Pediatric Nephrology
PD 523M.3
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Course Information
Description
Student will participate in clinical activities, including clinics and in-patient consultations. The student will spend two weeks each in outpatient and in-patient setting with no night or weekend calls. The pediatric nephrology team consists of an attending, and may have a medical resident. Student will perform one consult each day and present his or her findings,both written and oral to the attending each day for review and feedback. When on an in-patient rotation students will round on each of their consults daily and write progress notes until discharge or sign off. The student may carry maximum three patients at a given time.
Students will be required to do core reading and optional reading depending on the diagnosis they come in contact with. The didactic teaching will involve core teaching and weekly patient management conferences designed to improve clinical decision-making. Students are expected to give at least one comprehensive talk during the course of one month about a patient or a problem that they encountered with particular emphasis placed on practicing evidence-based medicine and understanding basic science and physiology as it applies to a clinical problem.
At the end of the rotation, the student should be able to know when to refer a patient to a pediatric nephrologist. Further, student will gain core knowledge of renal physiology, interpretation of relevant tests and management of common renal/urological disorders in various settings.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to International Visiting Students
