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Curriculum & Conferences

PGY 1-2 Curriculum

PGY 1-2: In the first two years of training, the participant will be a resident with the Department of Pediatrics Residency Program.
PL-1
Intern year focuses on improving information synthesis and medical decision-making. First-year residents hone their skills during 3 months of inpatient General Pediatrics and 3 months of inpatient Subspecialty services. They learn to deliver high acuity care during ED and NICU rotations, develop a greater facility with issues of growth and development during their Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics rotation, and learn how to diagnose and manage common neuropsychiatric issues in Mental and Behavioral Health rotation.
Egleston Wards
Elective
Hughes Spalding Wards
Term Nursery
Hughes Spalding ED
Night Team
GI Pulmonary
Egleston Wards Mental & Behavioral Health
Hematology-Oncology
NICU
Cardiology Sub-specialty Nights
Night Team
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
PL-2

Second-year residents spend 2 months each in the PICU, NICU, and ED to further cultivate their abilities managing high acuity patients. They also assume supervisory responsibilities on subspecialty services and General Pediatrics night team rotations and learn to be career advocates for children during the Community rotation. With the support of faculty mentors they begin to tailor their training through the creation of an individual curriculum.
PICU
Individual Curriculum
Egleston ED
NICU
Community
Night Team
Individual Curriculum
PICU
Hughes Spalding ED
NICU
Sub-specialty
CALL FREE Individual Curriculum
Sub-specialty

PGY 3 Curriculum

During the PGY 3 year, the resident will transition to the Neurology program. The residents complete 9 months of adult neurology wards (consult service, stroke service, Neuro-ICU) and outpatient clinics at Grady Health System and Emory University Hospital. They have 2 months with the pediatric neurology inpatient consult service. Finally, there is  one month of pediatric electrophysiology.
Description Number Blocks
Inpatient Adult Neurology 6
Outpatient Adult Neurology 4
Pediatric Neuro Outpatient (Neurophysiology) .5
Inpatient Peds Neurology 1.5

PGY 4 Curriculum

During the PGY 4 year, the neurology resident will complete five months on the inpatient consult service, one month of subspecialty outpatient pediatric neurology clinics at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston, Scottish Rite, and Executive Park campuses. In addition, there will be rotations with the pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Pediatric Genetics service and  Pediatric Neuroradiology service. There are two months of elective time focused on pediatric neurology and one month for adult neurology.
Description Number Blocks
Inpatient Pediatric Neurology 8 
Neuroradiology 1 
Outpatient Subspecialty clinics 1
Adult Neuro Outpatient Electives 2

PGY 5 Curriculum

The PGY 5 year is primarily focused on elective rotations planned at the discretion of the resident with input from the program director. Four months are for pediatric neurology and 2 months are for adult neurology. These electives can be used for a variety of electives within neurology such as neurophysiology, spasticity, epilepsy, neuromuscular, or sleep medicine. Customized electives focused on, for example, neurosurgery, physiatry, or neuro-oncology can be arranged. The residents are encouraged and supported in their efforts to pursue original research projects, which can be completed during these electives as well. There are 3 months spent on the inpatient consult service with the goal to have the senior resident have as much autonomy as possible. Finally, two months of neuropathology (1 month each adult and pediatric), one month on the Child Psychiatry service round out the year.
Description Number Blocks
Child Psychiatry 1
Neuropathology 2
Inpatient Pediatric Neurology 3
Adult Neurology Elective 1
Outpatient/Electives 4


Conferences

  1. Adult Neurology Morning Report - occurs every Tuesday and Thursday morning and is designed for residents to present and discuss with attending physicians any cases admitted overnight. (PGY3)

  2. Adult Neurology Resident Didactics – Occurs each Friday (PGY-3-5)

  3. Pediatric Neurology Journal Club—occurs the first Friday (SR) & third Friday (EGl) of each month for critical review of the latest research in pediatric neurology. (PGY 4-5)

  4. Neurology Grand Rounds—occurs each Friday morning with presentations by nationally recognized experts in neurology and related fields. (PGY 3-5)

  5. NeuroRadiology Conference – Occurs the first Friday(SR) of every month to gain exposure and understand the utility and interpretation of imaging studies of the nervous system, including CT, MRI, MR, and angiography, MR venography, MR spectroscopy, conventional angiography, and brain ultrasound. (PGY 4-5)

  6. Pediatric Grand Rounds—Occurs each Wednesday morning with presentations from local and national experts in a variety of areas of pediatric medicine. An additional grand round occurs each Thursday morning at the Grady Health System campus and is designed as a case presentation series. (PGY 4-5)

  7. Neurophysiology Conference—occurs weekly with rotating presentations from epilepsy, neuromuscular and sleep medicine. (PGY 3-5)

  8. Epilepsy Surgery Conference—Pediatric and adult surgery cases are presented for evaluation each Friday morning with participation from the entire epilepsy surgery team, including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neuropsychology. (PGY 3-5)

  9. Neuromuscular Rounds—occurs each week with a neuromuscular patient presentation from the pediatric or adult inpatient services. (PGY 3-5) 10. Case Conference – occurs the third Friday of each month with presentation and discussion of active cases. (PGY 4-5)

  10. Case Conference – occurs the third Friday of each month with presentation and discussion of active cases. (PGY 4-5)

  11. Pediatric Neurology Grand Rounds – occurs first Friday at Scottish Rite (PGY 4-5)

  12. M&M/Quality Improvement Conference - occurs quarterly to review cases with poor or avoidable outcomes. (PGY 3-5)