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PL1 and PL2 years: Neonatal ICU
Interns and residents rotate through the NICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Boston Medical Center (BMC). The BWH NICU is a 48-bed unit divided into two 16-bed acute care pods, and two 16-bed intermediate care pods. At the BWH NICU, four interns are divided into two teams, with two interns assigned to each team responsible for the patients in one of the acute care pods. The interns are supervised by an attending neonatologist and fellow. The NICU rotation at Boston Medical Center is comprised of a 15-bed NICU and a 6-bed intermediate care NICU. The BMC NICU team consists of an attending neonatologist, one senior resident, one junior resident and two interns.
Besides caring for critically ill neonates, residents obtain extensive experience in the resuscitation and stabilization of newborns at high-risk deliveries. At both sites neonatal attendings are on site 24 hours per day to provide supervision and teaching. Residents participate in a comprehensive educational curriculum including daily lectures by attending neonatologists covering common neonatal problems, such as respiratory distress syndrome, necrotizing enterocolitis, hyperbilirubinemia, and nutrition. All residents are trained in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program during intern orientation and then re-certify during their PL-2 year.
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