The Yale Pediatric Residency Program

The Yale Pediatric Residency Program is designed to combine intensive learning in patient care settings with supplemental, broad-based didactic experiences. Faculty, fellow and chief and senior resident guided learning at the bedside and in the ambulatory setting form our program's core learning opportunities. Electives and opportunities for concentration in areas such as research, global health, advocacy, quality improvement, leadership and medical education provide opportunities to explore individualized pathways for learning. Our curriculum is carefully evaluated yearly and continuously improved with significant resident input to the review process. A recent innovation for our program was a move to an immersion clinic schedule in which the outpatient experience no longer occurs in weekly continuity clinics but in 4-6 two week blocks scattered throughout the year. The clinic blocks are modeled to resemble a real outpatient practice with a mix of well-child and acute visits in the same sessions. Likewise, the inpatient experiences are left largely undiluted allowing residents to focus entirely on their inpatient panel/education during those months. Below are yearly summary schedules for each of our three years of training. In addition, check our list of conferences and other teaching sessions. Please note that each resident receives 28 days of vacation spread over two 2-week periods; an additional major holiday (Thanksgiving, Jewish High Holidays, Christmas, or New Year’s) is given if a vacation does not fall on a holiday. To learn more about life as a Yale Pediatrics resident, please visit yalepedsresidency.org.