Educational Activities

Teaching Conferences

A variety of teaching conferences supplement the hands-on education at UCSD in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Daily morning conferences are offered at the UCSD NICU, outpatient Primary Care Clinic, and the Naval Medical Center. The UCSD NICU also holds simulated neonatal resuscitations and maternal-fetal pathology rounds. In addition, a variety of teaching conferences at Rady Children's Hospital include:

• Daily Lunch Conferences
• Weekly Grand Rounds
• Professor Rounds
• Multidisciplinary Professor Rounds
• Clinical Pathologic Correlate (CPC) presentations
• Quarterly Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
• Evidence-Based Medicine Conferences
• Mock codes and Palliative care comfort codes
• Monthly International Morning Report
• Bi-weekly Chief Resident led case presentations
• Department-wide Journal Clubs hosted at faculty members homes

Resident Block Education 

The Pediatric Residency Block Education Program is a novel resident curricular program that covers both core pediatric topics and clinical skill sets that are often not addressed during clinical training.  Separate programs have been developed for both the intern and resident levels, taking into consideration their baseline knowledge, skills, and confidence.  The program consists of a series of afternoon block education sessions that deliver concise, high-yield medical curricula.  These sessions provide residents with protected learning time so they may deliberately focus on their development as a physician.  Each session employs an interactive learning environment with small-group, problem-based activities performed under the guidance of subject matter experts.  The program also exposes residents to cutting-edge research being conducted in various fields by our faculty.  In this manner, we seek to develop knowledgeable, well-rounded physicians, who become leaders in their field.

Continuity Clinic

Every resident attends a weekly continuity clinic (except on inpatient wards or nights) supervised by faculty members at UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital or in the San Diego community. Our residents have a unique opportunity to see patients at 19 different sites in the county ranging from private practice settings, community health centers, and academic faculty practices.​

Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Clinician-performed bedside ultrasonography is emerging as a useful diagnostic tool for healthcare providers. We want our residents to be exposed to performance and interpret bedside ultrasound of common diseases. All residents receive ultrasound training under the expert supervision of our Ultrasound trained faculty during didactic sessions  and as part of the resident school curriculum. Additional case-based learning occurs during Emergency medicine rotation, ICU rotations and radiology rounds.

Annual Pediatric Research Symposium

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego are proud to present the Annual Pediatrics Faculty Research Symposium. Our goal is to bring together many of our investigators from our Department to present their progress made in various areas of research. Speakers represent many disciplines using a broad spectrum of translational research and methodologies in each area. Visit the Department of Pediatrics Website.