Unparalled Opportunities
The UAMS Pediatric Training Program is a fully accredited, general pediatrics training program located in a free-standing building at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. We provide a solid foundation in general pediatrics with clinical experiences in all pediatric subspecialties, preparing our residents to enter any area of pediatrics.
Our residents have the best pediatric training thanks to our wonderful and complete patient population, dedicated and innovative faculty who place our resident’s training as a top priority, and fellow residents willing to support the learning of their colleagues.
Whether it is at the bedside, in a conference room, or in our fully-functional simulation center, we are constantly learning and teaching each other for the betterment of our patients, our state, and ourselves.
Mission, Goals and Objectives
The overall goal of our program, in the simplest terms, is to provide residents with the training necessary to be an excellent pediatrician. This seems like a reasonable goal considering that about half of our residents choose a career in general pediatrics. But we also believe that the best pediatric specialists all begin as very good general pediatricians.
A solid understanding of general pediatrics is the basis of all of your future clinical expertise. Regardless of the career path you choose, you will need to be a physician who is able to provide comprehensive, coordinated care to a broad range of pediatric patients whether in a community or academic setting, and whether those patients have acute short term illnesses or chronic and complex diseases.
To achieve this goal, we have different objectives for each year of training. Internship focuses on training in general pediatric care with some experience in the supervision of medical students. The goal of the second and third years of training includes continued training in comprehensive pediatric care, with greater emphasis on pediatric specialty care, greater responsibility for patient care, greater independence in clinical decision making and increasing responsibility in the supervision of junior housestaff and medical students.
Our program is also committed to the importance of the diversity in order to enhance the education of our residents, reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in our state, and provide an environment in which all employees and views are welcomed.
Contact Us
If you have any questions that we can help you with, please let us know! Here’s how you can reach us:
By Phone
Please call using either our toll free number 800-858-0375 or 501-364-1874
By Email
Hank Farrar, M.D.
Residency Program Director
FarrarHank@uams.edu
Emily Stotts
Residency Program Coordinator
StottsEmilyA@uams.edu