Children's Hospital of Michigan
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Welcome!
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Training ground for more
residents than anywhere else in the country!
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Largest single-campus medical school in the country
• Year 3 Pediatric clerkship hosts 275 students/year
• Years 3 & 4 electives include over 80 students annually
Children's Hospital of Michigan
History
• Founded in the mid-1800’s • 3rd oldest children’s hospital in the nation
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Discoveries include Cooley’s anemia, Wilson’s disease,
battered child syndrome….
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The AAP was founded in Detroit
in 1930 by 35 local pediatricians who broke away
from the AMA
Children's Hospital of Michigan
• Only free-standing children’s hospital in Michigan • Michigan’s only Level 1 Trauma Center for kids• Home to Michigan’s only burn center for kids• One of two Regional Poison Control Centers• Level 4 NICU, one of 3 ECMO Centers in the state• 24-hour Transport Team
Factoids
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Training affiliation with Henry Ford Health System’s satellite ambulatory network
Grosse Pointe
West Bloomfield
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Children’s Achievements
• Home of the world’s only Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center dedicated to kids
• International leader in pediatric neurosurgery • Leader in pediatric research for hemophilia,
von Willebrand’s disease, and sickle cell disease
Premier teaching center for pediatric robotic surgery in the US
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Residency Program
• Training ground for more Michigan pediatricians than any other program in state
• 118 residents & 42 subspecialty fellows
• Hands-on, graduated learning
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State of the art on-line computer information & imaging systems
Residents are provided Tungsten PDAs for Wi Fi capabilities !
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Fellowships
• Allergy and Immunology
• Cardiology • Child Psychology • Critical Care
Medicine • Emergency
Medicine• Gastroenterology
Genetics Heme/Onc Infectious Diseases Neonatology Nephrology Neurology Pharmacology
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Balanced Curriculum
• Comprehensive primary and subspecialty care training
• 6 electives in 3-years• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
colleagues• (Soon-to-be) Pediatrics/Genetics
colleagues
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Specialty Curricula
• International Medicine tract• Bi-monthly classes in Year 1• 2 months overseas in Years 2/3• Longitudinal research projects
• Medical Spanish• 16-week course, live + distance-learning• Cultural competency curriculum
• ABP Research Pathway
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Training you for…
• Advocacy▫ Award-winning Informed Mothers/Healthy Kids,
Pediatric Mobile Team, Reach Out and Read
• Scholarship▫ Required scholarly activity, research lecture
seminars, mentorship, grant funding,
▫ Leadership▫ Resident representation on education
committees, hospital committees, and in the American Academy of Pediatrics
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Didactics
• Morning Report• Chief resident run case-based presentations
• Senior Rounds• review of on-call management
• Grand Rounds • Mock Code
• video-taped resuscitation simulations• ACRES
• resident presentations on critical care topics• 18 month core curriculum: level specific with
integrated board review • Weekly Radiology Conference
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DidacticsMonthly• Journal Club, Synopsis• Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds• Pediatric Trauma Series• Morbidity and Mortality conference • Residents As Teachers series
Other• Research Research series (twice monthly)• Practice Practicalities series (twice monthy)• International Medicine tract• Procedure Fairs (twice annually)• Brenner Research Presentations
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First Year Schedule
• 6 Inpatient floors▫ General/0-3, General/>3, Infectious
Disease & Hematology/Oncology
• 2 Neonatology • 2 General Pediatric Clinic (no call)• 1 Newborn Nursery • 1 Elective (no call)
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Typical Day on the Wards• 7-8a Pre-rounds• 8-8:50a Morning Report• 8:50-9:20 Senior Rounds• 9:30-12p Teaching Rounds• 1-4p Ward duties, clinic• 4p Resident sign out• Intern call q4 • Post-call Home by 11am
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Program Perks• Competitive salary $38,850 • Free adjacent parking• On-call meal stipend• Personal Digital Assistant (Tungsten C)• Access to WSU facilities
▫ free new fitness center & computer hardware + software discounts, Internet/email account
• Adjacent NAEYC-accredited quality child care center
• Free sporting event tickets, courtesy of the Medical Staff
• On-site library facilities
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Resident Well-Being
• Year 1: 3 call-free months, 1 full weekend off per month
• Graduated call• 4 weeks vacation per year & 4-day winter
holiday• Week-long intern orientation & overnight
intern retreat• Personal faculty advisor• Resident/Faculty Picnic, Holiday Potluck,
Holiday Dinner Dance• Senior Day
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happy resident social committee
Frisbee games, bowling, dinners, plays,
museums, house parties, cider mill trips,
sports games…
www.chom.net/happy.html
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Detroit & MichiganOver 4 million and growing….Rich cultural and ethnic diversity…
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Motown!
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Historic Detroit
neighborhoods
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Athletics
“Best Sports City” The Sporting News magazine1998
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Cultural Activities
• Theaters –• Fox, Fisher, Gem, State,
Bonstelle, Masonic Temple, Macomb Center
• Michigan Opera Theater• Comedy clubs/Second City• Concerts▫ DTE Energy,Meadowbrook,
The Palace of Auburn Hills
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Museums
▫ Detroit Cultural Center including the Detroit Institute for the Arts & the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
▫ Detroit Science Center▫ Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield
Village, largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the nation
▫ Cranbrook Institutes
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Other events, venues…
• 2004 North American International Auto Show
• Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz festival in North America
• Grand Prix auto race at Belle Isle
• Woodward Dream Cruise• Eastern Market• Ann Arbor Art Fairs
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Oh Canada!
• International Freedom Festival• Favorable exchange rates• Proximity to Toronto• Stratford Shakespeare Festival• Niagara Falls
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The Great Lakes
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Summary
• Children’s has a rich history• Leader in pediatric care & research• Strong residency program• Emphasis on resident education &
well-being• Located in a diverse & entertaining
city
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