Resident Life

Our residents are quite successful at work and outside of work. Here are some of the honors, grants, and activities of our residents in the past few years:

• Appointment to the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics (one resident selected nationally)
• Six-figure grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to a build literacy-rich environments in both inpatient and outpatient settings throughout our hospital and clinics
• UW Housestaff Association Excellence Award (annually awarded to 3 of the over 500 residents and fellows at UW Hospitals and Clinics)
• CATCH (Community Access To Child Health) grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics to start a mentoring group for teens with chronic illness
• Best case presentation at the national American Academy of Pediatrics meeting, selected for publication in Pediatrics in Review
• Art showing at AIDS Action 2007: Express (World AIDS Day Event)
• UW Housestaff Association President
• Multiple teaching awards
• National and regional poster presentations and published papers

Our residents are also active in the state and national American Academy of Pediatrics, and have held these positions in the past few years:

• Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship trainees Executive Committee member
• Chair of the Medical Student Subcommittee
• CATCH (Community Access To Child Health) Liaison
• Positions in the Wisconsin AAP

Residents at Work

AFCH features beautiful resident work areas and break areas, including the following:

• Spacious pediatric resident lounge with Wii, flat screen television with cable, SubZero refrigerator stocked daily with food, coffee maker, individual resident lockers, and computer work area
• Individual call rooms with personal bathrooms, including showers
• Resident team workrooms with flat screen television and LCD projector

Our NICU also features beautiful resident areas, including:

• Break room with a breathtaking view of downtown Madison, the Capitol, and Lake Monona
• Resident workroom and conference room housed in the middle of the NICU

Other perks to life as a resident here:

• Meal cards when on-call at AFCH
• Free meals when on-call in the NICU
• Many breakfasts and lunches provided at conferences during each rotation
• Nurses that share their goodies (i.e. FOOD!) with the residents
• Free Harriet Lane, Bright Futures, EBM Users’ Guide to the Medical Literature, and resident as teacher guidebook

Residents at Play

Our residents are a close group at work and outside of work. They hang out frequently after work and on the weekends doing a variety of activities, including:

• Attending Badger sports games
• Biking - Madison has several bike trails within and around the city
• Dining out at one of Madison's many outstanding ethnic restaurants
• Hosting holiday parties
• Intramural athletic teams
• Ultimate Frisbee team
• Hosting baby showers for other residents

To facilitate camaraderie and mentoring, the program has also developed Resident Houses. Each resident is placed in one of four houses. Points are awarded to each resident for conference attendance, punctuality, and attendance at social events. Quarterly prizes are given, as well as a Grand Prize at the end of the year. The names of these houses were taken from some of the most influential artists in history – Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. (They could have also been chosen because of the residents’ love for early ‘90’s pop-culture)

Each House has Social Committee members that plan and coordinate social activities for the residents approximately once a month.

In the past couple years, these activities have included:

• Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Wine and Cheese Night
• Casino Night at the home of the Department Chair
• Road-trip to Noah’s Ark, America’s Largest Waterpark (about one hour from Madison)
• Madison Mallards baseball outing
• Brewers Baseball Game
• 4th of July Picnic/Party
• Trivia Nights at local establishments
• Rock Band Parties
• Super Bowl Parties