Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Sub-Internship
PEDS 30700 | 150 Units
- Selective Type: Sub-Internship
- Location on first day:Pediatric ICU, 4th floor Comer Children's Hospital
- Last Reviewed: February 7, 2008
Overview
This course is directed to fourth year medical students who wish to acquire an understanding of critically ill and injured children. The student will be assigned the primary care of patients in the PICU in association with a third-year pediatric resident. The student is expected to see their patients before daily attending rounds, present those patients on rounds, and participate in the determination of the care plan. In addition, the student will be expected to participate in weekly teaching conferences along with the housestaff. Although the responsibilities of the students will be similar to those of the housestaff, their patient load will be reduced. The student will be provided with a PICU manual that is required reading.
Objectives
Recognize the special needs of the critically ill child and learn to prioritize those needs. Understand the basic physiology of the hypoxic and hypercarbic respiratory failure. Describe the means of providing respiratory support for a child with respiratory failure. Describe the hemodynamics of the four shock states. Solve acid/base problems. Determine appropriate fluid management of critically ill children. Describe difficulties of the postoperative pediatric patient in a variety of settings: cardiac, trauma, orthopaedics, ENT. Provide adequate sedation and analgesia to ill children. Communicate, often difficult, information to families concerning the illness and prognosis of their ill child.
Evaluation
The student will be evaluated on their ability to meet the objectives and on their participation in scheduled conferences and rounds.
Offered:
- January
- February
- March
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- May
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- August
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- December
Schedule Notes
Full-time, 7:30am - 5:00pm daily plus call every 4th night.
Course Limitations and Prerequisites
Maximum Students Enrolled: 1
- Eligibility:
- Fourth year
- Visiting Student (from LCME Accredited Medical Schools Only)
- Prerequisites:
- Other: Completion of third year Clerkship