Categorical Track
The Categorical Track combines both inpatient and ambulatory experiences in which residents are exposed to a wide variety of both normal development and pathology in primary care, acute care, and critical care rotations. Our program will be transitioning to X+Y in the 2025-2026 academic year. More to come soon!
Year One
The R1 year is designed for residents to acquire the skills necessary to recognize normal development, acute illness and the manifestations of chronic disease in children.
These skills are developed through a series of inpatient months on the general medicine acute care service, inpatient subspecialty services, the UW Neonatal ICU, the newborn nursery, as well as outpatient months in continuity clinic and the Emergency Department.
R1 residents also have developmental pediatrics and/or adolescent medicine rotations which provide a broader understanding of typical and atypical pediatric development and behavior in the outpatient setting.
Year Two
The R2 year promotes leadership, teaching and autonomy in clinical decision-making skills. A core element of this year is the award-winning primary care experience in a rural setting of the Northwest (referred to as the WWAMI rotation). Regardless of eventual career path, nearly every graduate of our program identifies the WWAMI rotation as one of the most important and meaningful learning experiences in their medical training.
During inpatient ward rotations at Seattle Children's, R2s play an important role supervising and teaching interns and medical students as senior residents/team leads. R2s also further their education in the Seattle Children’s PICU and NICU where they learn about complex medical management of critically ill infants and children. Additionally, residents rotate through Harborview Medical Center (HMC), the county hospital and the region’s only Level 1 trauma and burn center where they manage pediatric patients in the trauma and burn intensive care unit and step-down unit.
Year Three
The R3 year of training allows each resident to further enhance their clinical, teaching, and leadership skills while preparing for their next step in their careers as pediatricians.
Additional elective time is made available for the residents to explore additional training opportunities in pediatrics, hone their skills, and concentrate on specific areas of interest. Many R3s participate in away rotations and prioritize presenting at conferences to further their professional development goals.
REACH Pathway
Our mission is to provide training that will equip pediatric residents with the relevant knowledge and experience to work towards reducing health disparities among children in any setting.
The Resident Education in Advocacy and Child Health (REACH) Pathway provides experiences in integrating public health, community partnerships and advocacy in addressing child health needs. The goal is to understand and influence determinants of child health and health disparities at the community level.