St. Louis Children’s Hospital

PGY2 Pediatric Residency Learning Experiences

PGY2 Pediatric Required Clinical Rotations

PGY2 Pediatric Elective Clinical Rotations
(4-6 weeks) 
20 weeks of elective time ** 

Orientation (4 weeks) *Antimicrobial Stewardship  
General Pediatrics (6 weeks) Infectious Diseases 
Pediatric ICU (4 weeks) Solid Organ Transplant 
Neonatal ICU (4 weeks) Emergency Medicine
H/O Selective:  Hematology/Oncology OR BMT (4 weeks) Cardiac ICU 
ID Selective: Infectious Diseases OR Antimicrobial Stewardship (4 weeks) Bone Marrow Transplant 
Cardiology 
Psychiatry 
Neurology 
General Pediatrics II 
Hematology/Oncology 
Toxicology 
Cystic Fibrosis Clinic 
High Risk Obstetrics 
Pharmacogenomics Clinic (12 months) 
 

* Unless resident completed PGY1 at SLCH then shortened to one week
** PGY2 residents are required to co-precept APPE student(s) on one of their rotations

Longitudinal residency experiences (required).
All experiences are 12 months in duration.

  • Research (Four weeks of concentrated research time built in. One week in October or November and three weeks in December.)
  • Leadership
  • Medication use and safety
  • Staffing (Four-hour evening shift each week and every fourth weekend.)
  • Presentations