Pediatrics

Catalog description

Students will participate in pediatric case management in a comprehensive manner to enhance their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors. This will enable them to demonstrate their increasing clinical capabilities as they progress toward residency. Students will gather an accurate history and physical in a prioritized, organized manner, with respect to the patient and tailored to the clinical situation and specific patient encounter. They will develop a logical prioritized differential diagnosis as the basis for informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Students will synthesize and present an evidence-based plan of care for their patients. They will describe the indications, contraindications, risks and mechanics behind procedures pertinent to the discipline of the sub-internship. Students will recommend and interpret common diagnostic and screening tests and imaging required for the area of practice. Under senior resident and//or attending supervision, students will assume the care of patients not covered by the interns. This includes documentation of clinical encounters in the patient record. Additionally, under the senior resident and/or attending supervision, discuss and enter orders and prescriptions. Students while being supervised, will give or receive patient handover to transition care responsibility. Students will be expected to manage a case load of 1-3 patients per day. Students will be required to work both day and evening shifts. Prerequisite: PDRC 975 and senior standing.