Neonatology

Catalog description

M1 STUDENT The student will participate in Family Centered Bedside Rounds and teaching with physicians, nurses and family members. Pertinent issues of physiology, anatomy, pathology, biochemistry, psychology, clinical evaluation and clinical decision making will be discussed and demonstrated. Formal case conferences, mortality and morbidity conferences and journal club sessions will be available to the student from noon to 1pm each Monday M2 STUDENT The focus of the elective will be the function of a NICU team meeting the neonatal care support needs of high risk obstetric population. The student will attend high risk deliveries, perinatal consultations and participate in Family Centered Bedside Rounds with the neonatal care team. Pertinent issues of physiology, biochemistry, genetics, public health, and clinical management are discussed.