UCONN - Pediatric Residency Program

Developmental and behavioral issues are central to the practice of Pediatrics. The goal of the residency program is to help the resident distinguish normal development and the problems associated with it from delayed or abnormal development. The UCONN Pediatric Residency offers multiple venues where teaching about child development occurs. There is a one month block in the PGY1 year formally devoted to behavior and development. The focus of this rotation is to consolidate knowledge about normal development and to provide additional training in the evaluation of other common problems such as learning disabilities, problems with attention, mental retardation and disorders within the autistic spectrum. In addition, the house officer can choose to participate in a variety of activities, including a day care center, audiologic testing, feeding team assessments, gait lab visits, speech evaluations as well as wheel chair assessments. There are didactic sessions and computer-based learning assignments as well as preceptored experiences with Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric specialists.

Child Reading In addition to the block rotation, house officers will be exposed to a longitudinal curriculum based in the ambulatory and continuity settings throughout their residency. Knowledge about child development is now viewed as essential to the practice of pediatrics. This rotation is meant to provide the house officer with both knowledge in this area as well as the skills to enable her/him to continue to learn about and utilize developmental and behavioral resources throughout their careers.