Adolescent Medicine

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VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 1. DESCRIPTION: This elective focuses on the health of adolescents and young adults. Weekly teaching conferences by faculty supplement the elective. This 2-week or 4-week rotation occurs across several outpatient clinics located at different sites across the South Bay, so access to transportation, ideally with a car, is highly recommended. Upon request in advance, the 4-week rotation can also available a sub-internship ("sub-i"), with an assigned clinical mentor and responsibilities and expectations similar to those of pediatric interns. Clinical areas include 1) the inpatient eating disorder program at Stanford Children's satellite unite at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View (This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a multi-disciplinary, nationally recognized inpatient program for the care of adolescents with eating disorders); 2) The Teen Van, which provides free health services to underinsured adolescents and young adults (AYAs); 3) The Adolescent Consult Service, which provides AYA-focused care to patients admitted to LPCH (e.g., concern for eating disorder, complications of substance use, contraception); and 4) The Teen and Young Adult clinic which provides primary and consultative care for AYA health issues including management of contraception, abnormal uterine bleeding, acne, among others. This clerkship requires pre-approval for all students. Stanford students must obtain approval from the clerkship director prior to enrolling. Please contact the clerkship coordinator. For visiting students, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics 300A. Visiting students are required to obtain pre-approval from the department. Please email requests to Dr. Julia Raney at [email protected].…