Clinical: Pediatrics

Catalog description

This clerkship involves active participation in patient care in pediatrics to include newborn assessment, well-baby/child care, pediatric health maintenance and parent counseling. It is a hands-on experience that emphasizes patient history, physical exam, assessment, and plan within a framework of disease processes and therapeutics in pediatric medicine. It includes determination of which labs, imaging, and diagnostics to order, interpreting those results, and understanding their impact on the differential diagnosis. The focus is on effective and meaningful patient interaction, and functioning as an essential part of the pediatric team. It further explores medical documentation, oral patient presentation, and all aspects of patient management and treatment.