Pediatrics Residency Program
Our curriculum prepares residents to become well-rounded general pediatricians who are confident entering clinical practice or pursuing subspecialty fellowship training.
A large primary care network in Charlotte, combined with Levine Children’s role as a regional pediatric referral center, provides experience across the full breadth and depth of pediatric medicine.
Training is aligned with ACGME recommendations and the six core competencies. Flexible tracks, individualized experiences and mentorship support each resident’s professional goals.
Faculty in the Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence (CAPE) and research mentors provide opportunities for scholarly activity throughout residency.
Progressive responsibility
Residents progress from developing foundational clinical skills to supervising teams, teaching learners and preparing for independent practice or fellowship.
The PL-1 curriculum builds a broad foundation through inpatient and outpatient rotations. Residents care for patients ranging from premature neonates through late adolescence across a wide variety of pediatric subspecialties.
PL-2 residents return to core rotations in supervisory roles, strengthen triage and management skills and broaden their experience through critical care, subspecialty, advocacy and elective rotations.
PL-3 residents supervise across clinical services, including the pediatric intensive care unit, while refining their assessment, leadership and teaching skills. Elective time supports preparation for practice or fellowship.
Clinical schedule
The rotation schedule balances required clinical experiences, progressive supervisory responsibility, individualized curriculum and longitudinal training.
| PL-1 rotation | Months | PL-2 rotation | Months | PL-3 rotation | Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent Medicine | 1 | Advocacy | 0.5 | Outpatient Clinic | 1 |
| Behavior/Child Development | 1 | Hospital Medicine | 2 | Hospital Medicine | 2 |
| Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology and Nephrology | 1 | Neonatal Intensive Care | 1 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 |
| Hospital Medicine | 3 | Outpatient Clinic | 1 | Pediatric Intensive Care | 1 |
| Neonatal Intensive Care | 1 | Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 | Team Nursery | 1 |
| Outpatient Clinic | 2 | Pediatric Intensive Care | 1 | Team Nursery | 1 |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 1 | Subspecialty/Elective | 5.5 | Subspecialty/Elective | 5.5 |
| Team Nursery | 1 | Mental Health | 0.5 | Track Selection | Longitudinal |
| Subspecialty/Elective | 1 | Track Selection | Longitudinal | Mental Health | 0.5 |
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Career-focused training
Dedicated elective time allows residents to build experiences around their clinical interests and long-term career goals.
Residents complete at least 40 weeks of individualized curriculum throughout training. A minimum of 20 weeks must be completed in traditional pediatric subspecialties.
Remaining elective time may be used for resident-designed experiences with a preceptor, including:
Longitudinal learning
Each resident selects a longitudinal track early in the PL-2 year. The selected experience continues through the remainder of residency training.
Residents complete half-day experiences with a community practice serving a patient population distinct from their continuity clinic.
Residents are paired with a pediatric subspecialty preceptor or practice group for longitudinal half-day experiences during PL-2 and PL-3.
Residents work longitudinally with an inpatient provider, such as a hospitalist or intensivist. Experiences may include time at a community hospital.
Residents complete an immersive two-week advocacy curriculum early in PL-2 followed by longitudinal half-days devoted to completing an advocacy project.
Longitudinal primary care
Residents attend continuity clinic approximately one afternoon each week. Interns join day-based teams and receive a patient panel ranging from neonates through age 18.
This structure supports longitudinal relationships with patients and families, collaboration with peers and ongoing guidance from a consistent faculty preceptor.
Protected learning time
Protected educational sessions combine interactive teaching, resident-led conferences, clinical review and preparation for independent practice.
Tuesdays, 12:30–4:30 p.m.
Residents are released from clinical duties for interactive didactics, allowing deeper engagement than a traditional noon conference.
Monthly
PL-3 residents present a mentored patient case that integrates diagnostic criteria and value-based management with quality, cost and value considerations.
Resident-led
Across three years, residents lead Morbidity and Mortality, Ambulatory, quality improvement and Grand Rounds presentations.
Wednesdays, 7:30–8:30 a.m.
Learners and faculty gather for presentations and reviews of current topics in medicine.
Rotation-specific
NICU, full-term nursery, outpatient, PICU and inpatient teams meet on Monday, Thursday and Friday for targeted teaching.
Ongoing
Residents have access to AMBOSS and AAP PREP questions and receive the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics for reference throughout training.
Individualized experiences
Pediatric house staff may select from a broad range of clinical and subspecialty elective experiences.