The curriculum for the Pediatric Scientist Residency Program track is focused on mentoring, educational conferences, and development of the resident's skills.
A key component of the PedSDP is a longitudinal curriculum that is designed to facilitate mentoring experiences, integrate scientific management topics and develop individual leadership skills. These goals will be accomplished through:
Mentoring Development
- Mentoring begins in Intern year with Bridges Mentoring Program
- Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) forms early in residency; SOC can change composition over time
- Program Directors attend as ex officio
- Leadership Academy yearly with longitudinal curriculum
Teaching Conferences
- Monthly seminars with focus on career development and introduction to NIH
- Rangos Research seminars feature cutting edge basic research (choose 1 to attend each month)
- United Fellows Course (UFC) includes responsible conduct of research, statistical analysis, intro to IRB
- Access to Office of Academic Development seminars and presentations
- Each year of program ends with PedSDP focused retreat for trainees in all PGYs
Milestones
- Deliverables are flexible but serious goals
- Scholarly work product (review or case report) in 2nd to 3rd year of residency
- Compete for T32 within first years of Fellowship
- First author scholarly work product before last year of fellowship
- Development of award application in last year of fellowship
- Focus on writing and publishing frequently
- Travel funds for meeting attendance
- Integration into Department of Medicine NRSA writing course