PEDS 665 AY 24-25 Seattle-based Clerkship Orientation Information
Welcome to Your PEDS 665 AY 24-25 Pediatric Clerkship!
Seattle Pediatric Patient Care Clerkship Medical Student Program- Rebekah Burns, MD, Director, Pediatric Medical Student Program
- Amy Dettori, MD, Associate Clerkship Site Director–Outpatient
- Abena Knight, MD, Associate Clerkship Site Director–Inpatient
- Sara Fear, Medical Student Program Manager
- My Linh Nguyen, WRITE Student Program Coordinator
- Links to the Orientation Video and Clerkship Manual.
- Link to the Clerkship Canvas page.
- List of required assignments.
- Study Resources, AND MORE!
- Some outpatient clinics require an additional badge and some of these must be obtained BEFORE your first day at the site. Please see specific site information below.
- Newborn nursery sites require additional badges. Some of these must be obtained BEFORE your first day at the site. Please see the site specific information below.
PEDS 601 & 665 Inpatient Information
Six-week clerkship (665) students will spend two weeks on inpatient with one of the Seattle Children’s wards teams. Three-week clerkship (601) students rotate for three weeks. You will receive your team assignment with your schedule prior to the start of the clerkship. Prior to starting the inpatient portion of your clerkship, please review the following materials. Students who start on inpatient will join their teams after the half-day orientation. Otherwise, you should plan to arrive in your team room in time for morning sign-out. Further information is in the materials below.
- Inpatient Expectations for Medical Students (this is basically your “job description”)
- SCH Inpatient Teams and Contact Information
- Epic Medical Student Note Guidelines
- Housekeeping Details at Seattle Children’s
- Dangerous Abbreviations in the EMR
- A reminder to keep your hands clean!
PEDS 665 Outpatient Information
You will spend two weeks of your clerkship at a pediatric outpatient clinic in the Greater Seattle area. You will receive your outpatient site assignment at least four weeks prior to the start of your clerkship.
Prior to starting the outpatient portion of your clerkship, please review your clinic’s welcome information linked below:
- Allegro Pediatrics Issaquah Highlands
- Ballard Pediatric Clinic
- Harborview Medical Center Pediatric Clinic
- Neighborcare Columbia City (Required credentialing paperwork here. Credentialing paperwork is due to the credentialing team (Credentialing@neighborcare.org) at least two weeks prior to your start date.)
- Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic–Othello
- Seahurst Pediatrics
- The Everett Clinic–info coming soon!
- University of Washington Pediatric Care Center (Roosevelt)
PEDS 665 “Mixed Tape” Information
You will spend two weeks of your clerkship on a mix of shifts in the Seattle Children’s Emergency Department, caring for newborns at the UWMC or EvergreenHealth newborn nursery and participating in required didactics and SIMs. We affectionately call this portion of the clerkship “Mixed Tape”. You will receive your schedule for these two weeks at orientation, including dates, times and topics for the didactic sessions. Unscheduled time during “Mixed Tape” is designed for study, prep and personal time.
Some of the didactic sessions are held in person at SCH and some are over Zoom. Refer to your personal schedule for confirmation.
Prior to starting the mixed tape portion of your clerkship, please take time to review the materials here: Seattle Children’s ED Experience
- Here is the referenced PPT slideshow.
Newborn Nursery Experience (UWMC and EvergreenHealth)
- UWMC Newborn Nursery
- EvergreenHealth Newborn Nursery
- The EvergreenHealth credentialing checklist and credentialing application here.
- Credentialing paperwork is due to the EvergreenHealth Medical Staff Office AND Diane Pollari (EvgMedStaff@evergreenhealthcare.org AND dpollari@evergreenhealthmonroe.com) at least 3 weeks prior to your start date. Failure to meet this deadline will result in a delay in your IT/Epic access.
- NOTE: Evergreen requires a current TB test. If you haven’t received a test in the last year, you’ll need one done at least 3 weeks prior to your start date.
PEDS 665 Required Educational Sessions
Development Learning Session
- In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
- Pre-work: none
- During this session, you will learn about normal growth and development of children.
Simulation
- In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
- Pre-work: none
- During this session, you will participate in a simulation caring for pediatric patients experiencing acute illness.
Aquifer Pediatric Active Learning Module: Fever
- In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
- Pre-work: To prepare for this exercise we recommend completing Aquifer cases 10, 17, 23 prior to the session as they provide a clinical background related to the evaluation and management of children with fever.
- During this session, you will begin with a short problem set that will help you to assess your understanding of the core knowledge related to fever in the pediatric patient. After this you will work together as a group to evaluate a case of a child with a fever.
Bio-Ethics Learning Session
- Zoom link here.
- During this session, you will discuss common pediatric bio-ethical issues with a member of the SCH Division of Bio-Ethics.
Advocacy Workshop
- Zoom link here.
- Pre-work: To prepare for the Advocacy workshop, please review the following materials:
- A recent article from the Seattle Times about water safety education here.
- Article from AAP News about traveling with children with special needs here.
- During this session, you will explore ways physicians can serve as advocates for their patients.
- Here’s a great list of resources for the session!
AMS Connect & Pager #s in CORES
AMS Connect is the paging system teams use at SCH, instead of carrying physical pagers. You should have received an email from SCH Voice Operations with information about setting up your AMS Connect account using an app on your smart phone. If you didn’t receive/can’t find the email, email voiceoperations@seattlechildrens.org requesting an activation e-mail and your pager #. Your AMS Connect number is the same as your pager number. There’s more info about using the app here (note that you have to be logged into the SCH network or at SCH to access this page on the hospital intranet). Your team is already using AMS Connect and can likely help you get things started on your phone.
You can assign that pager # to yourself in CORES. Here’s how:
1. Click on CORES tab to view team list
2. Click on the “+ More” tab, located next to the button “View Patient List” on the CORES screen
3. Select “My Preferences” from the drop down menu
4. Enter pager number starting with area code and omitting any spaces or dashes
5. Choose paging service from drop down menu, which should be listed on the back of pager
6. Check the box to enable text paging
7. Click on the tab “Save Changes”
8. Wait for confirmation code to be sent to your pager
9. Enter code on provided line and click verify
10. You’re done!
Department of Pediatrics Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award
This award is given to University of Washington Department of Pediatrics faculty member providing a substantial contribution to medical education within the Pediatric Clerkship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Staff and faculty within the Pediatric Student Programs office review the nominations. One UW Department of Pediatrics faculty will receive the award annually and be presented with a certificate for their achievement. The winner will be announced here in May 2024.
The nomination deadline for the 2024-2025 Academic Year is April 15, 2025.
Students: Use this form to nominate faculty or scan the QR code below.
