PEDIATRICS RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Educational Activities

Teaching Conferences

A variety of teaching conferences supplement the hands-on education at UCSD in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Daily morning conferences are offered at the UCSD NICU, outpatient Primary Care Clinic, Scripps Mercy Hospital and the Naval Medical Center. In addition, a variety of teaching conferences at Rady Children's Hospital include:

  • Case conferences
  • Daily lunch conferences
  • Weekly Grand Rounds
  • Professor Rounds
  • Board Review sessions
  • Clinical Pathologic Correlate (CPC) presentations
  • Monthly Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  • Evidence-based medicine conference
  • Core curriculum for interns presented by senior residents
  • Mock codes and Palliative care comfort codes
  • Simulated neonatal resuscitation program
  • Maternal-fetal pathology rounds
  • Department wide Journal Clubs hosted at faculty members home

Continuity Clinic

Every resident attends a weekly continuity clinic supervised by faculty members at UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital or in the San Diego community. Our residents have a unique opportunity to see patients at 19 different sites in the county ranging from private practice settings, community health centers, and academic faculty practices.

Sub-Specialty Clinic

Every 2nd and 3rd-year resident attends a sub-specialty clinic two afternoons/month during outpatient and elective rotations. Each individual resident chooses their clinic based on their individual interest. Every pediatric sub-specialty clinic is available, in addition, residents have chosen to do individual mentored research, or work with hospice.