Pediatrics Residency Lubbock

Residents engage in distinct rotations that include inpatient ward service, NICU, PICU, general pediatrics, emergency medicine, subspecialties, and outpatient continuity clinic. This structure not only enhances procedural skills but also ensures that residents develop patient-centered communication and care management abilities necessary for pediatric practice.

The curriculum is organized on a 52 week schedule. Inpatient and outpatient subspecialty experiences are scheduled in 3-4 week blocks, nights are scheduled in 1-2 week blocks, and ambulatory and community experiences are scheduled in 1 week blocks. This allows for flexibility in scheduling PTO.

Curriculum highlights 

• 1 week Intern Boot Camp to enhance resident preparation during the transition into residency 
• Raider Continuity Clinic
  • Stand alone resident group practice 
  • Weekly longitudinal clinical experience
  • True patient panel with excellent continuity for well child care
  • 2 consistent and dedicated faculty preceptors
• 2 week intensive Board Review course in the spring of 3^rd year. 
• Ambulatory experience includes a rural, school-based clinic in Hart, TX.
• Individualized curriculum
  • As a small program, we tailor individualized curriculum experiences to each resident. 
  • Our Primary Care Track provides a robust experience for residents to prepare for immediate outpatient pediatric practice upon graduation. 
    • Strong foundation in well child care 
    • Mental health
    • Billing & Coding
    • Practice Management

• Academic Half Day: Tuesday Conference 
  • We have a well established academic half day that runs on Tuesday afternoons. Our residents have protected time to leave their clinical rotations and come in person to the main HSC campus for didactic sessions from 12:30-4:00 PM. We have an 18 month curriculum that we cycle through that is based on the American Board of Pediatrics Content and serves as an ongoing board review. Interspersed among these didactic lectures are sessions to enhance other important topics and experiences such as Quality Improvement, Simulation Lab, Casting Workshops, and more!
• Morning Report
  • This conference occurs Wednesday through Friday mornings 8 AM-8:30 AM on Zoom. From Clinical Case Presentations to M&M and Journal Club to Media Watch, these sessions allow for discussion, growth, and learning amongst residents, medical students, and faculty. 
• Grand Rounds
  • This conference occurs Fridays from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM on Zoom. We are joined by students, residents, and faculty from Covenant, Amarillo, and Permian Basin campuses as well as local pediatric practitioners for Continuing Medical Education Topics. 
• QI Grand Rounds
  • Annually, PGY2 and PGY3 residents present their team and individual QI projects. Our faculty and residents get to hear how residents have identified and worked to improve their chosen QI topics within their clinical practice. 

Inpatient:

• University Medical Center 
• Covenant Children’s Hospital 

Texas Tech Physicians – faculty provide hospitalist and subspecialty inpatient services at two of the largest healthcare facilities in West Texas. 

Outpatient Clinics/Facilities:

• Medical Pavilion- General Pediatrics, Neurology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Cardiology, Infectious Disease
• Southwest- General Pediatrics
• Medical Office Plaza- General Pediatrics
• Raider Clinic- General Pediatrics
• Care Center- Child Abuse
• Covenant Medical Office Building- Endocrinology, GI, Heme/Onc, Adolescent
• UMC TLC² Foundation Cancer Center- Heme/Onc
• Relational Health Center- Mental Health, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Hart- School based rural health clinic

This program is unique in that it is a combination of interactions between the physicians in academic medicine and community pediatrics with an integrated exposure to rural health. Our training emphasizes primary care with ample exposure to subspecialties, offering a balanced experience in outpatient and inpatient management.

The size of the program promotes a congenial, affable, and collaborative environment. The residents and their families are a close-knit group, enjoying meaningful relationships both inside and outside of the workplace. This West Texas warmth is reflected in their interactions with the staff.

The excellent training that our residents receive is reflected in the number of board certified pediatricians who have completed the three-year program. Our graduates have been extremely successful in academic medicine, in the practice of general pediatrics, and in subspecialty medicine, with successful placement of residents across the United States. I am very honored to be a part of this residency training program and hope that the tradition of excellence continues into the future.

Tammy Camp, MD
Pediatrics Residency Director
Professor Pediatrics