentations to all pediatric staff, community pediatricians, and residents.
Board Review – Weekly resident-led sessions. Faculty additionally incorporate board review in their presentation and the Program Director sends weekly emails with interesting articles and board questions.
Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) – a Multidisciplinary conference aimed at improving quality of care and patient safety through the discussion of cases with unexpected outcomes.
NICU Lectures- Given daily during NICU rotation. Discussion of various education topics led by neonatologists.
Monthly Journal Club – Resident led sessions during Wednesday didactics used to critically analyze data and implement evidence-based medicine into daily clinical practice.
Global Health Opportunity – We are partnering with Hope and Humanity to offer an annual service trip to Honduras for our faculty and residents. Residents can additionally develop their own global health experience if desired.
Research- All residents complete a case report in intern year and QI project or clinical research in their 2nd or 3rd year. These are presented at the annual St Vincent Research Symposium. Residents are also encouraged to present at regional and national meetings with funding to attend. Our GME Research specialist, Todd Foster, is an invaluable resource for our residents in developing their scholarly activity.
Residents as Teachers – Leadership workshop at the beginning of second year designed to help our residents master the skills of becoming a successful teacher. Our residents supervise medical students and interns throughout their training and are able to use the skills they learn in this workshop to adapt to different learning styles, provide effective feedback, deal with difficult learners, and teach evidence-based medicine.
Simulation Center – Simulation sessions in a state of the art facility to allow residents to practice and master skills such as bag valve mask ventilation, intubation, IO access, and lumbar puncture as well as gain skills handling different clinical scenarios. Residents also participate in an annual multidisciplinary code.