Advanced General Pediatrics-Intensive Care

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This advanced course is designed to allow students a four-week experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Clinically, students will first have a several day period of shadowing non-physician ICU staff (RNs, RTs, SWs), followed by several weeks of participating in the physician team caring for PICU patients. Overnight and weekend call is not expected. Academically, students are asked to choose a project (written case presentation or critical appraisal of a published study) to be completed by the end of the rotation. Emphasis is placed on the development of the pathophysiologic approach to the diagnosis and therapy of a broad spectrum of pediatric illnesses as they present in acute care settings. Pre-requisite: PEDS 205C. Credit: 4. Enrollment: max 1. For more information, please contact Dr. Hamilton via email at [email protected]. McKenzie Hamilton, MD