Course Catalog

 
52-418M PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Children's Hospital
Course Director DANIEL I. FEIG, MD 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
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description In this rotation, the student will participate in the assessment and management of renal disease, hypertension, and problems in fluid and electrolytes in infants, children, and adolescents. The rotation will involve the student with inpatients on the Children's Hospital nephrology service, dialysis patients in the Children's Hospital Renal Care Unit, and outpatients in the Children's Hospital pediatric nephrology clinics. The student may also be involved with patients on the renal transplant service and patients receiving renal replacement therapy (dialysis, hemodiafiltration or CVVHDF). Emphasis will be placed on having the student become conversant with the management of fluids and electrolytes in infants, children and adolescents.
Where To Report 7:30am orientation. 4th floor Children's Harbor Building. Bradley Lecture Center. Email resident to find out where to report following Morning Report.
Requirements Attendance at Nephrology Clinical Conference, Renal Biopsy Conference, outpatient renal clinic, and daily rounds with renal team.
Evaluation A subjective report will be rendered by the preceptor at the completion of the course.
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