The Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program
The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, predecessor to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, opened in 1912. At that time, the Harriet Lane Residency program consisted of only one to two interns, and the number of daily visits was around 30. Today’s resident classes have increased to 24 to 25 members and the number of daily patient visits averages 70 to 80. More than 1,200 pediatricians have been trained here since the program’s inception.
Whether they are general pediatricians, academic sub-specialists or public health physicians, today’s pediatricians see patients primarily in an outpatient setting. The pediatric residency curriculum at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center reflects this trend, teaching young pediatricians not only to care for very sick children in the hospital, but also to manage their care in clinics, at home and at school.