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02-523 PEDIATRICS CLERKSHIP
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Montgomery
Course Type(s) Clerkship Facility UAB Health Center Montgomery
Course Director ABIGAIL BRODER, MD Enrollment Limit 4
Contact BRITNEY SELLERS Enrollment Minimum 1
Email britneyc@uab.edu Address UAB Montgomery Regional Medical Campus
2119 E South Blvd., Suite 304
Montgomery, AL 361162946
Phone (334) 398-0853 Fax (334) 284-7542
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-8, 9-16, 18-25, 28-35, 36-43, 45-52
Prerequisites SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL AND USMLE STEP I EXAM. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The pediatric clerkship is an eight-week course which exposes students to all facets of pediatrics. The course is divided into three segments: inpatient, outpatient, and a combination ER/Private Practice segment. The student will spend one third on a multidisciplinary pediatric inpatient team, evaluating and caring for children with acute and chronic illnesses. The student will spend another third in the UAB Montgomery pediatric outpatient clinic, learning the concepts of healthcare maintenance and family centered care. The student will become familiar with common illnesses, normal growth and development and learn about the variations in immunology, biochemistry, pathology and physiology that occur as the child ages. The final third is divided between time in the Pediatric ER and time in a private practice setting. It is during this final third that the student will be responsible for caring for newborns in the newborn nursery. Emphasis during this clerkship is placed on self-directed learning with daily interactive and didactic teaching.
Where To Report TBD
Requirements Daily attendance is required, weekends when on call. Morning Report is Monday through Thursday. Well Baby Nursery is Monday through Friday during the Pediatric ER/Private Practice segment. Night call will be assigned no more frequently than every 4th night including weekends throughout the entire clerkship. Attendance is mandatory at all pediatric noon conferences.
To pass this course, the student must work up and care for at least 2 children each presenting with fever, respiratory illness, GI complaints, and other acute pediatric problems; 5 newborns; 3 adolescent patients; 2 children with chronic illnesses; and 2 well-child check-ups. In addition, the student must turn in 6 formal write-ups on patients admitted while on the inpatient service or on call.
The student must log diagnoses and procedures in E*Value and complete 22 computer-based pediatric cases before the end of the clerkship.
Evaluation Clinical Component 70%. NBME Shelf Exam - 30%
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