A message from the Program Directors
Children's Memorial Hospital is one of the major pediatric teaching hospitals
in the United States. Teaching plays a vital role in the life of the
institution; it permeates the hospital from top to bottom. Our commitment to
optimal education means a commitment to optimal patient care.
Mediocrity has no place in our residency program. The pediatric residents we
are educating quickly become the conscience of our program. Our residents become
our heritage in the medical education process and contribute to our overall
excellence in patient care.
Education goes on around the clock and occurs at all levels at Children's
Memorial. Third-year residents teach and learn from second- and first-year
residents, medical students and nurses. In the process, faculty physicians teach
all of them and often learn as much as their students do. Our system of teaching
and learning is much like the environment of a small college with as many
teachers as there are students.
Quality education is inseparable from our quality patient care. The fact that
Children's Memorial is a teaching hospital attracts a different type of
physician to our faculty. The faculty physicians at Children's Memorial are
among the leaders in the nation in their specialty areas. In turn, they attract
some of the best and brightest medical school graduates to our training program.
The excellence of our faculty and house staff results in exceptional patient
care programs.
We are grateful for your interest and look forward to your application.