Baylor San Antonio Pediatric Residency Didactic Curriculum

Morning Report

Residents on the Pediatric Hospital Medicine service hold Morning Report twice per week, focused on general inpatient medicine cases and conundrums.
 
Academic Half Day

Thursday afternoons from noon – 5 p.m. residents have protected formal educational time. From noon - 1, residents attend hospital wide grand rounds lectures presented by various specialists. The remainder of the afternoon is divided to include subspecialty-specific workshops to address clinical cases and content expected for the American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination. Sessions focus on interactive, small group, case-based or game-based learning. Each session also includes resident-led board preparation question-and-answer sessions and longitudinal curricular workshops that cover topics including career development, communication skills, research skills, quality improvement, teaching and advocacy.
 
Simulation Training

Residents participate regularly in simulation sessions in our state-of-the-art, $1.6 million simulation lab. NICU, PICU, ED, and PHM faculty work with residents to simulate and then debrief high-fidelity scenarios. These sessions are a great opportunity to practice decision-making in a low-stakes environment.

Quality Improvement

Each resident participates in a year-long quality improvement curriculum, with targeted educational sessions to improve their knowledge of important QI concepts. Each resident is required to participate in a QI project, many of which have been published regionally or nationally!

Longitudinal Didactics

Residents on their Y-weeks (2 weeks out of every 8), participate in a comprehensive well-child curriculum that follows age-based progression throughout residency. Self-paced ambulatory didactics incorporate the Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Continuity Clinic curriculum (JHHL), Reach Out and Read Modules, and Mount Sinai Parenting Modules. In addition, every Y-Week includes faculty- and resident-led teaching sessions on a variety of pediatric topics.

Continuity Clinic Curriculum

During their Continuity Experience, residents participate in longitudinal curricula including culinary health, Simulations, quality improvement, core general pediatric topics, and advocacy, including community-based field trips and visits to the State Capitol.