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Programs in Pediatrics
 

Pediatrics Elective Information

A complete listing of Goals and Objectives for the Pediatric Electives can be found here:

MD curriculum webpage (navigate to Pediatrics and open the PDF file)

For more information : medical.students@seattlechildrens.org or call 206-987-2008


PEDS 611P Free Teen Clinic

Training Site: Country Doctor Community Clinic

Students attend one night per week at a free clinic for adolescents and young adults at the Country Doctor Community Clinic site.  The patients seen generally have histories of inadequate health care; many are homeless or street involved. A variety of interesting medical problems are seen.

PEDS 669P Neonatal Pediatrics Clerkship

Training Site: UW NICU

Students will be assigned patients, prepare management plans, and write orders in conjunction with a Pediatric Resident. Students attend high-risk deliveries in conjunction with a Pediatric Resident, Neonatal Fellow or Neonatal Attending. A student under the direct supervision of a Pediatric Resident can perform procedures necessary for patient care. Students can participate in Prenatal/Antenatal consultations with an Attending Neonatologist. Call is every 4th night.

PEDS 625P Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Training Site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will manage patients with the supervision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending or fellow. Students will have the opportunity to manage patients with a wide spectrum of disease processes as well as learn key emergency medicine procedure skils.

PEDS 670P Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Training Site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will perform initial consultations and then follow patients while they are hospitalized. They will evaluate patients in the ID clinic, attend teaching rounds in the microbiology and virology laboratories and participate in teaching conferences for the ID division.

PEDS 671P Pediatric Endocrinology

Training site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will see a variety of patients in the endocrinology clinic. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the inpatient Endocrinology rounds and perform consultations at the discretion of the attending.

PEDS 673P Office Practice

Training site: Offices of Community Pediatricians

Students will see a variety of pediatric patients in a community setting including well child evaluation and acute ill child visits. Exact patient mix is at the discretion of the attending.

PEDS 679P Clinical Problems in Developmental Disabilities

Training site: Clinics at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Boyer Children's Clinic, Seattle Children's Home, CHDD.

Students will see a wide variety of patients in the child development clinic, high risk infant follow up clinic, neurodevelopmental clinic, autism center, birth defects clinic, plagiocephaly clinic, special pediatric dentistry clinic, genetics, ADHD clinic and fetal alcohol syndrome clinic. Students also participate in lecture and discussion series.

PEDS 681P Pediatric Genetics

Training sites: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, CHDD, UWMC

Students will see a variety of patients in the following clinics: Genetics Clinic, Biochemical Genetics, Sketal Dysplasia, PKU Clinic, Cardiogenetics, Craniofacial Genetics. They will also participate in teaching conferences and journal club.

PEDS 683P Pediatric Nephrology

Training site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will be assigned patients on the inpatient service, evaluate new patients and present relevent data to attendings for discussion of treatment plans. Students will also see patients in the Renal Clinic and participate in teaching conferences and complete a series of teaching cases by the end of the rotation.

PEDS 684P Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

Training Site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will see patients in a variety of clinics (including cystic fibrosis clinic, chest clinic, sleep clinic) and perform consultations on hospitalized patients. In addition, students may evalute inpatients and children receiving intensive care, staffed by the on-service fellow and attending.

PEDS 685 Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Training site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will independently see a variety of patients in the outpatient clinic and will fill the role of an acting intern on the inpatient ward, supervised by the Hematology Oncology fellow and attending in both settings.

PEDS 686P Pediatric Cardiology

Training site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will spend most of their time in the Heart Center. Students will participate in the outpatient evaluation of new and returning patients. Students will also be exposed to echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and will be responsible for following a surgincal patients (from pre-operative evaluation, observe the surgical procedure and post-operative critical care rounds).

PEDS 691P Advanced Pediatric Clerkship

Training site: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Students will care for a variety of patients on the inpatient medical service and fills the role of acting intern. Call is every 4th night.

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