3-8 weeks | Selective
The pediatric rotation provides additional experience for students interested in the medical care of infants, children and adolescents. Students become part of the patient care team while serving as a subintern on the rotation.
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, 3-8 weeks | Selective
Designed to give students an appreciation for the role of ophthalmology as a pediatric specialty and an opportunity for them to become more accomplished, confident, and capable when presented with a child with ocular complaints.
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.
1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective
Students will participate on the pediatric orthopedic surgery service in a variety of capacities and will function in the role of an acting intern at Nemours Children’s Clinic and Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital. Students will take histories and perform physical exams, have in-patient responsibilities, and participate in emergency and selective operative procedures as either an observer or assistant.
