Primary Care Track
The Pediatric Primary Care Track of the Pediatric Residency Training Program trains physicians in the principles, knowledge and skills of primary care pediatrics. Graduates of this program have the necessary skills to enter a career as a practicing primary care pediatrician or to pursue pediatric training in academic general pediatrics.
Three to seven residents are accepted into the program each year.
The Program Emphasizes:
- Health maintenance supervision, preventive medicine and ill-child care in the context of pediatric primary care
- Management of ill-child care in the context of pediatric primary care
- Comprehensive, coordinated care of chronically ill and multiply handicapped children
- Management of social issues such as poverty, ethnic diversity and medically underserved populations
- Behavioral and developmental issues such as school-related problems and family interaction
During all three years of the program, primary care residents spend a significant amount of time in community and hospital-based healthcare sites, and attend regularly held roundtables and noon conferences that focus on the delivery of primary care and primary care-related topics.
The program is fully integrated with the general Pediatric Residency Training Program, offering appropriate inpatient training and subspecialty exposure to ensure broad practical experience in pediatrics. As such, it fulfills all institutional and program requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for residency education in pediatrics.
The Pediatric Primary Care Track Offers:
- Additional outpatient experience at the resident’s continuity site, with decreased inpatient ward duties
- Additional normal newborn experience with a concomitant decrease in neonatal intensive care training
- Emphasis on behavioral and developmental pediatrics, community-based healthcare agencies and activities, and child advocacy and child abuse
For More Information
For more information on the Primary Care Track, contact:
Diane Skeen
Manager, Pediatric Residency Program
Phone: 513-636-4315
Email: diane.skeen@cchmc.org
Melissa Klein, MD
Associate Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics
Phone: 513-636-4506
Email: melissa.klein@cchmc.org
