PEDI 709AB Outpatient General Pediatrics

Credits: 4
The Outpatient General Pediatrics elective is designed to expose students to the world of general pediatrics practiced in a community setting. Utilizing a variety of local private outpatient practices, students will see a wide variety of acute as well as well-child care. Students will work directly with pediatrician preceptors, as well as other members of an interprofessional team including but not limited to RNs, MAs, social workers and lactation consultants. Students will participate in the well child visits for newborns through adolescents, and gain exposure to a variety of core pediatric topics including normal development, growth, developmental screening, vaccine schedules and routine screening for depression and substance use in adolescent patients. While variety and volume of urgent/acute visits in pediatric clinics vary over the course of the year, students will have the opportunity to improve their history taking/data gathering and assessment/plan skills for the following acute illnesses: neonatal jaundice, upper respiratory illness, lower respiratory illness, gastrointestinal complaint, skin complaint and fever. Students will be assessed by preceptors using the pediatric medical student clinical assessment form, with a final grade assigned by the pediatric electives director.

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