Orientation Pediatric Clerkship

1. Orientation Pediatric Clerkship Welcome Clerkship Director: Nasreen Talib Clerkship Coordinator: Barbara Lyon

2. Overview • Goals and Objectives • Inpatient Rotation • Pediatric Care Clinic • Nursery

3. Goals of the Pediatric Clerkship The goals of this core curriculum in Pediatrics are to foster: • Acquisition of basic knowledge of growth and development (physical, physiologic and psychosocial) and of its clinical application from birth through adolescence. • Development of communication skills that will facilitate the clinical interaction with children, adolescents and their families and thus ensure that complete, accurate data are obtained. • Development of competency in the physical examination of infants, children and adolescents. • Acquisition of the knowledge necessary for the diagnosis and initial management of common acute and chronic illnesses. • Development of clinical problem-solving skills. • An understanding of the influence of family, community and society on the child in health and disease. • Development of strategies for health promotion as well as disease and injury prevention. • Development of the attitudes and professional behaviors appropriate for clinical practice. • An understanding of the approach of pediatricians to the health care of children and adolescents.

4. Inpatient Rotation • Typical day • Team Work • Follow-up Patients • Radiology, Labs • Evaluations • Calls • Conferences

5. Required Teaching SessionsInpatient Rotation • 7am Inpatient rounds Monday thru Wednesday. • Grand Rounds on Thursday am • Professor Rounds on Mondays at noon • Toxicology and CARE lectures on Tuesdays, • Wednesday noon conference. • Mandatory Teaching Sessions for students on 1st, 2nd, 3rd Wednesdays and the 4th Monday • Clipp cases..www.clippcases.org 7 cases for 1 month.

6. Call Policy • Total number of calls 5 • Calls start at 4pm at check out with your team  • At least 2 students from different teams should be on call each night • Call ends at 10 pm. • Parking available for students on call ONLY. • Any questions on call please inform the senior resident • Calls schedule to be made by all students at orientation, return the call schedule back to Dr. Talib or the CHIEF RESIDENT

7. Pediatric Care Clinic • Location 2nd Floor Outpatient Center • Typical day • Morning Talks 8.30 am to 9am • Well Child checks • Sick visits • Pediatric Pearls • Observed H&P ‘s

10. Required Teaching SessionsPCC • 8.30 AM Teaching Sessions • Grand Rounds • Mandatory Teaching Sessions for students on 1st , 2nd, 3rd Wednesdays and the 4th Monday  

11. Nursery Rotation • Truman Well Baby Nursery • Early Morning 7 AM • Work Up Discharges • Work up Admissions • Attend Deliveries • Observe Circumcisions • Presentations • Observed New Born Physicals

13. Required Teaching SessionsNursery Rotation • Nursery Teaching sessions • Grand Rounds • Mandatory Teaching Sessions for students on 1st, 2nd, 3rd Wednesdays and the 4th Monday

14. Attendance Policy • Students are expected to report to every assignment on their schedule.  • Excused Absence • Interviews; Complete the Clerkship Excuse form. • Meetings; Officer or Presenting at the meeting • Illness • Inform Dr Talib, Senior Resident and the Attending via email or pager of your absence and provide a doctors excuse.  • Absences less then five day will need to be made up.  If five or more days are missed in a month, this will result in repeating the entire clerkship or that portion of the clerkship.

15. Reading Assignments •  A copy of the curriculum is provided to you electronically, please cover the topics in the curriculum from any textbook listed below. • Woodhead JC. Pediatric Clerkship Guide, Mosby • Blueprints Pediatrics • Blueprints Cases • Rudolph’s Textbook of Pediatrics – condensedversion • Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics – condensed version • Current Pediatrics • Library Resources : well stocked library at CMH.

16. Clerkship Student Evaluation • The student’s final evaluation will represent a composite of several items.  These include: • Written evaluations of the student’s performance on the inpatient portion of the clerkship. • Written evaluations of the student’s performance on the outpatient portion of the clerkship. • Written evaluation of the student’s performance on the nursery portion of the clerkship. • Performance on the chairman’s examinations. • Written evaluation of the student’s performance of the observed history and physical.

19. Professional Competency Evaluation • Any concern on the Professional Competency Evaluation will automatically mean you fail the rotation and will generate a report to the honor council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. • Dress code • HIPAA

21. Grades • Pass • score of at least 60 on their Chairman's exams, with an average of 2.0 on their inpatient and outpatient and nursery evaluations.  • High Pass • score of 60 or above on the Chairman's exam and an average score of 3.0 and above from both inpatient and outpatient and nursery evaluations. • Honors • score of 75 or above on the Chairman’s exam and an average of 3.0 on both inpatient and outpatient and nursery evaluations with an indication to work above and beyond the amount necessary to get by, e.g. research a topic and present to your inpatient team. 

22. Tests & Evaluations • Pretest: available via blackboard 24 hrs to complete the test. • Chairmans Exam • Clerkship Evaluation

23. Computer Sign-in • User ID:  Student user • Password: umkc01* 

24. To Receive Credit for Rotation • Encounter Form • Observed History & Physical – PCC Nursery & Inpatient • Chairman Exam (score > 60) • Beeper • ID • Admit and Progress note critiqued by the attending • 7 Clipp cases each month.

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26. Questions or Problems • Barb Lyon • Email: bjlyon@cmh.edu • Phone: (816) 234-3898 • Dr. Nasreen Talib, Clerkship Director  • Email: ntalib@cmh.edu • Phone (816) 234-3898.