About the Program
What is med-peds?
The concept of a "med-peds" physician began at least 25-some years ago. The idea was to train physicians to be internists and pediatricians, giving them plenty of time to learn each discipline, without having them complete two separate residencies.
We are accredited by both the American boards of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics. We take the same boards as the Internal Medicine and Pediatric doctors.
Loyola's Med-Peds program's first class began in 1982 and two of the first graduates are still on faculty at Loyola. We accept 4 applicants a year for PGY 1 spots.
Loyola has a strong Med-Peds influence. We currently have 19 full-time Med-Peds faculty at Loyola who function as generalists and subspecialists in both outpatient clinics and on the wards.
Both the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics admit patients to "resident-run services". These services admit to a "service attending" who rounds daily with the teams. Part of rounds are didactic teaching and part are bedside rounds to talk with the patients and review physical findings. We do not have private attending rounds at Loyola.
Both Departments have a strong commitment to inpatient and outpatient training. Your time at Loyola will include managing pre-term babies in the NICU, doing outpatient gynecology in your clinic, seeing subspecialty patients in the hospital and in clinics, working in our Emergency Department, managing ventilators in the MICU, and caring for terminally ill patients. We strive to provide you with a broad and deep training curriculum.
The Loyola faculty is very dedicated to teaching. We will do our best to help you become an outstanding Internist and Pediatrician.
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