Med/Peds Curriculum
Curriculum for the Four-Year Residency Program
Internal Medicine Requirements: |
Pediatric Requirements: |
PL 1 & 2: |
5 months |
General Medicine |
PL-1 & 2: |
4 months |
General Pediatrics |
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2 month |
City Wide Ambulatory |
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2 months |
NICU |
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1 month |
Critical Care (ICU) |
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1 month |
PICU |
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1 month |
Cardiology |
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1 month |
Ambulatory |
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1 month |
Pulmonary Medicine |
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1 month |
Normal Newborn |
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1 month |
Emergency Medicine (IM) |
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1 month |
Emergency Medicine (Peds) |
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1 month |
Medicine Subspecialty/ Elective |
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2 months |
Pediatric Subspecialty (*) |
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PL 3 & 4: |
5 months |
General Medicine |
PL-3 & 4: |
3 months |
Outpatient/ Community (**) |
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5 months |
Medicine Subspecialty Electives |
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2 months |
Pediatric Subspecialty (*) |
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1 month |
Critical Care Medicine (ICU) |
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1 month |
NICU – required |
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1 month |
HIV |
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2 months |
Acute Care Resident/Night Float (See note) |
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1 month |
Acute Care / ER Supervisory |
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1 month |
Inpatient Supervisor |
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1 month |
Newborn Supervising |
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1 month |
Elective |
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Note: Acute Care Clinic replaces 1 month Outpatient/Community |
Pediatric Notes:
(#) 5 months of Intensive Care training is required, 3 months of which must be NICU with one month in each year and 2 months of PICU.
(*) Pediatric Subspecialty: Four (4) one month rotations from the following list: Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology/Metabolism, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, and/or Pulmonology.
(**) Pediatric Outpatient/ Community is a 3 month Block (Combines, Adolescent, Behavior/Development and Community).
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Medicine Curriculum
The curriculum for Internal Medicine involves 24 months of direct patient care. Nine to twelve months of General Medicine at the PGY-1 level is required. The remaining 12-15 months will be on subspecialty services.
Pediatric Curriculum
The curriculum for Pediatrics involves 24 months of direct patient care, including 14 months of general pediatrics and 10 months of required subspecialty and elective services including newborn and pediatric intensive care.
Shared Subspecialty Experiences
In order to provide an integrated approach to medicine and coordinate the practice of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, several opportunities exist for subspecialty rotations that provide experience in both areas. Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology and Emergency Department experience are included. A rural medicine rotation is available which also offers exposure to medicine for all age groups.
Ambulatory Care Responsibilities
Outpatient care responsibilities occur at KU Medical School-Wichita Internal Medicine Clinic and Wesley Medical Center Pediatric Clinic continuously throughout the four years. Participation in two one-half day clinics a week include one clinic in Internal Medicine and one in Pediatrics. All clinic responsibilities are supervised by faculty members of each department.
Our goal is that your education will include comprehensive and longitudinal primary care for your patients and their families. You will continue to follow and build relationships with the same patients throughout your four-years of residency.
Conferences and Didactic Training
Conferences are available throughout the year for both disciplines. Residents are encouraged to attend the conferences that are related to the subspecialty rotation in which they are enrolled. However, they are able to attend conferences in either discipline if the information is of interest to them. Attendance is encouraged at the Adolescent Medicine conference, which occurs monthly. Other didactic training occurs during morning reports on each specialty and in the Ambulatory setting.
