The Doctors Hospital Experience

Doctors Hospital is an osteopathic community hospital located on the west side of Columbus, Ohio. As an intern in the dual pediatric program, one month is spent on rotation in OB/GYN through Doctors Hospital. This rotation includes obstetric and gynecologic surgery experience, labor and delivery experience, and outpatient clinical experience in obstetrics and gynecology. When you are participating in your resident clinic month at the Old Village Close To Home^SM Physician Care Center, you are also responsible for seeing newborns in the nursery at Doctors Hospital under the supervision of an attending. This includes, but is not limited to, newborn examinations and circumcisions. As residents, we are responsible for calls from parents through the nurse triage line and calls from nursing staff in the newborn nursery.

Education Day and Journal Club
An osteopathic Education Day is held at Doctors Hospital each month with training in osteopathic manipulation, board review and system based lectures. Journal Club also is held each month focusing on three articles from current pediatric literature. In addition, residents present pediatric lectures to the traditional and fast track interns at Doctors Hospital in order to prepare them for their upcoming board exams.

Research
The Dual program is dedicated to research in the osteopathic field. During your three years of pediatric residency you will be involved in osteopathic clinical research aimed at answering a specific question with osteopathic manipulation and principles. We encourage the interest and pursuit of research in any realm of pediatrics, but especially foster the interest in osteopathic medicine for the betterment of our profession and validity of our beliefs. You will be required to complete a scholarly research project by the end of your residency for eligibility to graduate.