Valley Family Medicine · Curriculum
Pediatrics
Pediatrics training
Residents care for children from the newborn nursery through adolescence, in the hospital, in the emergency department, and in clinic.
Newborn care
On their obstetrics and family medicine inpatient rotations, residents care for newborns, including babies with hyperbilirubinemia.
Ambulatory pediatrics
Ambulatory pediatrics rotations at community clinic partners give residents high-volume experience caring for generally healthy children.
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children's is one of the nation's leading pediatric hospitals and the regional referral center for children across Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Residents train alongside its pediatric specialists and see a wide range of common and complex childhood illness.
- PGY-2: a 4-week inpatient pediatrics rotation for in-depth experience in hospital pediatrics
- PGY-3: a 4-week pediatric emergency medicine rotation
Seeing a young patient in clinic
By year
Pediatrics rotations
| Year | Rotation | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| PGY-1 | Ambulatory Pediatrics | 4 |
| PGY-2 | Inpatient Pediatrics (at Seattle Children's Hospital) | 4 |
| PGY-3 | Ambulatory Pediatrics | 4 |
| PGY-3 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine (at Seattle Children's Hospital) | 4 |