Curriculum

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)
Riverside Pediatrics or Hope Health (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)
Riverside Pediatrics or Hope Health (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 facility for children, shadowing an audiologist, observing early intervention evaluations, visiting school-based health clinics, and touring 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.