Residency Program Rotations
We offer comprehensive training with increasing responsibility, complexity & electives. It combines hands-on, didactic and online learning to cater to all learning styles.
Our Rotations
PGY-1 offers comprehensive training in inpatient and outpatient pediatrics, covering growth, development and pediatric diseases. It emphasizes clinical skills, pathophysiology and clinical judgment. Rotations are primarily at Norton Children’s Hospital, with some at UofL Health - UofL Hospital.
PGY-1 Example Schedule
- Clinic: One block
- ULH NICU: One block
- Hematology/Oncology: One block
- ED: One and a half blocks
- Wards: Three blocks
- Night Team: One-half block
- Core Subspecialty: One block
- Individualized Curriculum Elective: One-half blocks
- Adolescent: One block
- Ambulatory: Two blocks
- Newborn: One block
- Procedure: One-half blocks
- Vacation: One block
- Total: 13 blocks
Longitudinal Outpatient Clinic
PGY-1 residents are assigned to one of three primary continuity clinics, Norton Children's Medical Group - Novak Center, Norton Children's Medical Group - Germantown and Norton Children's Medical Group - Stonestreet, attending 36 half-day sessions per year. This longitudinal experience allows residents to follow patients’ growth and development, build lasting relationships with families and gain exposure to pediatric care across all stages of life. Faculty serve as mentors, providing structured observations and discussions on pediatric outpatient topics. The program includes recruitment of patients from nursery, wards or emergency department rotations, serving over 50,000 vulnerable community patients.
Physicians who have completed one year of pediatric training and meet Kentucky licensure requirements advance to the second year, where they enhance clinical skills, gain subspecialty experience and take on greater responsibility in patient care and supervision.
PGY-2 Example Schedule
- Clinic: One block
- NCH NICU: One block
- PICU: One block
- ED: One and a half blocks
- Wards: Two blocks
- Night Team: One block
- Cardiology: One block
- Individualized Curriculum Elective: One and a half blocks
- Ambulatory: One block
- Behavior and Development: One block
- Vacation: One block
- Total: 13 blocks
PGY-3 take on full responsibility for patient care and supervise junior residents and medical students at Norton Children's and UofL Health - UofL Hospitals. They focus on enhancing clinical judgment and preparing for practice or subspecialty training.
PGY-3 Example Schedule
- Clinic: One block
- NCH NICU: One block
- PICU: One block
- ED: One and a half blocks
- Wards: Two blocks
- Night Team: One-half block
- Core Subspecialty: One block
- Individualized Curriculum Electives: Three blocks
- Vacation: One block
- Total: 13 blocks
Our X+Y scheduling method gives residents dedicated one- to two-week clinic rotations each year, separate from inpatient rotations like wards or ICU. This system aims to minimize conflicts between inpatient and outpatient duties, enhance resident presence on rotations and improve patient continuity. Residents will have four dedicated clinic weeks annually, typically paired with vacation and additional clinic sessions scheduled during outpatient-focused rotations such as newborn nursery, adolescent medicine and behavior and development.
Fourth-year medical students can take advantage of our visiting student rotation opportunity.
Mentorship/Meetings: Students will be paired with a resident mentor for weekly meetings and a faculty mentor for two meetings during the rotation. An introductory meeting with the Pediatric Residency Program Director will also take place.
Rotation: The rotation lasts four weeks. Students may rotate in the Norton Children's Medical Group Novak Center outpatient clinic, the Just for Kids Pediatric Hospitalist service, or a pediatric subspecialty.
Stipend: Two selected applicants will receive a $2500 stipend to cover housing, travel or other rotation-related expenses. Students must complete a 1099 form and provide their name, address and social security number to receive the stipend.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be pursuing an MD or DO degree at an LCME or COCA-accredited school.
- Good academic standing.
- Completed a core pediatrics clerkship.
- Plan to apply for a Pediatrics, Child Neurology or Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency.
- Live outside the Louisville metro area.
Application Process: Apply through VSLO starting July 1.
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Pediatric Resident Research Track
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Medical Education Distinction Track
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Child Advocacy Track
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Pediatric Global health Distinction Track
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Breastfeeding Medicine Distinction Track
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Click here to learn more about track requirements.