Primary Care Pediatrics
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is a major primary care resource for a large, diverse, urban population. All residents have their continuity clinic in our Primary Care Center, Alameda County's largest outpatient pediatric clinic and one of the only pediatric-focused FQHCs in the country. Residents see a wonderful balance of patients from well children to children with complex medical and psychosocial needs. The richly diverse patient population represents the city of Oakland which is among the 5 most diverse cities in the United States.
The Primary Care Division, led by a full-time physician director and many dedicated attendings, provides residents with frequent opportunities for continuity clinics and time during outpatient rotations. These clinics are structured to ensure each resident has protected time weekly to build a personal patient panel, supported by primary care attendings who oversee and guide their clinical development throughout residency.
Specialty Clinics and within the FQHC that all residents rotate through on their outpatient rotations include:
Other Innovative Programs and Supports include:
Emergency Medicine
With the largest Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division in Northern California and the busiest facility for pediatric emergencies, BCH-Oakland provides an outstanding educational opportunity for residents.The department is staffed by board-certified physicians in Pediatric Emergency Medicine who provide in-house 24-hour supervision of residents, fellows and medical students.
Our Emergency Department has almost 45,000 visits per year. As an ACS nationally designated Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, BCH Oakland is the pediatric emergency and acute care hospital for Alameda County. We also have a helicopter landing site for transporting critical pediatric transfers from outlying areas.
Each year, approximately 6,000 admissions come through our Emergency Department, often without a prior diagnosis allowing trainees to participate in the primary workup.
Residents have extensive opportunities to perform procedures and benefit from a Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum and hands-on ultrasound opportunities.
Generalist Inpatient Divisions
Our hospital provides inpatient care to approximately 9,000 patients a year.
Our general inpatient wards also offer a robust educational experience for the generalist, with a mix of both common pediatric illnesses (asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, dehydration) as well as rare diagnostic dilemmas and subspecialty cases.
There are three general ward teams, each with a unique mix of learners from third-year medical students to Hospital Medicine fellows. Interns and residents rotate through each of these teams and receive outstanding teaching from the hospitalists, subspecialists and chief residents on service.
Our Pediatric Critical Care Unit is an outstanding educational experience for residents where they gain exposure to the most common pediatric critical care problems, such as meningitis, septic shock, acute respiratory failure, and head trauma, as well as exposure to post-op cardiac surgery patients, and a mix of rare diseases. With an experienced pediatric critical care attending in the ICU 24 hours a day, this is a superb setting for generalist training.
Subspecialty Divisions
Residents gain exposure to our broad group of subspecialists through early exposure to outpatient subspecialty clinics and on inpatient and elective rotations.
In addition to our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Critical Care Unit, we have two inpatient ward subspecialty areas (Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine) on which our residents gain comprehensive experience in these specialties.
Browse the outpatient clinics at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, all of which are available to our residents as educational opportunities: Pediatric Clinics & Services
Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Care
Throughout all clinical learning environments residents are essential members of the clinical care teams and work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team members. Family-centered rounds are prioritized in multiple clinical areas. The hospital is a training ground for multiple learners in many of these disciplines.
Interdisciplinary partners include:
- Art/Music Therapy
- Child Life
- Discharge Planning
- Hospital School Program
- Interpreter Services
- Nutrition
- Pain/Palliative Care/Integrative Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Schwartz Rounds
- Social Services
- Spiritual Care
- Support Animals
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