Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency
Curriculum
Our Med-Peds curriculum is a well-designed four-year experience blending inpatient and outpatient experiences in internal medicine and in pediatrics. We draw on the richness and depth of our two parent departments, but we also focus on many aspects that are unique to the combined med-peds residents’ training.
The residents rotate 24 months in pediatrics and 24 months in internal medicine over a 48-month residency. The inpatient clinical opportunities occur within Vanderbilt University Hospital, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, and the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center, which are all located on one campus in Nashville. Ambulatory clinical rotations occur at a variety of Vanderbilt University Medical Center locations.
View the full curriculum online here: Vanderbilt Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Curriculum
Example Resident Schedule
PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 | PGY-4 | |
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Block 1 | General Wards | Heme/Onc Wards | Vacation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VA Wards |
Hematology Consults - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vacation |
Block 2 | Pediatrics Acute Clinic | Pediatric ICU | Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Medical ICU |
Subspecialty Wards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Block 3 | Neonatal ICU | Elective (v) | Individualized Curriculum - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Individualized Curriculum (v) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General Wards |
Block 4 | General Wards (VUH) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Night Float |
Adult ED - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cardiology Wards |
Elective (v) | Individualized Curriculum (v) |
Block 5 | Clinic / Vacation | Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VA Wards |
General Wards | General Wards |
Block 6 | Medical ICU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Oncology Wards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Pediatrics ED | Pediatrics Acute Clinic Chief |
Block 7 | Cardiology Inpt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Holiday Block |
Night Float - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Holiday Block |
Elective - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Holiday Block |
Elective - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Holiday Block |
Block 8 | General Wards | Subspecialty Inpatient (v) | Medicine Wards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subspecialty Wards |
Neurology Consults - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General Wards |
Block 9 | Subspecialty Inpatient (v) | Advacocy/Community (v) | Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elective |
Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Night Float |
Block 10 | Newborn Nursery | Pediatrics ED | Medical ICU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Elective - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Block 11 | VA Wards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Cardiology Wards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Adult ED |
Individualized Curriculum (v) | Cardiology Wards |
Block 12 | Medical ICU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VA Wards |
Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VA Wards |
Neonatal ICU | Individualized Curriculum (v) |
Block 13 | Clinic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subspecialty Wards |
Vacation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clinic |
Adolescent/Child Development | Adolescent/Child Development |
(v) = 1 week vacation
Holiday Block = work 1 week and off 1 week
Medicine
- 2-week rotations
- 4 weeks inpatient + 2 weeks outpatient
Pediatrics
- 4-week rotations