Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs
Pediatrics Residency/Fellowship Programs
Colleges award this field under 17 named programs, from Pediatrics Residency Program to Pediatrics Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 17 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Pediatrics Residency Program
- Prepares physicians in the comprehensive care and treatment of all aspects of human growth and development from conception through fetal life, infancy, childhood and adolescence, including preventive and therapeutic regimes. Covers behavioral aspects of illness, related family and community medicine issues, and emergency and critical care procedures.
- Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in the unique physical, psychological, and social characteristics of adolescents and their healthcare problems and needs. Requires prior completion of a residency program in family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatrics.
- Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians to accurately diagnose abuse, consult with community agencies on child safety, provide expertise in courts of law, treat consequences of abuse and neglect, direct child abuse and neglect prevention programs and participate on multidisciplinary investigative teams, and manage child abuse cases. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians to assist in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of developmental difficulties and problematic behaviors in children, and in the family dysfunctions that compromise children's development; and to foster understanding and promotion of optimal development of children and families through research, education, clinical care, and advocacy efforts. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in the physiology of the normal neonate, the pathophysiology of the sick infant, and the diagnosis and management of problems of the newborn infant, including consulting with obstetricians to plan for the care of women with high-risk pregnancies. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in the diagnosis and management of diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary systems of infants, children, and adolescents. Covers related public health and community medicine issues. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in advanced life support for children, from the term or near-term neonate to the adolescent. This includes critical care management of life-threatening organ system failure in both medical and surgical patients and support of vital physiological functions. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians to manage emergencies in infants and children. Requires prior completion of a residency program in emergency medicine or pediatrics.
- Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in the diagnosis and management of endocrine diseases and the regulation of hormone balance in childhood and adolescence. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
- Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
- Prepares physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive systems of infants, children, and adolescents; includes treatment of conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer, and jaundice, and performance of complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using lighted scopes to see internal organs. Requires prior completion of a residency program in pediatrics.
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