The Third Year

As a senior year resident you will take further responsibility for patient care and sharpen your subspecialty skills in preparation for the general pediatric boards. You will choose in-depth subspecialty experiences from, among the following:

                        Cardiology                            Nephrology
                       Genetics                                Neurology
                       Endocrinology                      Hematology/Oncology
                       Gastroenterology                 Pulmonology
                       Rheumatology                      Allergy/Immunology
                       Child Psychiatry                    Pediatric Radiology
                       Infectious Diseases              Dermatology
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Sample PGY-3 Rotation Schedule:

Block  1    OPD 
            2    OPD  
            3    NICU

 4    B&D  
5    Elective  
6    Elective    
7    WARD   
8    WARD   
9    NICU  

           10    PICU  
           11    Elective   
           12    Elective 
           13    VAC

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As in the first two years, you will continue to expand your primary care practice, gaining speed and accuracy in the management of patients with multiple medical problems and practicing with still greater independence.

A typical day for a third year resident stresses leadership and in-depth study of specific areas of medical practice.

On-Call:

Third year residents are on-call an average of every fourth night. As the senior pediatric resident in the hospital, you act as a consultant to the floors and the intensive care units. While assigned to the ED, third year residents complete one-weekend call and three short ED calls.