PL-1 Schedule and Rotations

Rotations in the 1st year include:

1) Subspecialty Rotations – specialty-specific teams that comprise our pediatric wards. These teams include: cardiology, nephrology, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology/hepatology, hematology/oncology, and pulmonary/allergy. During these rotations, PL-1's are primarily responsible for inpatient care but additionally see patients in both consultation and in the outpatient subspecialty clinics.

2) General Medicine Wards – inpatient care for general pediatric problems ranging from short-stay observation to medically complex/chronic illness.

3) Neonatal Intensive Care Units – located at Prentice Women's Hospital and Evanston Hospital, residents gain experience in neonatal resuscitations and caring for preterm and medically complex infants.

4) Normal Newborn Nursery – well newborn care at Prentice Women's Hospital. In this well-baby nursery, residents gain experience handling non-urgent problems, giving anticipatory guidance, and perfecting the newborn physical exam. This is a great place for residents to recruit newborns for their own general continuity clinics.

5) Emergency Department – a level I trauma center that sees more than 50,000 patients a year. Residents work two months of day shifts. A core lecture series goes over procedural basics including splinting, suturing, and mock codes.

6) Outpatient General Pediatrics – outpatient pediatric clinic at a local Children's Memorial-affiliated private practice. Included in this rotation is an experience with Project D.O.C.C., an organization of parents of chronically-ill children who share their experiences with residents.

7) Adolescent Medicine – a variety of outpatient clinics in adolescent care, including specialty clinics such as HIV, women's health, and gender identity issues.

Call during the 1st year is every 4th night with at least one weekend off per month. This schedule is in compliance with an eighty-hour workweek per RRC requirements. Three to four months are call-free.