How do we mentor and develop pediatricians?
When selecting a residency program, the program's growth culture must align with your professional development needs. We avoid "teaching to the middle" - we all have unique strengths and opportunities to grow. Our Clinical Competency Committee reviews each resident as an individual. We ensure each resident has a dedicated faculty mentor to help guide their needs, both personally and professionally. Our Program Leadership has strategically designed our Clinical Competency Committee to ensure that individual needs are met while encouraging and optimizing the resident's "superpowers"! We utilize individualized curriculum aspects during residents' clinical experiences rather than rigid "tracks." The path for each resident, regardless of specialty, isn't going to be the same or linear. Just as we practice clinical medicine through the lens of the whole child, we truly seek to understand the resident as a whole person.
Because we have minimal fellowship programs, the Tulane Pediatric Residency Program is the focus of the Department of Pediatrics. Residents have full access to our Program Leadership and Departmental Leadership. Concurrently, we are fortunate to have strong support from our Department of Pediatrics - specifically with regard to ensuring we have the resources we need to encourage resident academic growth. Whether it is a warm introduction to a collaborating mentor or ensuring we have funding to send our resident researchers to academic conferences, our Department is steadfastly committed to not only the program as a whole, but each and every pediatrician we train!