Clinical Curriculum
Intern Year
PGY1 curriculum is the same as categorical curriculum to promote integration in the program and build solid clinical foundation.
Second Year
- General Pediatrics Inpatient Wards (1 block)
- Pediatric ICU (1 block)
- Neonatal ICU (1 block)
- General Pediatrics Wards Night Shift (1 half block)
- Emergency Medicine (1 block)
- Elective (4 blocks)
- Ambulatory Primary Care Rotation (2.5 blocks)
- MUSC Children's Care Northwoods (1.5 blocks)
- Perinatal Care (1 half block)
Differs from Categorical Curriculum by omitting: 1 block NICU, 1 block PICU, 1 block Level 1 Nursery, 1.5 blocks Inpatient HemOnc/Cards/Nights
Third Year
- General Pediatrics Inpatient Wards (1 block)
- Pediatric ICU (1 block)
- Adolescent Medicine (1 block)
- General Pediatrics Wards Night Shift (1 half-block)
- MUSC Children's Care Northwoods (1.5 blocks)
- Ambulatory Primary Care Rotation (2 blocks)
- Elective (4 blocks)
- Level 2 Nursery & Perinatal Elective (1 block each)
- Pediatric Surgery (1 block)
Differs from Categorical Curriculum by omitting: 1 half block HemOnc/Cards Nights, 2 blocks Emergency Medicine; 1 block resident Primary Care Clinic
Non-clinical Curriculum
Primary Care residents participate fully in the categorical residency’s core didactics, including Morning Report and Academic Half Day. On top of that, they benefit from a tailored curriculum designed specifically for primary care.
Each quarter, residents take part in a journal club and an experiential learning activity. Past activities have included visiting an outpatient psychiatric day treatment program for children, shadowing an audiologist, observing early intervention evaluations, touring school-based health clinics, and exploring MUSC’s Center for Telehealth.
Residents also gain hands-on training in a primary care–focused skill such as second-tier autism screening with the RITA-T, Nexplanon insertion, circumcisions or other procedures that broaden their clinical toolkit.
