PEDI 709A Sub-I Pediatric Inpatient

Credits: 6
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital offers a one-month clinical elective sub-internship in inpatient pediatrics. This experience gives students a concentrated view of general and subspecialty inpatient pediatrics, allowing for more in-depth exposure to multiple members of the inpatient team. The Sub-I facilitates a more substantive evaluation of students in an active and challenging hospital environment. This rotation is intended to prepare students for an internship. Students will develop skills in a variety of areas important in the care of hospitalized children, including: history taking, physical exam skills, patient presentations, clinical reasoning and assessment, problem solving, and discharge planning. At least four call experiences are required, including one weekend experience; please refer to the DCH call schedule tailored to your rotation. Call experiences enable students to achieve continuity of care with their patients, and expose them to “middle of the night” decision-making experience. Students should confirm their call schedule with the senior resident on the first day of the rotation. Students will pre-round on their patients daily, give bedside presentations on rounds, attend morning report and noon conferences, and, if possible, present one patient for morning report. Students should receive feedback from the ward attending or senior resident at the end of each week. When you enroll in this Sub-I course, you will be placed with one of the two ward teams.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit