Methods of Instruction

• Inpatient Pediatrics: Students will be the primary manager for 1-3 patients and will be involved in all aspects of their patients’ care on the inpatient wards.

• Outpatient Pediatric Clinics: Students will gain exposure to well-child care and pediatric urgent care in the outpatient setting.

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Students will be exposed to urgent and emergent pediatric illnesses in the pediatric emergency department.

• Well Baby Nursery: All students will learn the newborn exam and well-baby care in the newborn nursery.

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Learning Sessions

• Pediatric Physical Exam Skills Station: Students will rotate through a series of cases with hands-on pediatric simulation and skills practice focused on assessing infants and children and engaging in effective family-centered communication.

• Clinical Case Presentation Oral Sessions: Students will present cases to their peers and a preceptor. They will submit at least one written H&P to the preceptor. Students will discuss clinical reasoning and management including evidence-based medicine. Students will receive feedback on their written and oral presentations from the preceptor.

• Lectures: Students will have multiple didactic sessions interspersed throughout the clerkship. Students will attend the educational conferences available at their inpatient site that the house staff attend (morning report, noon conference, grand rounds, etc).

• Online/Asynchronous Learning: Students will engage in asynchronous learning modalities which will include assigned online cases and videos.