PEDS 689 APC-S: Advanced Pediatric Clerkship – Lander, WY
Lander is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is a tourism center with several nearby guest ranches. Its population was 7,546 at the 2020 census.
Lander Medical Clinic
745 Buena Vista Drive
Lander, WY 82520
Phone: (307) 332-2941
Wind River Family and Community Health Care – Arapahoe Clinic
14 Great Plains Road
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: (307) 856-9281
Site Director
Shalini Forbis, M.D.
Phone: (307) 332-2941
Credentialing
The Pediatric WWAMI Medical Student Program will contact you via email approximately 6-weeks prior to the start of your rotation.
Contact Shalini Forbis, M.D. to determine start time and place and any requirements that may be needed in advance of your rotation.
Experience
Time will be split between outpatient time at Lander Medical Clinic, a private multidisciplinary practice, and the Wind River Care Clinic, which serves a Native American population from the Wind River Reservation, home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.
Student will round with Dr. Forbis on her call days as well as her weekend on call during the rotation. This includes newborn nursery (including responding to high-risk deliveries) and admissions from the ER.
Housing Information
Students will contact to ask, or students will need to e-mail gowwami@uw.edu for housing funding information.