• Year of commencement: 2002
• Total number of graduates: 61

The constant increase in both the number of patients admitted and their complexity allowed us to increase the number of applicants from the initial two to the six new students admitted per year that we currently have.

Program type: Basic residence

Duration: 4 years

Titles obtained: University Specialist in Pediatrics.

Upon graduation, the university specialist degree will be awarded by the Universidad Austral because the residency program is accredited by CONEAU. A specialist degree from a CONEAU-accredited program is valid nationwide. Furthermore, the residency program is recognized by the National Ministry of Health, which allows graduates to obtain specialty certification from the Ministry.

Accreditations:

• • CONEAU
  • Accreditation from the Ministry of Health

The Pediatric Residency Program at Austral University Hospital offers comprehensive theoretical and practical training based on the institution's values ​​and vision. The program emphasizes continuous learning, promoting the acquisition of the knowledge and clinical skills necessary for practicing the specialty. During the training, clinical, academic, and humanistic aspects are integrated to develop specialists with sound medical judgment, a strong ethical sense, the ability to work effectively in teams, and a commitment to their profession.

The graduate will have skills in health prevention and promotion, outpatient and hospital care, and research, maintaining a permanent update based on the best available scientific evidence.

• Number of current residents: 20
  
• On-call shifts per month (average).
• 1rd year: 8 monthly on-call shifts
• 2nd year: 7 monthly guard shifts
• 3rd year: 6 monthly on-call shifts
• 4th year: 4 monthly guard shifts
• Post-call rest: in all rotations, for all years of residency.
  
• Average entry/exit times: 8 - 17hs

Internal rotations:

1. General Pediatric Inpatient (IGP) - (1^er to 4^to year)
2. Outpatient - (1^er year)
3. Neonatal Rooming-In / Joint Admission - (1^er year)
4. Emergencies / Walk-ins - (2^do to 4^to year)
5. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) - (2^do year)
6. Pediatric intensive care units (PICU) - (3^er year)
7. Pediatric Day Hospital - (4^to year)
8. Research - (4^to year)

External rotations:

1. Mobile Pediatric Unit - (1^er year)
2. Adolescence in the San Isidro Maternal and Child Hospital - (2^do year)
3. General pediatric inpatient ward, San Isidro Maternal and Child Hospital - (3^er year)

Elective rotations (internal or external, national or international) in 3^er year (duration: 2 months) and 4^to year (duration: 4 months)

• International rotations: within the elective rotations, in 3^er and 4^to year.

• Weekly teaching hours (average): 5 hours per week.
• Vacation days per year: 4 weeks

Multidisciplinary approach: This service is offered at a high-complexity center with a high volume of patient care. It emphasizes the comprehensive management of complex pathologies, including the care of extremely premature infants and newborns with associated pathologies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the management of patients undergoing liver and bone marrow transplantation, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and other highly complex pathologies in pediatric therapy and general inpatient care.

Patient care is provided through a multidisciplinary approach across all care areas, with ongoing interaction between pediatrics (staff physicians and residents) and clinical subspecialties, the surgical service, and intensive care. Residents have continuous access to specialist consultations, fostering ongoing learning and decision-making.

Human, ethical and integral formation.

In accordance with the mission of the Austral University Hospital and the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, the residency promotes a humanistic and ethical training, centered on a comprehensive vision of the child and his family, fostering professionalism and commitment to quality care.

Active scientific activity (research, publications, etc.) Clarification: it is not necessary to clarify the names of the works presented, only trends of participation in academic events (e.g., annual participation in such and such congress) and the works/publications of the residency in the last 5 years (in which journal if they are publications)

The residency encourages participation in scientific activities, with the presentation of clinical cases and research papers at conferences.

For example, the participation in the last Argentine Congress of Pediatrics (CONARPE 2025) stands out, with more than 10 papers presented by the residency program.

Other participations in recent years: International Congress of Pediatric Infectology and Vaccines (SADIP 2025), SAP Congress and Conference Weeks 2024, CONARPE 2023, 8th Argentine Congress of Ambulatory Pediatrics (2022).

In addition, each resident develops a final research project of an individual and mandatory nature, which consists of a project, case study, essay or other modalities, which allow evidence of the integration of learning acquired in the training process, it is developed throughout the 4 years of residency, allocating a few months of exclusive research rotation in the last year for the consolidation and closure of this.

Collaborative work environment, if any (please specify interaction with collaborative groups, other institutions, etc.)
The residency takes place in a collaborative work environment, with integration between residents, attending physicians, heads of services, and subspecialists.

Residents collaborate in the participation of inter-residency conferences with the SAP, participate in operations in vulnerable communities in the north of the country (AMTENA Foundation) where they interact with doctors from different centers, and have external rotations that allow linkage with other health centers (San Isidro Maternal and Child Hospital and mobile pediatric unit as part of the Ronald McDonald House program).

The service maintains a link with the Argentine Society of Pediatrics (SAP), facilitating participation in academic activities, congresses and courses.

• Head of the Pediatrics Department
• Head of the Pediatric Service: Dr. Néstor D. Panattieri
  
• Head of General Pediatric Inpatient and Pediatric Day Hospital: Dr. Villa Andrés
• Head of Pediatric Intensive Care: Dr. Iolster Thomas
• Head of Neonatology: Dr. Musante Gabriel
• Head of Pediatric Emergencies: Dr. Soto Paola
• Head of the Outpatient Pediatrics section: Dr. Burgos Fernando
• Resident instructors/chief resident as appropriate
• Current Chief Resident: Budano Guillermina

Teachers or staff involved. 

The graduate will be a physician specializing in clinical pediatrics, with adequate scientific, technical, humanistic and ethical training, integrated into a team capable of solving pediatric problems, with special emphasis on prevalent pathologies and the development of skills for prevention and health promotion.

You will be trained in specific skills that will allow you to perform a complete medical history, properly prepare medical records, and perform general semiology. You will be able to recognize, diagnose, and manage the most prevalent acute and chronic pediatric pathologies, as well as promptly identify more complex situations and referral criteria.

The program consists of four specific core subjects:

1. General pediatrics, growth and development
2. Pediatric specialties
3. Emergency and critical care
4. Neonatology

Each subject includes four modules with specific content, with one module from each subject taught each year in a sequential and cyclical manner. By the end of the four years, the resident will have fully completed the syllabus and theoretical content of all subjects. Each subject comprises a combination of theoretical and practical classes, delivered in various formats, including clinical case workshops.

Other classes: weekly classes in pediatric surgery and bi-weekly classes in outpatient pediatrics.

Other workshops: simulation activities, narrative medicine workshops.

Required courses:

• Humanities Seminars
• Investigation methodology
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course

National neonatal CPR course (from the SAP).

The service offers a respectful and collaborative work environment. Residents in training receive ongoing support, and an atmosphere conducive to learning and professional development is fostered.

Current Chief Resident:
Budano Guillermina
GBUDANO@cas.austral.edu.ar
Tel: 353-4013064