Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Residency
Academic Block: Part I
Rotation Director: Dr. Margaret Connolly
Self-directed learning activities to be completed during Academic Block I:
Please contact Dr. Connolly at the beginning of your rotation to arrange a meeting to discuss the rotation assignments.
Residents as Teachers:
- Review the following educational documents, available on the curriculum website, to learn more about the art of teaching. These skills will be put to use in your second Academic Block during an observed teaching session.
- Teaching when Time is Limited, BMJ 2008
- Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning, NEJM 2006
- Resident as Teacher: Practical Tips to Enhance Feedback on the Fly, Sem Med Pract 2007
- Attend and facilitate the scheduled Student Case Reports during your rotation. The goal of these meetings is to provide feedback to the third year medical students on their presentations skills and facilitate their presentation in morning report format, encouraging them to use and develop their critical thinking skills. You will be observed during at least one of these sessions by the rotation director.
Complete 1 AAP Pedialink Course: Some suggested topics are listed below.
- Pediatric Musculoskeletal Medicine: Differential Diagnosis and Assessment of a Limping Child
- Childhood Hearing 2009: A Safer Foundation in the Medical Home
- Pediatric Dermatology: Newborn Skin Conditions
- Help Every Family Quit Smoking
- Health Literacy
- Hot Topics - Fostering Health: Evaluation of Children in Foster Care
Personal Board Review Study Plan
- Discuss your plan with Dr. Connolly at the start of your rotation, thinking about any barriers or facilitators to your current plan and ways you could revise/improve your current plan.
- Documentation of compliance/progress will be requested at each of your semi-annual review meetings with the program leadership throughout training.
Review your prior individualized learning plan (ILP) and be sure you have created a new learning plan in PediaLink that addresses learning objectives for the current academic year.
Make an appointment to meet with your advisor at least once during the rotation. It is an opportunity to discuss career plans, fellowships, exam prep, and preparation for upcoming rotations. Remind your advisor to complete the Advisor documentation evaluation in New Innovations during your meeting.
