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Introduction
The Department of Pediatrics offers a three-year
residency training program leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board
of Pediatrics. The fully accredited three-year program has sixteen resident positions
available at each year level. First-year positions are filled exclusively through the
National Residency Matching Program. If openings are available for second and third year
residency positions, candidates are considered who have successfully completed appropriate
post-graduate training in another accredited pediatric program.
General Description
The program gives new physicians a firm foundation in
pediatrics for general practice or further training in a subspecialty. The program
provides broad experience in general pediatrics, as well as exposure to a complete range
of pediatric subspecialties. These include adolescent medicine, allergy/ immunology,
ambulatory care, anesthesiology, cardiology, developmental disabilities, emergency
medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology/ nutrition, hematology/ oncology, infectious
diseases, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, physical and rehabilitative medicine,
psychiatry/ behavioral sciences, pulmonology, radiology, rheumatology, surgery, and
urology.
The Department of Pediatrics is
headquartered at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, a
free-standing children's hospital with 186 beds. It is the regional
pediatric referral center for coastal Virginia and Northeastern North
Carolina. More than 5,900 children are treated as inpatients and nearly
99,000 as outpatients, the emergency center the only dedicated
pediatric emergency center in the state, treats 43,000 children a year.
The department's faculty are involved
in research locally, nationally, and internationally. The Children's
Hospital/Eastern Virginia Medical School Center for Pediatric Research
has attracted nationally renowned physicians who conduct clinical and
basic research in such areas as breast milk nutrition, immunizations,
infectious diseases, informatics, neonatology, and epidemiology.
Curriculum
The first year of residency provides a comprehensive
experience in both inpatient and ambulatory pediatrics, emphasizing child growth and
development while helping the resident to master diagnostic and technical skills and
develop sound strategies for the care of sick infants, children, and adolescents. The
first-year resident is the primary care physician for pediatric medical patients at
Children's Hospital.
The second year of training provides an opportunity for
residents to improve clinical skills, assume increasing levels of responsibility for
patient care, and develop new skills in pediatric subspecialties.
During the third year, residents assume maximum
responsibility for patient care and undertake supervision and teaching duties for junior
residents and medical students. Much of the year is devoted to electives and a program
tailored to meet the needs of the individual resident.
During all three years at Children's Hospital, residents
attend continuity care clinics one half-day per week under the supervision of the
pediatrics ambulatory medicine faculty and community pediatricians. Residents assume
responsibility for the care of a group of children representing a wide spectrum of
pediatric diseases and problems. The principles of child development, behavioral
pediatrics, and practice management are reinforced.
For more information, contact:
C.W. Gowen, M.D.
Director, Pediatrics Residency Program
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
601 Children's Lane
Norfolk, Virginia 23507
(757) 668-7272
Fax: (757) 668-7966
E-mail: chapmap@chkd.org
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