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Pediatrics

Our residency provides pediatric didactic teaching; and our residents care for clinic pediatric patients in the hospital. However, due to a low patient volume and lack of clinical acuity in Pocatello, our pediatric rotations are performed at other sites. We partner with St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise and with Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City to provide an excellent pediatric learning experience which includes inpatient and outpatient medicine, emergency department/trauma stabilization, as well as neonatal resuscitation, intubations, and lines. To reduce the impact on residents' families and homes, family-friendly apartments are maintained in both Boise and Salt Lake City.

First-year residents complete eight weeks of general inpatient training at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise. Second-year residents complete a four-week pediatric emergency department rotation at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, and 2 weeks in the local NICU. Third-year residents complete at 2-week rotation in a local pediatric urgent care. The skills learned during these rotations are especially useful for rural practice where graduates may need to stabilize or resuscitate their pediatric patients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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