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Charleston, SC 29425
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About the Program

MUSC Children's Hospital
  • #1 Children's Hospital in the Southeast per 2003 Child Magazine
  • Top 25 nationally in 2004 Child Magazine
  • Top 10 Neonatal Program in 2004 Child Magazine
  • South Carolina's Comprehensive Pediatric Health Care Center
Clinical Care
  • All pediatric subspecialties
  • Outstanding general pediatric care
  • Active transplant center
  • Comprehensive child life program
  • Pediatric PharmDs
EBM project fully integrates Evidence Based Medicine into education, learning and practice.

Emphasis on Education
  • Well-balanced, mid-size residency program
  • Responsive to input from housestaff
  • Adaptive educational approach
  • Balance of general pediatrics and subspecialty care
  • Dynamic, involved faculty
  • Cohesive resident group
  • Morning Report
  • Noon Conference
  • Intern Specific conferences
  • Upper-level specific conferences
  • Grand Rounds Friday mornings
  • Primary Care conferences
  • Journal club
  • PL-3 talk
  • Bi-Weekly Board Review and Morning Review Questions
Average Call Schedule
  • PL1:
    • q4 for 6 months
    • 2 ER months
  • PL2:
    • q4 for 1 month
    • half-month Night Float
    • 2 months (1-3 weekend days/month)
    • 3 ER months
  • PL2:
    • q4 for 3 months
    • half-month Night Float
    • 2 ER months
International Health Experiences
  • Resident rotations available with experienced faculty supervision and international health experience
    • Tanzania
    • Nicaragua
    • Honduras
    • Greece
Child Advocacy
  • New director of child abuse team with regular rotations included as part of the ambulatory month rotations
  • Child advocacy projects for medical students and residents
    • Junior Doctors of Health
    • Family Connection
  • Child advocacy components of various rotations
Expanding Research
  • Children's Research Institute opened February 2005
    • 7 stories, 120,000 sq feet
    • Specializing in cutting edge research in pediatric cardiology, Osteoclast research, obesity, DM, prenatal nutrition, cancer research and blood disorders
  • Resident Research Committee
    • Guide residents in research activity
    • Residents publish abstracts, papers and case reports


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