Dr. Lovejoy meets with residents

Categorical track residents have opportunities for research funding, exposure to academic meetings and active mentoring by subspecialty faculty. Most residents participate in the standard three year curriculum; however, the two research tracks of the American Board of Pediatrics -- the Integrated Research Pathway and the Accelerated Research Pathway -- are available to housestaff pursuing academic research careers. In fact, the BCRP has been one of the leading programs in terms of facilitating resident participation in these nonstandard training pathways. Residents interested in these pathways must indicate interest early in intern year and demonstrate superior clinical competence and scores on the In Training Examination of the American Board of Pediatrics that predict success passage of the general pediatrics certifying examination. The Executive Committee oversees the selection process for interested candidates. Decisions are made in November of the intern year.

Categorical residents do approximately 70 percent of their training at Children's Hospital Boston and 30 percent of their training at Boston Medical Center.

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Many graduates of the UHA track have careers in academic medicine with a focus on health care issues of the urban poor, serving as researchers, advocates, community leaders and clinicians. They often practice in urban settings, and many pursue academic general pediatric fellowships, advocacy fellowships, masters' programs in public health and health services research fellowships.

UHA residents spend 40 percent of their time at Boston Medical Center and 60 percent at Children's Hospital. Inpatient general pediatrics rotations are spent primarily at Boston Medical Center in the PL-2 and PL-3 years.

It is important to emphasize that residents in the two tracks are all part of the same program and function as one. They are totally intermingled in all aspects of the program and, aside from the program leaders, few faculty or staff know which residents belong to which track.

As described in detail in the Application section, each track has a separate match number through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and has a separate selection process. Applicants can apply to either one or both tracks. Because the tracks are quite similar and the program is highly unified, and because most applicant's interests overlap the missions of each track to some degree, most applicants should apply to both tracks.

Combined Pediatrics-Anesthesia
(NRMP #1259726C0)
Starting in July 2011, the BCRP will be one of the first residency programs to offer combined training in Pediatrics and Anesthesia. Residents will begin their first year in pediatrics residency. The following year will be the first year of anesthesia training, followed by three years of integrated residency training in both pediatrics and anesthesia. Throughout the three years of integrated training, while residents are doing core training in Pediatrics or Anesthesia, they will be expected to attend conferences and participate in core clinical activities once a month in the other discipline to make the combined program fully integrated.

Individuals ideally suited for this combined training will likely pursue careers at the interface between critical care, pediatrics, and anesthesiology. Examples of such careers include hospitalist medicine, pain and palliative care, out-of operating room procedural and sedations services, and members of integrated subspecialty teams in pediatrics, critical care and anesthesiology.

For more information on the Combined Pediatrics Anesthesia program click here