The Department of Pediatrics trains 30 categorical pediatric residents. In the course of the three-year categorical pediatric program, while caring for and learning about children who range in age from 0 to 21 years, residents receive balanced and comprehensive training in primary, subspecialty and critical care pediatrics. A highly skilled, experienced and congenial faculty guides residents through a broad educational experience as the residents play a vital role in the care of more than 2,000 inpatients, 3,000 newborns and 20,000 outpatients each year.

Einstein Medical Center has longstanding commitments to providing medical services to its community and to educating future practicing physicians. Both commitments are represented in the pediatrics residency program at the medical center, with our ties to the community providing the basis for a strong primary care program. Our residents' primary care experiences are augmented with inpatient tertiary care and subspecialty rotations at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (SCHC), also located in North Philadelphia. The inpatient rotations for our residents take place at SCHC on the Einstein service, which is directed by Einstein faculty. We believe that this combination of a nurturing primary care program at Einstein Medical Center complemented with inpatient and tertiary care experiences at a major children's hospital, provides our residents with the best of both worlds.

Albert Einstein Medical Center is a major affiliated teaching hospital of Jefferson Medical College. Einstein Medical Center pediatric faculty members have academic appointments at Jefferson, and Jefferson medical students receive core pediatric training at Einstein Medical Center.

Training Goals

The goals of the pediatrics residency training program are:

• To create a collegial atmosphere where teaching and learning will flourish
  
  
• To educate residents to become well-rounded pediatricians, with experience and training necessary to function as primary care pediatricians
  
  
• To provide residents with the background needed for fellowship training in any pediatric subspecialty
  
  
• To foster a professionalism applicable to all encounters with patients, families, and colleagues
  
  
• To provide residents with an understanding and appreciation of the integrated healthcare team as an approach to patient care
  
  
• To teach residents to appreciate a cost-conscious approach to patient care
  
  
• To provide residents with an opportunity to develop expertise in computer-based information systems
  
  
• To prepare residents to pass the certification examination of the American Board of Pediatrics
  
  

Educational Experience

Education is the focal point of the pediatrics residency program at Einstein Medical Center. A wealth of innovative programs and research projects reinforce the department's commitment to resident education.

The full-time faculty of pediatric generalists and subspecialists conducts the pediatric residency training program. In all clinical rotations, teams composed of attending physicians, supervising senior residents, junior residents and medical students work together to create a collegial and congenial educational environment.

The hospital and departmental libraries contain current texts dealing with general pediatrics and subspecialties. Extensive pediatric educational web-based resources are offered through the medical center’s Luria Library.