The rotation schedule for Akron Children's pediatric residents includes 13 rotational blocks per academic year. Each rotation lasts 4 weeks.
In the sample Master Schedule below, the number 2 indicates two rotations on that team during the academic year.
PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 |
5 Inpatient floor blocks | 3 Inpatient floor blocks | 2 Inpatient floor blocks |
2 weeks: Introduction to PICU (day shifts only, no weekends) 1 week Elective, 1 week Developmental Pediatrics |
1 PICU | 1 PICU |
1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
1 NICU, Akron (day shifts only) | 1 NICU, MV | 1 Inpatient floor float block |
1 Ambulatory Pediatrics (Community Pediatrics) | 1 Ambulatory Pediatrics | |
1 Adolescent Medicine (Ambulatory only) | 1 Developmental Pediatrics (Ambulatory only) | |
1 Term Newborn (day shifts only, no weekends) | ||
2 Electives | 5 Electives (1 must be Hematology-Oncology | 8 Electives |
PGY-1 | PGY-2 | PGY-3 |
5 Inpatient floor blocks | 3 Inpatient floor blocks | 2 Inpatient floor blocks |
2 weeks: Introduction to PICU (day shifts only, no weekends) 1 week Elective, 1 week Developmental Pediatrics |
1 PICU | 1 PICU |
1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
1 NICU, Akron (day shifts only) | 1 NICU, MV | 1 Inpatient floor float block |
1 Ambulatory Pediatrics (Community Pediatrics) | 1 Ambulatory Pediatrics | |
1 Adolescent Medicine (Ambulatory only) | 1 Developmental Pediatrics (Ambulatory only) | |
1 Term Newborn (day shifts only, no weekends) | ||
2 Electives | 5 Electives (1 must be Hematology-Oncology | 8 Electives |
Our rotation schedule for pediatric residents includes 13 rotational blocks per academic year. Each rotation lasts 4 weeks.
Required basic rotations
- Community pediatrics
- Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
- Adolescent medicine
- NICU
- PICU
- Emergency medicine
- Term newborn
- Ambulatory pediatrics
- Inpatient floor rotations
- Hematology-Oncology
Key electives (choose minimum of 4)
- Allergy-immunology
- Child abuse
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Infectious disease
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
Selectives
- Palliative care
- Orthopedics
- ENT
- Ophthalmology
- Rehabilitation
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Sports medicine
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Anesthesiology/procedural sedation
Additional electives (individualized curriculum)
- Acute care: minor care in the PED
- Administrative leadership
- Advanced adolescent
- Advanced ambulatory (urban, suburban, and rural experiences are available)
- Advanced development
- Advanced term newborn
- Advanced electives in any pediatric subspecialty
- Advocacy rotation
- Amish health & genetics at the New Leaf Clinic (rural rotation)
- Bioethics
- Cardiac imaging
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Delivery
- Global health
- Healthy Active Living rotation
- Hematology-pathology
- Hospitalist rotation - Akron campus
- Hospitalist rotation - Community based at Wooster or the Mahoning Valley
- Lactation rotation
- Parenting rotation
- Pharmacology / toxicology
- PL 3 Board study elective in June
- Procedure rotation
- Quality improvement rotation
- Research
- Teaching rotation
- TPN / nutrition rotation
- Transport rotation
- Urology