FM Programs with strong pediatric training

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futuredoc518

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Hi all,

I was wondering if you all could list good family med programs that offer good training in pediatrics. I am looking for programs in southeast region but am open!!!

Looking forward to hearing your responses!

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What would your definition of strong in peds be? Rotations in a children's hospital? Lots of kids in clinic? Admitting kids to hospital?
 
Yeah it really depends on what you mean.

My program had a pretty robust peds program, but because we were unopposed we shipped out all the complex cases or cases requiring a specialist. For example: during cold/flu season I'd routinely admit 12-14 patients with RSV, flu, asthma, whatever. But in 3 years we never managed a sickler or a congenital heart disease patient (things I saw routinely in med school).

One of the programs I interviewed at but didn't rank had a very busy service during the winter months but didn't even have residents during the summer due to low volume.
 
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What would your definition of strong in peds be? Rotations in a children's hospital? Lots of kids in clinic? Admitting kids to hospital?

Mostly looking for a program that would prepare me to take care of pediatric patients in outpatient practice.

I am interested in family medicine as I love outpatient medicine. I know I want to see 50/50 adult/pediatric patients in my own practice. In order to do that I am interested in programs that would prepare residents to take care of pediatric patients.

My question is how do you find programs that are heavy in peds training for both inpatient and out-patient.
 
Yeah it really depends on what you mean.

My program had a pretty robust peds program, but because we were unopposed we shipped out all the complex cases or cases requiring a specialist. For example: during cold/flu season I'd routinely admit 12-14 patients with RSV, flu, asthma, whatever. But in 3 years we never managed a sickler or a congenital heart disease patient (things I saw routinely in med school).

One of the programs I interviewed at but didn't rank had a very busy service during the winter months but didn't even have residents during the summer due to low volume.


Do you mind sharing the names of those programs?
 
St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA. No peds residency so you admit all peds patients when on call and night float. You do nursery. You learn circs. You also do 2 months outpatient peds at an underserved area. You could take elective time to do more.
 
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