PEDI 709Y Interprofessional Developmental and Communication Disabilities

Credits: 4
This rotation provides the medical student with an opportunity to learn the role of individual disciplines in the care of children with developmental disabilities as well as how these disciplines work together to determine appropriate diagnoses and intervention. This elective exposes the student to multiple disciplines (e.g., physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, speech language pathology, nutrition, social work, developmental pediatrics, etc.) involved in the interprofessional care of pediatric patients with developmental disabilities including those with physical, behavioral, cognitive, language, and emotional disorders from infancy to 18 years of age. The elective is open to medical students in clinical curriculum phase at OHSU and visiting fourth year students. The student will first observe assessment and treatment with each discipline, then follow patients through various interdisciplinary clinics including Neurodevelopmental, Craniofacial Disorders, Neonatal Follow Up, Autism, Child Development, Feeding, and Down Syndrome as well as others. The student will learn the importance of interprofessional care for children with developmental disabilities. This rotation also includes at least one community event to expose the student to the family and patient perspective. This rotation will prepare the student to provide interprofessional care and make appropriate referrals and diagnoses of future patients. Clinic assignments may be adjusted to the student’s interests to some degree. This is exclusively an outpatient rotation and there is no night call or weekend duty.

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