Pediatric Residency Program Facilities
Outpatient Pediatric Clinic
This building is a free-standing clinic on the main hospital campus which has it’s own pharmacy, lab and X-ray. The residents’ Continuity Care Clinics operate here, as well as the Urgent Care and Night Clinics.
Subspecialty Pediatric Clinic
Located on the fourth floor of the main clinic are the majority of the pediatric subspecialists, including Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Pulmonology.
Inpatient Service
Located on the fourth floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) is a 32-bed pediatric inpatient service, which is staffed by 4 full-time pediatric hospitalists. This service cares for all general inpatients as well as most of the subspecialty patients, which includes hematology/oncology, nephrology, gastroenterology, surgery, neurology and endocrinology.
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Conveniently located next to the inpatient service is a 12-bed PICU that is staffed by three full-time pediatric intensivists.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Located on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) and adjacent to the Couplet Care Unit is a 56-bed Level III NICU. The NICU is staffed by six full-time neonatologists and NICU–trained nurse practitioners. This Level III center is able to provide such services as ECMO, oscillating ventilators and Cool Cap.
For 25 years, Scott & White has been providing specialized care for sick newborns—both full-term and premature—in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Out of 350 NICUs worldwide, The Children’s Hospital at Scott & White ranks in the top three percent in terms of the survival rate of these fragile newborns. We’re also the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit between Dallas and Austin.
Complete Care Nursery
The nursery has 23 beds where mother and child can room together and be watched over by a full-time general pediatrician.
Child Life Department
Child Life is a program in hospitals and clinics that is designed to help children deal with medical treatment in a positive way. There are three main goals:
- Work to normalize the hospital experience for the child - that is, make it as “regular” as possible. This is done through play experiences, recognition of holidays and birthdays (if they occur during hospitalization), opportunities for socializing with other children, camp experiences, etc.
- Help the parent and the child deal with the stress and anxiety that often accompany healthcare experiences. This is done by providing sensory education on medical events (preparation for procedures or surgeries, disease specific education to reinforce teaching provided by the medical staff), relaxation and stress management education and play activities designed to encourage communication of feelings and mastery over medical equipment.
- Provide activities which help the child continue to grow socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually throughout the time of their hospital and clinic experiences. This is done through age and activity-level appropriate play.
Child Life can also help make the healthcare experience positive in the following ways: school-reentry programs, parent education, parent/patient support, Bud E. Bear Program and camps and retreats.
Simulation Center
Located on the Temple College Campus a few blocks from Scott & White Hospital is the medical simulation center, which provides access to a full spectrum of clinical simulation technologies and professional education support for the use of simulation in clinical training.
Simulation is shifting the paradigm of medical education from didactic lectures to a hands-on approach. Simulation also encourages the practice of safer medicine. Numerous residents from Scott & White, medical students from Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine, OR Techs, EMT students and dental hygiene students at Temple College use this center to train and become proficient in their areas of expertise.
In Pediatrics, the residents perform mock codes every month under the supervision of one of the PICU physicians. Incoming interns will also spend a day at the center during orientation week to perform procedures such as LPs, IV starts, chest tubes, etc. The PICU physicians will also work one-on-one with residents throughout the course of their residency to become more comfortable with specific procedures.
Information about the SIM Center can be obtained from http://simulationcenter.sw.org.