Curriculum at a Glance

First-Year Residents (PGY-1)

First-year residents at Goryeb Children’s Hospital's Pediatric Residency Program rotate through the following areas:

  • Inpatient general pediatrics
  • Well baby nursery
  • Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
  • Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
  • Private practice experience 
  • Ambulatory and community medicine
  • Adolescent medicine
  • Procedural skills
  • Infectious disease
  • Pulmonology
  • Developmental and behavioral pediatrics
  • Emergency Medicine
skills day

Second-Year Residents (PGY-2)

Our second-year residents assume more patient care responsibility, supervise medical students and rotate through the following areas:

  • Inpatient general pediatrics
  • NICU
  • PICU
  • Hematology/oncology servie
  • Private practice experience
  • Pediatric emergency department at Morristown Medical Center
  • Pediatric urgent care experience
  • Private practice experience
  • Ambulatory and community medicine
  • Four Individualized Curriculum rotations, one of which is call-free

Third-Year Residents (PGY-3)

Our third-year residents assume the major supervisory role in the inpatient and critical care units. In addition to the following rotations, senior residents choose from a range of elective options:

  • Inpatient general pediatrics
  • PICU
  • Hematology/Oncology service
  • Private practice experience
  • Ambulatory and mental health
  • Pediatric emergency department at Morristown Medical Center
  • Five Individualized Curriculum rotations, one of which is call-free

Boot Camp

  • Starting in July 2024, block 1 serves as a Boot Camp for all residents
  • PGY1s focus on transition to residency, rotating through inpatient days, NICU days, the outpatient office, and either PICU days, nights on inpatient, or nights in the NICU
  • PGY2s focus on the transition to senior resident role, with the block split between two weeks of inpatient and two weeks of outpatient
  • PGY3s focus on resident as teacher, with the block split between two weeks of inpatient and two weeks of outpatient
  • Seniors will be given opportunity to rate their preference for inpatient experience.
PGY-1PGY-2PGY-3
Floor daysAmbulatoryAmbulatory
NICUMental HealthCommunity Advocacy
AmbulatoryIndividualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) Individualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) 
PICU days, floor nights, or NICU nightsIndividualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) Individualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) 

Average schedule (in weeks)

 PGY-1PGY-2PGY-3Total
Inpatient13101033
NICU3407
PICU34411
Emergency Medicine
2248
Ambulatory/General Pediatrics3148
Ambulatory/Community Medicine1214
Ambulatory/Mental Health0134
Private Practice Experience2204
Pediatric Urgent Care0404
Well Baby Nursery4004
Adolescent Medicine
4004
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics4004
Hematology/Oncology Service0224
Infectious Disease2002
Procedural Skills
100
1
Pulmonology2002
Individualized Curriculum Call-Free0448
Individualized Curriculum with Call
0101424
Individualized Curriculum Inpatient Selective*4228
Vacation44412

*Based on their individualized learning plans, residents will be given preference for specific inpatient experiences over the course of their three years of training.