Pediatric Training

Pediatric training is strongly emphasized through our clinical and didactic training. Due to the seasonal variation of pediatric illnesses and injuries, we strongly believe that a constant exposure to pediatric patients is critical to resident development. Our EDs are fully integrated, thereby assuring the resident will have pediatric exposure on every shift in our ED. On many of our off service rotations (e.g. Orthopedics, Neurosurgery & Toxicology) the resident will continue to care for pediatric patients (on some up to 40% of the patients will be children). Our R1 Pediatric Urgent Visit Center rotation is designed to provide skills in the assessment of "bread and butter" acute pediatric illnesses and injuries. Our R2 and R3 residents rotate in the Riley Pediatric ICU, caring for ill children across the spectrum of disease, to include trauma and acute complication of chronic disease.  The addition of the Riley ED in 2009 simply added the "icing" to an already incredibly strong focus on providing emergency care for children. Our didactic series places a strong emphasis on pediatric topics, including the quarterly 2 hour mock pediatric resuscitation series. Seven of our faculty are double boarded/in-process in EM and Pediatrics. In addition, our combined 5-year EM-Pediatric residency has opened even more collaborative efforts. Our graduates, and their employers, rate their comfort and capabilities in the care of emergency pediatrics as outstanding.