The core clerkship in Pediatrics is an eight-week experience in which students care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient (ambulatory) settings. The clerkship focuses on general pediatrics, but students participate in the care of patients with sub-specialty needs as well.
After a three-day program of educational sessions/lectures intended to orient students to Pediatrics (PRECEDE), students spend approximately four weeks rotating in an inpatient setting and four weeks rotating in an outpatient setting. Students reconvene at the mid point of the Clerkship (midCEDE) for additional experiential and didactic instruction. Additionally, students are required to complete a half-day rotation at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, an affiliated hospital for children with developmental disabilities and rehabilitation needs.
Throughout the clerkship, there are weekly lectures presented by exceptional faculty. These serve as an aid in preparing students for the practice of pediatrics as well as National Board of Medical Examiners shelf exam in Pediatrics, which is administered at the end of the clerkship.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Second, Third or Fourth Year | ||
| ME.320.600 | Pediatrics Core Clerkship | |
| Elective Opportunities | ||
| Elective courses must be approved by the preceptor; any member of the department may act as preceptor. 1 | ||
| ME.320.602 | Advanced Clerkship in Critical Care - Pediatric Intensive Care | |
| ME.320.680 | Subinternship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine | |
| ME.320.681 | Subinternship in Pediatric Primary Care | |
| ME.320.682 | Subinternship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine | |
| ME.320.683 | Subinternship in Community-Based Pediatric Emergency and Inpatient Medicine | |
| ME.320.696 | Research Elective in Pediatrics | |
Adolescent Medicine | ||
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Clinical Research Elective | ||
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | ||
Clinical Research Elective in Pediatric Infectious Diseases | ||
Developmental Disabilities in School Aged Children | ||
Developmental Pediatrics-Kennedy Krieger Institute. | ||
General Pediatrics Clinical Research Elective | ||
Healthcare Issues in Homeless Children | ||
Laboratory Elective in Pediatric Infectious Diseases | ||
Pediatric Cardiology | ||
Pediatric Endocrinology | ||
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition | ||
Pediatric Hematology | ||
Pediatric Infectious Diseases | ||
Pediatric Intensive Care Elective | ||
Research in Pediatric Allergy | ||
| ME.320.697 | Extramural Elective in Pediatrics | |
| ME.320.699 | Pediatrics Elective | |
Advanced Clerkship in Pediatric Oncology | ||
Clinical Clerkship in Full-Term Nursery | ||
Clinical Elective in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | ||
Clinical Clerkship in Pediatric Dermatology | ||
Clinical Clerkship in Pediatric Epilepsy | ||
Clinical Elective in Pediatric Nephrology | ||
Clinical Elective in Pediatric Pulmonology | ||
Introduction to Pediatric Intensive Care | ||
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These courses are open to students from the second, third and fourth years, unless otherwise noted. Certain of these courses will be given in the alternate year only.