1-2 weeks | Selective
Students will shadow consultants and residents in the only free-standing pediatric Emergency Department in Arizona. Students will also be exposed to the basics of medical and trauma resuscitation in pediatrics.
1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective
The goal of this rotation is to expose the medical student to a wide range of illnesses and injuries that present to a busy urban emergency department.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Outpatient General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (GPAM) provides well child and acute care for non-local pediatric patients, coordinated care for specialty clinics, and evaluations in the pediatric diagnostic and referral clinic. Students on this rotation will have the opportunity to see patients in these various clinics as well as gain exposure to team-based care.
3-8 weeks | Selective
The rotation is primarily hospital-based although the opportunity exists to see pediatric infectious diseases patients in the outpatient clinic. Students work directly with the consultant and fellow and/or resident assigned to the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Service.
1-2 weeks | Selective
Students have the opportunity to shadow staff and residents in the outpatient pediatric infectious diseases clinic. Students will be exposed to a variety of infectious diseases, ranging from common infections among healthy children to unusual infections among medically complex children.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Students participate in the workup of new and returning nephrology patients. They also attend appropriate nephrology and pediatric conferences where, on occasion, they present and discuss case histories.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Students will be introduced to the clinical presentations and current research about the major “Neurodevelopmental Disabilities” in infancy and childhood.
3-8 weeks | Selective
A three- or four-week rotation with the opportunity to work on both the outpatient and inpatient services under the direction of consultants and residents in pediatric neurology at Nemours Children’s Clinic and Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Gain an understanding of the basic principles of child neurology, including history taking and examination, knowledge of common presenting symptoms and signs, an overview of neurologic disorders in childhood, and essentials of diagnosis and management.
1-2 weeks | Selective
Students will gain exposure to both emergency and routine pediatric eye diseases and adult strabismus. Students will shadow pediatric ophthalmologists in the clinic and operating room at Phoenix Children's Hospital.
