PEDS 666 – Pediatric Clinical Clerkship – Great Falls, MT
Great Falls is the fourth largest city in Montana. It is located on the Missouri River in central Montana, approximately 50 miles east of the Continental Divide and 120 miles south of the Canadian border. Near the geographical center of Montana and between Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. Great Falls covers over 22 square miles, with a population of 59,366.
Sites
1400 29th St South
Great Falls, MT 59405
P: (406) 205-2699
Logan Healthcare – Great Falls
2012 14th St SW, Suite 1
Great Falls, MT 59404
P: (406) 604-4960
Site Director
Colleen Marron, MD
P: (406) 771-3256
Administrative Support
Great Falls Clinic
P: (406) 771-3366
Benefis Medical Group
P: (406) 455-3073
Logan Health
Credentialing
Logan Health uses the myClincalExchange web-based platform. This platform is for rotation requests, compliance and scheduling clinical experiences. NOTE: do not make any schedule or submit rotation request through this site, continue to go through the UWSOM.
There is a small fee for this service, which can be submitted for reimbursement through WWAMI once the rotation has finished.
Specific site requirements can be accessed through Logan Health’s Student Affiliation. All onboarding paperwork needs to be returned 60 days prior to start. If paperwork is submitted late start dates may be delayed.
- Each compliance document referenced can be accessed here:
- Letter of Good Standing
- Immunization records, including flu vaccine and TB in the last 12 months
- Criminal background check
- Professional photo for ID badge
Provide the following documents to Kari Schubarth:
- Privacy Security Agreement Form
- Immunization records, including flu vaccine and TB in the last 12 months – accessed here
- Professional photo for ID badge (formatted as .jpeg)
Housing
Student housing is provided, and accessible via keypad. The code will be provided prior to the rotation start date. For any questions before or after arriving, contact Kari Schubarth.
Experience
Students will receive a pre-arrival email detailing start time and location. Orientation will take place with Dr. Marron, and include an office tour and introductions. Students will begin seeing patients on the 2nd or 3rd day following start.
Students will start most days seeing hospitalized pediatric patients. When hospital rounds and reaching are done, the student is expected in the outpatient clinic where they will participate in well-child visits including complete examinations, anticipatory guidance, growth and development assessments, behavior and learning problems and immunizations. These examinations are done on infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and adolescents. In the outpatient clinic, students will also take care of acutely ill children and children with chronic diseases. Students will have the opportunity to participate in specialty clinics at Kalispell Regional Healthcare Clinic – Great Falls.
During this rotation, each student is required to take call one weekend. Weekend call is from Saturday beginning at 8:00AM until Sunday at 5:00PM.
Clothes should be professional, with white coats optional. Name tags are always required, and students must bring their medical student’s name tag. Every student will need to bring their own oto-opthalmoscope and stethoscope.
Transportation
A car or bike is recommended for travel in town. If bringing a car in winter, it is essential that anti-freeze level be safe to -30 F and snow tires are recommended. There is a bus system that operates Monday – Friday from 6:30AM – 6:30PM and on Saturday from 9:30AM – 5:30PM. There are a few Uber drivers in town, and one tax service, Blacked Out Taxi Service.