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

Year	Pediatrics	Internal Medicine
PGY-1	Wards- A or B (general) – 4 wks	Wards – Morgan & NIGHTS – 2 weeks + 2 weeks
	Wards- A or B (general) – 4 wks	Rogers – 2 weeks
	PACC – 4 wks	VA Wards – 3 weeks
	NICU – 4 wks	Harrison/CHF & NIGHTS/Vacation- 2 weeks + 2 weeks
	Required Subspecialty –( 2 weeks/1 week/1 wk vac)	MICU – 4 wks
	Newborn Nursery – 4 wks	Outpatient clinics – 7 weeks
	(if 7^th- elective/vac – 3wks + 1 wk)	(if 7^th – 1 week vacation (for total of 2) +1 week of VA (for a total of 4) + holiday coverage)
PGY-2	Heme-Onc Wards (upper level only, inpt) – 4 wks	Adult ED – 4 wks
	PICU – 4 wks	VA Wards – 4 wks
	Peds ED – 4 wks	Harrison (Cards Wards) – 4 wks
	Required Subspecialty – 2 week/2 weeks (SUP)	Inpt Onc / (Vac) – 2 wks + 2wks
	Advocacy/Community Peds – 4 wks	Outpatient Clinics - 4 wks
	Elective (v) – 3wks + 1 vac	Outpatient Clinics – 4 wks
	(if 7^th - nights/elective/vac) - 2 wks+1 wk+1 wk	(if 7^th – nights/elective – 2wks + 2 wks)
PGY-3	Wards – A or B (general) – 4 wks (SUP)	Wards – VA/Morgan/Rogers and VAC – 2wks + 2 wks
	Adolescent – 2 wks / Child Development – 2 wks	Wards – VA/Morgan/Rogers - 4 wks
	Peds ED – 4 wks	MICU – 4 wks
	NICU – 4 wks	Outpatient Clinics – 4 wks
	Elective (v) – 3 wks + 1 wk vac	Outpatient Clinics – 4 wks
	Individualized Curriculum - 3 wks + 1 wk vaca	Individualized Curriculum – 4 wks
	(if 7^th- elective )	(if 7^th – holiday coverage + 2 weeks inpatient wards)
PGY-4	Wards- Team A or B (general) – 4 wks (SUP	Wards – VA/Morgan/Rogers & NIGHTS – 2 wks + 2 wks
	Cardiology Wards– (upper level only, inpt) – 4 wks	Wards – VA/Morgan/Rogers – 4 wks
	PACC Chief – 4 wks (SUP)	Heme Consults/ Neuro Consults - 2wks + 2 wks
	Adolescent – 2 wks / Child Development – 2 wks	Individualized Curriculum / VAC – 2 wks + 2 wks
	Individualized Curriculum - 3 wks + 1 wk vaca	Outpatient Clinics - 4 wks
	Individualized Curriculum - 3 wks + 1 wk vaca	Individualized Curriculum - 4 wks
	(if 7^th – nights 2wks / elective 2 wk )	(if 7^th – holiday coverage + 2 weeks inpatient wards)

Example Resident Schedule

	PGY-1	PGY-2	PGY-3	PGY-4
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

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

Curriculum

Example Resident Schedule

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