Pediatric Emergency Medicine
PD 529M.7
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
The student will learn to care for children with a wide variety of illnesses and injuries and will gain an appreciation of aspects of pediatric practice unique to the emergency setting including triage, tailored assessments, and caring for high acuity. Students, under the direct supervision of pediatric emergency medicine attendings, will assume primary responsibility for emergency department patients with medical, surgical, and trauma related conditions. The student will be responsible for the initial assessment, generating differential diagnoses, and proposing and executing treatment and follow-up plans. The student may have opportunities to perform supervised procedures including incision and drainage, lumbar puncture, procedural sedation, splinting, and suturing. Students will attend weekly didactic and simulation sessions given by the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.
Class Notes
(Clinical Capstone)
Not Available for Cross Registration
