Subinternship in Community Hospital Pediatrics

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VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: This sub-internship will introduce to the experienced student the challenges of community pediatric hospital medicine in a resource-limited community. Patients in this hospital are primarily Spanish-speaking. Medical interpretation is available. Sub-interns work directly with attendings caring for well newborns, infants in a Level 2 NICU, hospitalized children, and consults on children in the ER. **Non-newborn pediatric admissions currently limited due to nurse staffing**. Significant autonomy will be provided to students demonstrating capacity. Watsonville Community Hospital is in Santa Cruz County. Weekends are duty-free. 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. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 2 weeks or 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Andrew Harkins, M.D., [email protected]. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Contact director. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Watsonville Community Hospital Main Lobby, 75 Nielson Street, Watsonville, CA 95076; Time: 7:00 am. CALL CODE: 2 (student preference, up to one night per week in-hospital if interested, otherwise M-F). OTHER FACULTY: A. Castellanos, O. Dogan, M. Hasan, T. Kironde, E. Meston, C. Powell. LOCATION: Watsonville Community Hospital.