Curriculum

​Residents alternate every three months between the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics, assuming graduated responsibilities over the four-year course of training. The inpatient experience is gained in a variety of hospital settings (see Facilities) with exposure to a very diverse population with equally diverse pathology. A large variety of outpatient settings are available for all ambulatory care experiences, ranging from smaller community clinics to University-based subspecialty clinics. Elective and subspecialty rotations round out the educational experience of our residents. Where appropriate, residents on subspecialty services will see both adult and pediatric patients, enabling them to better appreciate the changing spectrum of illness.

One of the strengths of our pediatric training at UC San Diego is having the free-standing Rady Children's Hospital which serves the entire San Diego County. In addition, residents are able to do rotations in one of the largest HMOs in California, Kaiser Permanente, as well as many other sites.  Residents maintain continuity clinics in both pediatrics and internal medicine, with the choice of combined or separate clinic settings.

SCHEDULE - FEATURES

SCHEDULE - FOUR-YEAR CURRICULUM

TOTAL NUMBER OF 4-WEEK BLOCK ROTATIONS

SCHEDULE - YEAR BY YEAR