Our residents provide medical care for patients at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, and the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Geographically, the Rainbow and University Hospital facilities are physically connected, and the Veteran’s Hospital is less than one mile away. In addition, the residents train at a wide variety of ambulatory settings including an option of working with a med/peds clinician in the community. There are daily categorical conferences on patient management issues and core curricular material. There are also weekly med/peds conferences that focus on “med/peds topics” (such as the transition of care for children with chronic health problems), journal clubs, and case conferences. There is also a Mentoring Committee which consists of med/peds trained faculty that meet with the residents throughout the year to help provide guidance on “real world” issues of practicing a med/peds career.
Educational retreats and seminars throughout training also provide in-depth education on topics such as career planning, life-long learning, communication skills, performance improvement, team leadership and teaching skills.
Research opportunities are readily available to our residents guided by faculty involved in a broad range of NIH supported basic science and clinical research areas that directly impact patient health and disease.
The UH/RBC hospital campus and VA serve as major teaching facilities for the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. As such, house officers play a major role in the education and evaluation of medical students. Residents frequently find that teaching provides a unique and creative avenue through which to learn even more about medicine.
Residents alternate every 3 to 4 months between internal medicine and pediatrics rotations. The time-line of the switches is coordinated to allow for exposure to the seasonal variability of diseases in both areas. The calendar is divided into 13 four-week “blocks”. The current curriculum is found below.