Curriculum - Rio Grande Valley

The Building Blocks of Pediatrics

Our curriculum is thoughtfully designed to provide the strongest possible foundation in general pediatrics. We are following an X + Y schedule, where our X (in-patient) blocks last 4 weeks and our Y (out-patient) blocks last 4 weeks. X blocks will consist of one of the following rotations: Inpatient Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Term Newborn, NICU, and PICU.. Y blocks will consist of one of the following rotations: Subspecialty Experiences, Outpatient Subspecialty Experiences, Electives, Adolescent, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Mental Health and Required Subspecialty. Unique features of our clinical experiences include two blocks of developmental behavioral pediatrics and mental health throughout residency and three blocks of general community medicine per year, in addition to the longitudinal out-patient experiences. The curriculum has been specifically designed keeping in mind the core mission of the program to serve the underserved communities of South Texas. Unique opportunities for advocacy at the community and state level are also available. This schedule offers flexibility with tons of opportunities to learn while providing excellent patient care.