PEDS 678 – Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Boise, ID
Site
St. Luke’s Children’s Infections & Immune Deficiency Clinic
305 E. Jefferson St.
Elks Children’s Pavilion – 2nd Floor
Boise, ID 83712
P: (208) 381-7330
Site Director
Ingrid Lundgren, MD
Administrative + Credentialing Contact
Krista Schuster
Credentialing
Student credentialing and onboarding for clerkships that rotate through the St. Luke’s Health System are now handled via myClinicalExchange, a web-based platform. The Idaho WWAMI team will add the rotation dates to myClinicalExchange, and the St. Luke’s Health System team will then approve the rotation and review any onboarding documents within that system.
There will be a cost to create an account to use the program. You can submit for reimbursement from the GoWWAMI team.
All scheduling will continue be completed through the UWSOM’s registrar’s office, so you should not be making any changes to or requesting rotations in myClinicalExchange.
Prior to Start
One week prior to your start, please contact Ingrid Lundgren, MD or (208) 381-7330.
Housing
Student housing and travel is provided for required and Advanced Patient Care eligible clerkships only. If this clinical clerkship is taken as a required or Advanced Patient Care eligible course, students will be contacted by the Idaho WWAMI office. Students are responsible for confirming whether they WILL or WILL NOT need to stay in the WWAMI medical student housing in a timely fashion. Prior to accessing the housing students are required to complete the necessary paperwork and provide a check for damage deposit. If this clinical clerkship is taken as an elective course, students are responsible for arranging their own housing.
For any travel and/or travel reimbursement questions, please refer to the UWSOM WWAMI Student Travel Site or contact the GoWWAMI Team.
Schedule
Practice hours are generally 8:00AM – 6:00PM. Hospital rounds are interspersed with clinic patients throughout the day. After hours or weekend rounds as mutually agreed upon with student. This rotation covers the inpatient infectious disease consult service and outpatient infectious disease and immunology clinic. Grand Rounds are Wednesday morning 8am. Attendance is encouraged weekly and required for the 3rd Wednesday of the month for Pediatric Grand Rounds. There is a required case conference every Thursday at noon. Students will present at least one interesting case or subject review, including relevant literature presentation, during rotation.
Suggested Readings
Focused reading based on patients is regularly expected. There is access to online resources through the hospital along with several textbooks and the AAP Redbook available on hand.
Recommended reading includes Berkowitz. Case Studies in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, available on loan from the clinic.