Residency and Fellowship Programs

Pediatrics Residency Program

Third Year

 

Rotation

Number of Months

Inpatient

2 general wards (Purple/Green/Gold)

Subspecialty

1 Cardiology

0.5 Endocrinology

0.5 Neurology Clinic

NICU

1

Emergency Medicine

1

IEU

4

Night float

0.25

Ambulatory

0.75

Vacation

1 (4 weeks)

 

Inpatient Rotations

Purple, Green and Gold Team

These teams mainly care for patients on the general pediatric hospitalist medicine rotation, a few Community Pediatric patients, and either Allergy/Immunology patients (Purple Team) or Rheumatology patients (Green Team). 

*Teams primarily consist of LSU Peds, Med/Peds, or Peds EM residents - with an integration of 1-2 Tulane residents and/or family practice interns on some teams.

 

Subspecialty (Cardiology and Endocrinology)

All third-year residents rotate on the Cardiology and Endocrinology services as required subspecialty rotations during separate months. During each rotation, residents take care of patients both on the inpatient side (admissions and consults) as well as in the outpatient clinic. These teams consist of upper level residents, medical students and fellows.  Residents follow a schedule similar to the inpatient rotations.

During the Neurology rotation, residents rotate in the outpatient clinic only. Neurology patients are admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Medicine service, and residents gain experience in inpatient neurologic care while on Purple/Green/Gold, NICU, and PICU rotations. 

 

NICU

Third year residents rotate in the NICU at Children's Hospital of New Orleans, a Level 4 NICU and tertiary referral center.  There are 1-2 residents scheduled per month.  Residents alternate long and short days, which are divided evenly with one upper level checking out to the neonatal nurse practitioner on call at 630 pm.  Team members also alternate weekends off. All residents have at least 4 days off per month.  In order to promote physician wellness, these days are always on weekends.

 

Emergency Medicine

Third year residents spend one month caring for patients in the Emergency Department at Children's Hospital.  This rotation consists of thirteen 10-hour shifts per month.  Residents work one weekend of scheduled ER shifts and one weekend of night float while on their ER month.  An educational bootcamp is held in the beginning of each month. 

 

IEU

For 4 months during the third year, residents can choose their rotation based on their learning needs and IEU Track.  A variety of rotations are available.  Faculty advisors, program directors or chief residents are available to offer guidance in rotation selections.    

 

Night Float

Third year residents complete one week of night float on Monday through Thursday nights from 6:30pm-6:30am.  The team consists of at least 2 senior residents and 2 interns, who divide care of our inpatient teams.  An additional third team is scheduled during the busy winter months.  Senior residents are responsible for admissions to the inpatient services and supervising/helping interns with floor call.  All rotators are expected to complete the night float curriculum which consists of learning modules and an interactive session with one of our pediatric hospitalists.

 

Ambulatory

Three weeks during the third year are reserved for additional ambulatory experience.   This ambulatory experience can consist of additional rotations in adolescent, CARE team, advocacy work, international experiences or outpatient general pediatrics.

 

*Night float teams contain a mixture of LSU Peds, Med/Peds, and Peds EM residents plus 1-3 Tulane residents. Purple/Green/Gold night shift interns also rotate on these teams. Up to one Tulane upper level resident per month is part of the PICU and Children's Hospital NICU team.