Sanford School of Medicine Residencies

Pediatric Rotation Schedules

Below is our current curriculum schedule. But, in the spirit of the Initiative for Innovation in Pediatric Education (IIPE), residents will have input in designing their second- and third-year experience.

PGY1

Month / 4 weeks

Experience / rotations

Duty hours

1

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

2

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

3

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

4

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

5

General Peds (outpatient) 1

50*

6

Emergency medicine (outpatient) 1

60/10

7

Acute illness (outpatient) 1

60/12

8

NICU (Inpatient) 1

80/16

9

NICU (inpatient) 1

80/16

10

Term newborn (inpatient) 1

60/12

11

 Required subspecialty (inpatient/outpatient) 1

50*

12

Community experience (Vacation 3 weeks)

50*/NA

13

N/A

 

PGY2

Month / 4 weeks

Experience / rotations

Duty hours

Supervisory role

1

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

Yes

2

 General Peds (outpatient) 1

50*

No

3

Emergency Medicine (outpatient) 1

60/10

No

4

 NICU (inpatient) 1

80/16

Yes

5

PICU (inpatient) 1

80/13

No

6

Developmental/behavioral (outpatient) 1

55/26

No

7

Required subspecialty (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

8

Required subspecialty (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

9

Required subspecialty (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

10

Subspecialty experience (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

11

Elective (outpatient) 1

55*

No

12

Elective (outpatient) 1 (Vacation 3 weeks)

55*/NA

No

13

N/A

N/A

N/A


PGY3

Month / 4 weeks

Experience / rotations

Duty hours

Supervisory role

1

General Peds (inpatient) 1

80/16

Yes

2

General Peds (outpatient) 1

80/16

Yes

3

Emergency Medicine 
(inpatient/outpatient) 1

60/10

No

4

NICU (inpatient) 1

80/16

Yes

5

PICU (outpatient) 1

80/30

No

6

Adolescent medicine (outpatient) 1

55/26

No

7

Community experience (outpatient) 1

60*

No

8

Subspecialty experience (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

9

Subspecialty experience (inpatient/outpatient) 1

55/26

No

10

Elective (outpatient) 1

55*

No

11

Elective (outpatient) 1

55*

No

12

Elective (outpatient) 1 (Vacation 3 weeks)

55*/NA

No

13

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Seven Months of Subspecialty

Four must be from the following:

  • Allergy/immunology
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Genetics
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary
  • Rheumatology

Three can be from below:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Dermatology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics/sports medicine
  • ENT
  • Radiology
  • Surgery
  • Physical medicine/rehabilitation

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