{"id":51,"date":"2017-10-12T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T21:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:15:05","slug":"peds-659-billings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/peds-659-billings\/","title":{"rendered":"PEDS 659 \u2013 Pediatric Clinical Clerkship \u2013 Billings Clinic \u2013 Billings, MT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Sites<\/span><\/strong>

Billings Clinic<\/a>
<\/strong>2800 10th Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Vincent Regional Hospital<\/a>
1233 North 30th<\/sup> Street
Billings, MT 59101

Site Director<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Starr, MD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billings Track Coordinator<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikole Bakko<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional Office Administrator<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judi Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Credentialing<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A standard 6 panel drug test through the SOM is required. Order a drug test through the SOM here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6-8 weeks prior to your rotation: <\/strong>Nikole Bakko<\/a> will initiate your site credentialing. Please respond to all email communication and provide required paperwork as soon as possible. Information regarding site, housing and orientation materials will also be provided at this time.

4-6 weeks prior to your rotation:<\/strong> Judi Sullivan<\/a> with the Medical Student Office will initiate a two-step online onboarding process, which will need to be completed as soon as possible. Your mandatory orientation will take place on your first day of the rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-4 weeks prior to your rotation:<\/strong> you will receive second email from Nikole Bakko<\/a>, introducing you to your preceptor you will be scheduled with. This introduction will give your preceptor the opportunity to provide you with specific instructions and expectations for your first day and rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Orientations in Billings are always held on the first Monday of the rotation<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Housing<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three houses are available for WWAMI students, with third year students receiving priority. The homes are for students use only. The homes are not family friendly, and there are absolutely NO pets allowed. The homes are fully furnished, and have dishes, linens, a refrigerator, washer, and dryer. Students are to provide personal items and laundry detergent. Amenities include television, cable, and wireless internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Transportation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A personal automobile is required, as transportation is not provided. You will be within walking distance of the hospitals, but not any outpatient clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Experience<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a general introductory inpatient and outpatient pediatric clerkship experience. Students are exposed to foundational diseases and conditions and a significant amount of child maintenance and well care, giving exposure to normal growth and development, routine behavioral issues, anticipatory guidance, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly rounds are offered at Billings Clinic and St. Vincent\u2019s Healthcare. Weekly didactics are offered at RiverStone Health. Please reach out to Nikole Bakko<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During your time in Billings, there may be a student event planned, known as \u201cFrank Discussions\u201d, named after Frank Newman. Frank is one of the founders at MSU and became the director of the MSU branch of the WWAMI program. Frank directed other health professional programs including the Montana Family Practice Residency Program, the Montana Area Health Education Center, and the Montana Office of Rural Health. If an event is planned during your time in Billings, you will receive information from Nikole Bakko<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sites Billings Clinic2800 10th Ave NBillings, MT 59101 St. Vincent Regional Hospital1233 North 30th StreetBillings, MT 59101 Site Director Brian Starr, MD Billings Track Coordinator Nikole Bakko Regional Office Administrator Judi Sullivan Credentialing A standard 6 panel drug test through the SOM is required. Order a drug test through the SOM here.  6-8 weeks prior to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patient-care","category-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}