The first year provides broad-based training, with rotations to internal medicine, surgery and paediatrics, leading to SMC accreditation. The next 2 years provide further in-depth training in general paediatrics as well as the various paediatric subspecialties. Residents are given progressive responsibility according to their increasing level of competence. Residents in the higher years of training would be expected to supervise junior residents and interact with students.
From year 2, each resident would be assigned his/ her own outpatients in a weekly continuity clinic that he/she would run under supervision of the same faculty member over the next 2 years of training.
Sample rotations:
Year 1
- Medicine (2 mths General Medicine + 2 mths medical specialty rotations)
- Surgery (2 - 3 mths General Surgery + at least 1 mth Paeds Surg)
- Paediatrics (2 mths General Paeds + 1 mth each Renal / Oncology)
Trainees who have already completed Medicine and Surgery prior to traineeship would not be required to repeat these rotations. Their Y1 program would consist of 6 months paediatrics + 6 months relevant electives, or 12 months of paediatrics.
Year 2
- Children’s Emergency 3 mths
- General Paediatrics 2 mths
- Adolescent Medicine 1 mth
- Paediatric Intensive care 1 mth
- Neonatology 3 mths (2 mths NICU, 1 mth well baby)
- Subspecialty rotations* 8 mths
Year 3
- Neonatal ICU 2 mths
- Child Development 1 mth
- Paediatrics Intensive Care 1 mth
- General Paediatrics 2 mths
- Children's Emergency / Acute Illness 3 mths
- Electives 3 mths
*Rotations in various paediatric subspecialties may include:
Allergy / Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Haematology / Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology
Click here for more information.
|
