PEDS 643 – Pediatric Clinical Clerkship – Spokane, WA – Kaiser Permanente
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6002 N Lidgerwood St
Spokane, WA 99208
P: (509) 482-4402
Site Directors
Tanisha Morton, MD
Cicely White, MD
Kaiser Permanente Coordinator
Stacy Stingley
P: (509) 343-6671
Regional Office Administrator
P: (509) 313-7918
Credentialing
You will be contacted by the Spokane Regional Office about required forms to complete and return 6-8 weeks before your rotation. If you have any questions regarding this process, contact Kelly Juarez.
Housing
Housing will be coordinated on your behalf by Kelly Juarez. For travel reimbursements, please contact GoWWAMI.
Transportation
In general, public transportation in Spokane is inadequate, so having a car is required.
Experience
Kaiser Permanente has designed a clinical experience to help augment knowledge, sharpen skills and foster professional growth in the medical field. Your rotation will focus on normal and abnormal growth and development along with recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of common disorders of infants, children, and adolescents.
In the next 6-weeks, you will spend time with our pediatricians who work as inpatient hospitalists and outpatient primary care physicians for our group. To give a more wholesome pediatric experience, you will also rotate with some of our community subspecialists allowing field exposure to ancillary service partners, developmental assessments with required therapies and care coordination with pediatric specialists.
To maximize your pediatric clerkship exposure, you will be expected to be on call with an attending preceptor. You will also have a minimum of 2-3 call weekends. Clinical hours will be shifted to ensure compliance with LCME weekly work hour restrictions.
Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds attendance is required. Please see your pediatric schedule for location and time.
A brief orientation on the first day of the rotation. Daily clerkship schedule and site locations will be distributed on that day.
Dress Code
- Stethoscope
- White Coat
- Otoscope/Ophthalmoscope while typically available in both outpatient and inpatient settings its helpful to bring your own.