Pediatric Simulation Lab
The Pediatric Simulation Lab is a new addition at Miami Children's Hospital. The Hospital has acquired a Human Patient Simulator (HPS) from METI™, called the PediaSim. The training program is run by a full-time simulation educator, under the direction of the Medical Education Department. Through this program, residents can be tested for mandatory competencies, practice difficult techniques and work with a team under emergent scenarios to test their skills, all without having to worry about harming the "patient."
To read more about the Pediatric Human Patient Simulation Program, click here.
Teaching Conferences
Miami Children's Hospital offers weekly Grand Rounds presentations, radiology conference, professorial rounds and radiology rounds. In addition, MCH sponsors numerous Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs throughout the year, including the Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course which has become an outstanding, world-recognized conference. These courses are all a part of the residents' curriculum.
The Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course is regarded as one of the most established independent CME programs in the country. The course aims to provide a state-of-the-art continuing medical education forum of general pediatrics and pediatric subspecialties to advance best clinical practices, latest research developments, and child advocacy. It is part of MCH's commitment to promoting worldwide the educational development of medical professionals serving children.
Faculty from all over the U.S. and the world are invited to participate and present the practicing pediatrician with the most recent advances that directly impact the practice of pediatrics. It is here that approximately 1,000 participants, including pediatric residents and fellows, are exposed to the world's foremost teachers who have proven ability to translate theoretical information to the practical level of day-to-day pediatric care.
A component of the Postgraduate Course is the Annual Board Review Course. This program is designed as a comprehensive review for pediatricians who are preparing for the American Board of Pediatrics certification or recertification examination. Third year residents are required to attend the course in addition to attending weekly review sessions (that are required all three years of training). This approach is one of the factors contributing to the high scores received by MCH residents on the American Board of Pediatrics Intraining Examinations and high passing rates on the Board Certification Exams. In fact, of the 2002 graduates, 100 percent who took the Pediatric Board Exam passed on their first attempt.
To further disseminate the latest breakthroughs in pediatrics, the hospital publishes its own medical journal. International Pediatrics is distributed to pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists in more than 20 countries and includes articles on current medical topics aimed at enhancing pediatric medical practice. Residents are encouraged to publish their clinical experiences in the journal.
MCH Medical Library
The MCH Library offers residents a collection of books, journals, audio tapes and video tapes. Also available is a special MDConsult subscription (full-text books and journals online), Ovid on-line services (including the Medline database), on-campus UptoDate subscription, and access to the Isabel clinical decision support software. Residents have 24-hour access to the library resources.
Research
Residents are encouraged to participate in research protocols and publish papers or present abstracts during their training program. The Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute provides the infrastructure and services necessary for the hospital's clinical and translational research activities. While Miami Children's Hospital is devoted to healing young patients, it is also working to make the future brighter for children with medical problems.
By pursuing over 200 innovative research projects, a diversified team of scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals at Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute are seeing breakthroughs in diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of childhood diseases. Clinical research studies, which test new diagnostic procedures, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics and interventional procedures, as well as outcomes research, occur throughout Miami Children's Hospital, and are conducted by the MCH Research Institute. Departments that are especially active in clinical research include radiology, cardiology, neurosciences, nephrology, and hematology-oncology. Miami Children's Hospital is also a full member of the Children's Oncology Group, a federally-funded consortium of pediatric hospitals and pediatric departments conducting a large array of clinical research studies to advance treatment of childhood cancers.
Computer Resources
Residents have full access to computers in the Library, in the Residents’ Lounge area which is adjacent to the call rooms, in the Pediatric Care Center and other outpatient offices, and on all the inpatient floors.