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
Block 1 General Wards Heme/Onc Wards Vacation
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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