Pediatric Clerkship Goals (All Sites)

• exposure to major childhood diseases/disorders across age spectrum
• triangular history
• physical examination skills for newborns, infants/toddlers, school age children, adolescents
• growth and development
• uniqueness of pediatrics (not “little adults”)
• 32 core cases (20 online)
• ethics essay
• required text (Blueprints 4th Edition)
• mini-CEX
• 75 % clinical performance evaluations
• 25% final examination, ethics essay, group discussions

Seattle

• 3 wks. inpatient at Seattle Children’s Hospital
• 3 wks. outpatient at HMC, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic or Roosevelt Clinic
• residents, fellows, subspecialists, hospitalists
• 10 students

Mary Bridge (Tacoma)

• 4 wks. inpatient at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
• 2 wks. outpatient practices, subspecialty clinics
• FM residents, subspecialists, hospitalists
• 4 students

Madigan Army Medical Center (Fort Lewis)

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient clinics mix
• Pediatric residents, fellows, subspecialists
• 2 students (none Summer Quarter)

Spokane, WA

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient practices mix
• FM residents, subspecialists, hospitalists
• 2-3 students

Anchorage, Alaska

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient practices mix
• FM residents, subspecialists
• 2-3 students

Pocatello, Idaho

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient single practice
• Pediatric resident
• 2 students

Great Falls, Montana

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient single practice
• subspecialists
• 2-3 students

Cheyenne, Wyoming

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient single practice
• FM residents, subspecialists
• 1 student

Billings, Montana

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient practices mix
• FM residents, subspecialists
• 1 student

Boise, Idaho

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient practices mix
• FM residents, subspecialists
• 1 student

Missoula, Montana

• 6 wks. inpatient/outpatient practices mix
• subspecialists, hospitalists
• 1 student

Wanatchee, WA

• starting Autumn 2009
• 6 wks. Inpatient/outpatient single practice
• subspecialists
• 1 student