Medicine-Pediatrics

Med-Peds Residency Curriculum

Schedule Features

12 Month Intern Year – Residents become supervising senior residents as R2’s alongside their categorical co-residents.

Scheduling system – Our program is one of the few Med-Peds programs in the country to implement a 6+2 system for PGY2–PGY4 Med-Peds residents, and have an X+Y system in place for both categorical Medicine and Pediatrics.

Switches – Residents switch between pediatric and medicine rotations approximately every 2-3 months.

Vacation – 28 days of vacation per academic year with an additional 5 days off during the winter holidays when on a pediatric rotation. An additional week off at the end of intern year (“intern week”) and an “intern skip day” on pediatrics.

Grand Rounds – Monthly Med-Peds grand rounds with faculty and residents that include program developments, journal club, senior talks. Quarterly resident wellness activities also included.

Retreats – Fall and Spring retreats for both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, as well as a dedicated Med-Peds retreat in the Spring.

Internal Medicine

R1

  • 2 weeks MICU
  • 2 weeks VA MICU
  • 2 weeks CCU
  • 4 weeks Ronald Reagan Wards
  • 4 weeks Olive View Wards
  • 2 weeks VA ER
  • 4 weeks Primary Care Medicine
  • 4 plus 1 weeks

R2

  • 4 weeks VA Wards
  • 2 weeks CCU
  • 2 weeks VA MICU
  • 2 weeks Night Admitting
  • 2 weeks Harbor ER
  • 4 weeks Primary Care Medicine
  • 2 weeks Palliative Care Selective
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks

R3

  • 2 weeks MICU
  • 2 weeks Hospitalist
  • 2 weeks SM Nights
  • 4 weeks Olive View
  • 4 weeks Primary Care Medicine
  • 4 weeks Elective
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks

R4

  • 4 weeks Ronald Reagan Wards
  • 2 weeks VA MICU
  • 2 weeks Geriatrics
  • 2 weeks Reagan Medicine Consult Service
  • 2 weeks Solid Oncology
  • 4 weeks Elective
  • 2 weeks Consults
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks

Pediatrics

R1

  • 8 weeks Wards (Ronald Reagan, Santa Monica, and Miller’s) 
  • 2 weeks Santa Monica Hospital Neonatal ICU 
  • 2 weeks Miller’s Nursery 
  • 2 weeks Olive View Wards 
  • 2 weeks Pediatric Continuity Clinic 
  • 2 weeks UCLA Nights 
  • 2 weeks Elective + UCLA 
  • 4 plus 1 weeks

R2

  • 2 weeks Santa Monica Hospital Wards 
  • 4 weeks Ronald Reagan NICU 
  • 2 weeks Miller’s Nursery 
  • 2 weeks Ronald Reagan PICU 
  • 2 weeks Heme-Onc 
  • 2 weeks Olive View Nights 
  • 2 weeks Elective 
  • 2 weeks Elective + UCLA 
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks

R3

  • 6 weeks Wards (Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica Hospital) 
  • 2 weeks Ronald Reagan NICU 
  • 2 weeks Adolescent 
  • 2 weeks Harbor ER 
  • 2 weeks Nights (RR) 
  • 4 weeks Elective 
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks

R4

  • 4 weeks Wards (Miller’s and Santa Monica Hospital) 
  • 2 weeks PICU Nights 
  • 4 weeks Harbor ER or Miller’s ER 
  • 2 weeks Adolescent 
  • 2 weeks Transitional Care Program 
  • 4 weeks Elective 
  • 6 or 7 plus 2 weeks