Course Catalog
52-523M NEWBORN NURSERY ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department
PEDIATRICS
Campus
Birmingham
Course Type(s)
Elective AI, Medicine AI-Inpatient
Facility
Course Director
DEEANNE S JACKSON, MD, MPH
Enrollment Limit
1
Contact
HANNAH ADAMS MARTIN
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
hmmartin@uabmc.edu
Address
Children's Hospital
McWane Building, Residency Office
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone
(205) 638-9713
Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the core internal medicine, peds and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI).
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description
This one month (4 week) experience will take place in the UAB newborn nursery and is available to 4th year students. Students will learn to diagnose and manage a variety of medical issues (e.g., hyperbilirubinemia, suspected sepsis, minor congenital malformations, hypoglycemia, drug-exposed infants, ..). Under the supervision of a general pediatrician and an intern, students will function as acting interns, taking primary responsibility for a panel of patients. They will learn how to do circumcisions and will participate in other newborn procedures. They will refine their newborn physical examination skills and gain experience counseling parents about common issues and problems such as breast-feeding and other nutritional issues, immunizations, infant safety, and newborn care. This may also be taken as a 4 week elective.
Where To Report
6th Floor UAB Women and Infant's Center- Mother Baby Unit
Requirements
See Course Description.
Evaluation
Pass/Fail
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