Curriculum
| Rotations during PL-1 year | Duration | |
| Ward | 4 months | |
| NICU | 2 months | |
| Clinic | 3 months (2 with night float) | |
| Emergency department | 1 month | |
| Behavioral / development clinic | 1 month | |
| Newborn nursery | 1 month | |
| Vacation (included in above rotations) | 3 weeks | |
| Rotations during PL-2 year | ||
| PICU | 1 month | |
| Ward | 2 months | |
| NICU | 1 month | |
| Clinic | 2 months | |
| Adolescent | 1 month | |
| Cardiology | 1 month | |
| Neurology | 1 month | |
| Pulmonary (with night float) | 1 month | |
| Electives | 1 month | |
| Selectives | 1 month | |
| Vacation | 4 weeks | |
| Rotations during PL-3 year | ||
| PICU | 1 month | |
| Ward | 3 months | |
| Clinic | 1 month | |
| Child advocacy | 1 month | |
| Endocrine | 1 month | |
| GI | 1 month | |
| Infectious Disease | 1 month | |
| Renal | 1 month | |
| Electives | 1 month | |
| Adolescent clinic | 1 month | |
| Emergency department | 1 month | |
| Vacation | 4 weeks | |
Call responsibilities
Call for PL-1: 2 q4 months, other months average 5-6 calls (back-up, overnight calls).
Call for PL-2: 2-3 q4 months, 1 call-free month, other months consist of 5-6 calls (overnight, back-up, and transport).
Call for PL-3: Same as PL-2 call.
Transport call
Second-year and third-year pediatric residents are part of the PICU transport teams. Transports are exciting learning opportunities.
Vacation
PL-1 residents get 3 weeks of vacation per year, and PL-2 and PL-3 residents get 4 weeks per year. Vacations are taken in blocks of 1 to 2 weeks. There are eight holidays per year.
Stipend and benefits
- Health insurance: major medical and dental coverage for house staff, spouse, and dependent children
- Sick leave: 10 days
- Malpractice insurance: full coverage
- Tuition benefits: eight tuition-free units per year at Loma Linda University
- Child care: can be directly deducted and thus tax-free
- Disability insurance provided
- Maternity/paternity leave
- Education allowance
- Junior fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Noon conference with lunch provided Tuesday through Thursday
- Two meal tickets provided for each inpatient call day
- See the LLUMC residency programs stipend and benefit page for more information.
On-call rooms
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Individual sleeping rooms for each resident on call
- Pediatric resident lounge adjacent to sleeping rooms
Library
Free literature search and photocopy services are available to residents.
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