{"id":2355,"date":"2024-01-18T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/gme\/?page_id=2355"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:44:08","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/gme\/pediatric-spokane\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Broad Clinical Experiences That Prepare You for the Career You Want<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our program provides residents with comprehensive training that prepares them for a career as a primary care pediatrician or a solid foundation on which to build if they choose to pursue a subspecialty after residency.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a strong emphasis on academic excellence, our program offers a stable learning environment in which foundational experiences are interspersed with individualized curriculum opportunities through a selection of pediatric specialties. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Modified X+Y Schedule for Enhanced Continuity of Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The program offers an innovative, modified X+Y schedule with an increased amount of ambulatory continuity clinics spread out throughout the year alongside longitudinal blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This modified schedule models pediatrics\u2019 comprehensive scope of practice and enhances the continuity clinic experience by reducing disruptions from other rotations and improving continuity of care between residents and patients. This training schedule also enhances residents\u2019 long-term retention of knowledge and skills across all aspects of care delivery as residents gain greater exposure to diverse clinical experiences and patient populations. Using the X+Y template as a basis also improves patient care and safety by avoiding multiple care turnovers while residents are on inpatient services.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Longitudinal Blocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n