Schedules

Rotations in the first year include:

1. Subspecialty Rotations: Specialty-specific teams that comprise our pediatric wards. These teams include: cardiology, nephrology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology/hepatology, hematology/oncology and pulmonary/allergy. During these rotations, PL-1 residents are primarily responsible for inpatient care.
2. General Medicine Wards: Inpatient care for general pediatric problems ranging from acute illness to medically complex/chronic illness.
3. Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Located at Prentice Women's Hospital, residents gain experience in neonatal resuscitations and caring for preterm and medically complex infants.
4. Normal 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.
5. 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.
6. Outpatient General Pediatrics: Outpatient pediatric clinic at a local Lurie Children's–affiliated private practice. Included in this rotation are didactic modules on outpatient topics such as mental health and development.
7. Adolescent Medicine: A variety of outpatient clinics in adolescent medicine where you can learn about reproductive health, eating disorders, mental health, and gender affirming care.
8. Y-Weeks: "Y-weeks" are outpatient medicine experiences comprised of a mix of resident continuity clinic, outpatient subspecialty clinics, immediate care and sick clinics, personal administrative time and educational half days with didactic lectures and patient simulations.

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. 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.
3. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: At the Lurie Children's level III 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.
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. Behavior & Development: Interactive experiences in day care, small groups, schools and clinics to foster education in both normal and abnormal developmental patterns, behaviors and management strategies.
7. Community Medicine and Child Advocacy: During this month, PL-2s gain various experiences in legislative efforts, health awareness, public health education and social services to help reinforce the role of a physician as a leader in the community. Residents gain exposure to many community resources available to patients and local advocacy efforts.
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. Y-Weeks: "Y-weeks" are outpatient medicine experiences comprised of a mix of resident continuity clinic, outpatient subspecialty clinics, immediate care and sick clinics, 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. Newborn: PL-3s have the opportunity to senior PL-1s and medical students in he 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.
5. Y-Weeks: Built out to prepare for ACGME changes in academic year 2025-2026. This time allows PL-3s to explore various outpatient clinics between cardiology, endocrinology, pulmonology, nephrology, and others. There is also built in simulation time and outpatient-focused educational half-days.
6. 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.
7. 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.