The Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Residency has a total of 40 residents in training at any point in time. See what a few of them have to say about our program.
What is something you love most about this program?
"I love my residency class. We are very close and tight-knit, which was facilitated by how our first-year schedule is built so that every intern is off on Friday night. We had some sort of social event almost every Friday during our first year."
Medical school: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
How has Mayo Clinic’s mentorship model impacted your training?
"The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine is filled with kind, intelligent and passionate mentors — I feel lucky to grow as a person and physician in an environment that is so patient-centered and focused on the advancement of science. I could not ask for a better place to complete my residency training."
Medical school: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
What is something you love most about this program?
"The best thing about our program is that everything is geared toward education and learning. Daily teaching conferences encompass a balanced educational curriculum, in addition to one-to-one learning with experts in the field. The flexibility of our schedule accommodates adequate elective rotation time. The program also offers an enormous number of research opportunities and resources, like statistical support and traveling for presentations."
Medical school: Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
What is the work/life balance like in this program?
"Having a healthy work/life balance is a clear commitment of program leadership, faculty, and the residents here at Mayo. Even during necessarily busy stretches of residency, a culture of teamwork and togetherness among the residents provides incredible support, and program leadership frequently engages to ensure that every resident is thriving. Interests and life outside of medicine are a consistent point of emphasis. Personally, having a wife and three small kids, I could not envision a more accommodating or supportive training program than this one."
Medical school: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
What attracted you to Mayo Clinic?
"I was attracted to Mayo Clinic because of its cutting-edge research and individualized residency program. Here, the attendings are interested in my development as a physician and provide me with quality teaching, feedback, and research opportunities. Also, work-life balance is important to program leadership and wellness is promoted from day one."
Medical school: University College Cork School of Medicine, Cork, Ireland
What is something you love most about this program?
"What I love most about Mayo has, by far, been the wonderful people here! I am surrounded by such kind, thoughtful, and incredibly intelligent individuals. Everyone here is passionate about teaching, mentorship, and our development in patient care and research. The program is small enough to form meaningful relationships with everyone, but the institution is large enough to allow for diverse clinical exposure and ample research opportunities."
Medical school: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
How is Mayo helping you reach your career goals?
"This institution is filled with some of the most passionate and knowledgeable providers in their field. Not only that, but they work incredibly well together, all to benefit the patient and their care. It is wonderful to be a part of this. This lends to a very engaging and warm learning environment where it is easy to find mentors, research opportunities, and more, helping me develop as a physician and further my career."
Medical school: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Auburn Hills, Michigan
How is Mayo Clinic helping you reach your career goals?
"It is breathtaking to see how many opportunities and resources are available at Mayo not only to provide the best possible care to our patients, but also to advance the field of pediatrics to improve clinical practice. As I pursue my goal to become a clinician investigator, I have the privilege to work with and learn from top-tier physicians on a daily basis, and have felt highly supported, through research mentorship, to further expand my research skills and work on my areas of interest."
Medical school: Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Medicina, Bogotá, Colombia
