PL-1 year: Newborn Nursery. Interns rotate on the well newborn hospitalist service at the BWH. The clinical team consists of the intern, the attending, one third-year Harvard Medical student (HMS III), and a nurse practitioner. Interns may also rotate on the Birth Place Newborn Care Service at Boston Medical Center. The clinical team at BMC consists of intern, an attending, two nurse practitioners, and Boston University medical students.

The rotation has clinical and educational components. Interns are responsible for monitoring patients and interacting with other team members and the attending pediatrician to create a plan of care. Interns are required to attend didactic lectures, discussion sessions and demonstrations during their rotation.

In addition to caring for critically ill neonates, residents obtain extensive experience in the resuscitation and stabilization of newborns at high-risk deliveries. Neonatal attendings are present in house 24 hours per day and provide supervision and teaching. The NICU experience at BMC is augmented by managing infants with a variety of surgical problems. During their NICU rotations residents receive a comprehensive educational curriculum covering common neonatal problems, such as respiratory management, high frequency ventilation, ductus arteriosus, neonatal hematology, nutrition, necrotizing enterocolitis, and hyperbilirubinemia. This is presented in daily teaching sessions by attending physicians expert in each area. All residents are trained in Neonatal Resuscitation Program during orientation and then complete their certification during their Pl-1 year.

Residents in both years pick up and follow newborns from their newborn rotations in their continuity clinic.