Course Catalog

 
52-402M PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective AI, Medicine AI-Inpatient Facility Children's Hospital
Course Director CASSI SMOLA, MD Enrollment Limit 3
Contact CASSI SMOLA, MD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email csmola@uabmc.edu Address McWane Building
Dearth Tower, Suite 5602
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone (205) 638-7632 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, Pediatrics, Surgery, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description This course will provide opportunities for the student to participate in the investigation, diagnosis, and management of patients on the Pediatric Inpatient General pediatric inpatient service at Children's Hospital. The student will participate on rounds with the pediatric inpatient service team on all pediatirc inpatient inservice inpatients, assume responsibility for the investigation of interesting diagnostic problems, and perform whatever diagnostic procedures are necessary. The student will be under the direct supervision of a full-time faculty member, with consultation and supervision being given by appropriate members of the faculty on subspecialty patients. This course is recommended for the student who is interested in any of the following: Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Surgery. Specific areas can be flexible - depending on experience and interest of the student. 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 Children's Hospital, Children's Harbor Bldg, 4th Floor, Bradley Lecture Center. Orientation at 7:30am on the first day of the
rotation. The course director will meet you for orientation.
Requirements The student will perform complete History and physical examinations on all patients to which they are assigned. They will determine the appropriate diagnostic tests and plan initial management under the supervision of a senior resident. The student will have four days off durin gthe month that exclude call days. Attendance at Morning Report, noon conference and Pediatric grand Rounds is required.
Evaluation Pass/Fail, based on the subjective evaluation of the resident and attending physician.
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