Podopediatrics Clerkship

Catalog description

The Podopediatrics Clerkship is completed as part of the Orthopedics and Pediatrics block rotation during which the student is afforded the opportunity to evaluate, diagnose and treat a myriad of lower extremity pathologies in children. The clerkship is designed as the clinical component of the Podopediatrics II didactic course. Students will frequently encounter the normal lower extremity in various stages of development and will develop skills in differentiating the normal from the abnormal. Students will also have the opportunity to prescribe and apply state-of-the-art treatments for lower extremity pathology in children. Finally, students will learn to evaluate the well-health status of a child and make referrals for general medical and proximal lower extremity pathology where appropriate. Prerequisites: Completion of second year curriculum; enrollment in Semester V didactic coursework