Advanced Pediatric Experience

Catalog description

The Department of Pediatrics will be offering the Advanced Pediatric Elective (APE) in the T-4 February block each year. The APE is a course designed for senior medical students who are interested in residency careers which involve the care of infants, children, and adolescent patients. The APE is an additional elective for senior students (the other being their sub-internship) designed to give students extra training to prepare them for pediatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics (med/peds), triple board (pediatrics/adult psychiatry/child psychiatry), or family practice residencies. The APE will be held in February each academic year as a 1 month elective in order for students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be competent and successful at the start of their intern year. This senior elective will be limited to 10 seniors to ensure a more concentrated and robust learning experience for each student. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.