Course Catalog

 
52-403A REGIONAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE/DELIVERY SERVICE
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective, Critical Care AI Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director WALLY A CARLO Enrollment Limit 2
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		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of pediatrics clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description This course provides an opportunity for the student to participate in the diagnosis and management of critically ill infants admitted to the 100-bed Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The student will assume direct responsibility for patient care under the supervision of a full-time faculty member, a neonatology fellow, and a pediatric resident. Daily activities include attending rounds, radiology rounds, lecture, and high-risk deliveries. Call is not required. This course is recommended for the student who is interested in any of the following: pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, family practice, anesthesia, and critical care medicine. The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis based upon the attending physician's interview with the student and observations of the student's performance.
Where To Report RNICU 3rd Floor of Women and Infants' Center. Arrive at 7:00 am, day ends at 4:00. Expectations are to act as the primary provider for an ICU baby under close supervision including a neonatal fellow and a neonatologist 24 hours a day. If selected as a Critical Care AI- expect to work two weekends.
Requirements The student must participate in all daily activities including patient and teaching rounds. Under supervision the student will attend deliveries, provide direct patient care and write daily progress notes. The student will perform procedures according to their training.
Evaluation Subjective based upon the attending physician's assessment
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