Curriculum at a Glance

First-Year Residents (PGY-1)

First-year residents at Goryeb Children’s Hospital's Pediatric Residency Program rotate monthly 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
  • 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 will serve as a Boot Camp for all residents
  • PGY1s will focus on transition to residency, rotating through inpatient days and nights, PICU days, NICU days and nights, and the outpatient office
  • 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 M daysAmbulatoryAmbulatory
NICUMental HealthCommunity Advocacy
PICU/Floor M nightsIndividualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) Individualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) 
AmbulatoryIndividualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) Individualized Curriculum (inpatient preference) 

Average schedule (in weeks)

 PGY-1PGY-2PGY-3Total
Inpatient1312833
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 Service0044
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.