BRONX-LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER

Pediatrics

The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Grand Concourse division is a high volume emergency department staffed by attending physicians twenty four hours per day, seven days per week. We care for greater than 40,000 sick or injured children per year. Pediatric residents work in the ER in shifts under the supervision of an attending physician. ER rotations challenge both the diagnostic acumen and the procedural skill of the residents. Through the duration of their training, residents will spend close to half their time in the outpatient and emergency medicine divisions.

Teaching is offered in a variety of venues. Informal case discussions, otherwise known as “bedside” teaching, occur as cases are presented to the attending physician.

Residents have the opportunity to improve their skills in obtaining accurate and complete histories, and performing physical examinations by observing the attending physicians and senior residents.  They are encouraged to develop their own differential diagnosis and treatment plan and are afforded the opportunity to discuss management approaches.

Teaching is also offered in the form of didactic lectures. Emergency medicine topics are presented monthly as part of the Morning lecture series.  In addition, formal lectures are given monthly in the ER by our pediatric ER attending physicians.       We also welcome other physicians to present specific and sub specialty topics.

Educational resources available to residents include various textbooks stored in the emergency department, as well internet access to medical sites to help research   difficult and unusual cases.

At the beginning of the residency all residents are offered a course in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and a renewal course in their third year of training. Mock Codes are held on a monthly basis to provide the residents and opportunity to review life saving skills, develop leadership skills, and review the appropriate algorithms.