Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Catalog description

Each student should receive reading which include concise and practical articles relating to frequent diagnostic problems seen in the ER at the beginning of the rotation. The student will receive a login and password and personal instructions on the use of EPIC. The year 4 medical student will be assigned appropriate patients to do initial assessment, develop a plan, follow through on management and necessary procedures (if felt appropriate for year 4 medical student) with on-site supervision, implementation of plans, etc., will only occur after presentation to a Pediatric Emergency Room attending, fellow, or senior pediatric resident. All patients will be seen/examined by an ER attending/Fellow. The attending physicians/Fellows who have supervised the students through the month will participate in a joint written evaluation. In addition, the student will take a closed book, examination at the end of the rotation. All questions will be from the literature contained in the material received at the beginning of the elective.