Categorical Pediatrics and Global Health Block Schedule
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PL-1
PL-2
PL-3
S
1
*PHM-i
*PICU
2
*PHM-i
*TCH NICU 3
*SBT NICU-u
3
*PHM-i
*Liver / GI
*SPHM-u
4
*Hematology-Oncology-i
*Core Subspecialty
5
*Subspecialty-i
*Cardiology
6
*Subspecialty-i
TCH EC
7
*BT NICU / ICN-i
TCH EC
8
Newborn
Adolescent Medicine
Community peds
9
Pedi 101 / Harris Health
Outpt-i
*Underserved
Elective
10
Harris Health Outpt-i
Scholarly Activity
Capstone
11
Development
IC Column A
IC Column A
12
PCU
IC Colum B
IC Column B
Pedi Skills
Elective
Flex (*SSupervisor, SNB
chief, TCH EC)
13
Harris Health-outpt-u
S
*Subspecialty-u
S
STAR
Flex EC (BT or TCH)
S
BT EC
Legend
*Call or Night Shift Rotation
-i = designates an intern rotation
S
= supervisory rotation
-u = upper level rotations
BT ICN/NICU = Ben Taub neo ICU and intermediate care nursery (Level 2 nursery)
Capstone = rotation unique to the individualized curriculum track designed to “cap” the experience in that
track
Community Pediatrics = mixed experience, including school health, ride with EMS system, mobile clinic
Core Subspecialty = rotation in which team covers multiple services (renal, rheumatology, genetics, and
allergy-immunology)
EC = Emergency Center (TCH – Texas Children’s Hospital; BT – Ben Taub)
Harris Health Outpt = County pediatric clinic (general peds and some subspecialty care); located in
Pasadena
IC = Individualized Curriculum (selectives chosen from a restricted list [Column A] or long list [Column B]
specific to each IC track)
Pedi 101 = survey course covering topics such as teaching, ethics, communication, domestic violence,
etc.
Pedi Skills = rotation in which basic pediatric procedures (e.g. venipuncture, lumbar puncture, bladder
catheterization) are taught
PHM = Pediatric Hospital Medicine (general pediatric service)
Scholarly Activity = rotation involving scholarly work (research, QI, patient safety, curriculum
development, advocacy, etc.)
Subspecialty = neurology, endocrinology, pulmonary, or infectious diseases (Inpt and Outpt)
*Underserved = rotation working with an underserved population (local, national, or international
location); global health residents will do a block rotation in tropical medicine instead
NOTE: Global health residents will complete the above rotations over 4 years, with an additional 12
months of rotations in global health
= inpatient rotation
= outpatient rotation
= subspecialty rotation (includes inpatient and outpatient experience