Hospital Medicine Track

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Track
Goal
- To provide individualized educational opportunities for residents interested in a career in either academic or community-based pediatric hospital medicine
Eligibility and Application
- First year categorical pediatrics residents and first or second year med/peds residents
- Selection requirements:
- Updated CV
- Three paragraph essay: 1) Your ultimate career goals 2) What you hope to gain from the track, and 3) Your research project idea
Track Details:
- Recommended Electives:
- Research
- Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Surgery
- Advanced PICU elective
- NICU sub-fellowship
- Peds subspecialties: ID, pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology
- Required Scholarly Activities
- Present at UIC/Rush joint PHM Journal Club (once per year)
- Attend the monthly UIC/Rush joint PHM Journal Club when available
- Join the AAP SOHM List serve
- Attend monthly track meetings to review 2020 PHM Core Competencies and present twice yearly
- Complete Longitudinal Scholarly Project
- Submit an abstract to regional/ national conference
- Present at Research in Progress
- If participating in QI Project – Submit to UIC QI symposium
- Meet quarterly with track director
Completion of Track
- Track certificate/plaque
Track Director:
Meghan Harding, DO (mgrebi2@uic.edu) and Stacy Laurent, DO (sthomps2@uic.edu)