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Electives - Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Elective Number: 1304 (arranged)

Rotation Supervisor: Dr. Theresa Schlager

Designated Signer: Dusty Mitchell; 924-2312; dlh5t@virginia.edu

**back-up: Donna Ferneyhough; 924-2897; dlf5x@virginia.edu

Duration: Maximum 4 weeks, Minimum 2 weeks

Available: all Rotations

Time and Place to Report: E-mail Dr. Schlager, tas8n@virginia.edu, 2 weeks prior to beginning of rotation

Typical day: 10am-6pm OR 4pm-12midnight

Attendance: Attendance at elective activities is mandatory.

  • Anyone who is ill or has a personal or family emergency must contact Student Affairs and the Attending on Service.
  • Students are allowed to take off up to 1 day per week to interview between November 1 and February 1.
    • Specific days missed must be approved by the Attending on Service.

Number of students per rotation: 2

Course Description: Students participate in the evaluation, care, and disposition of infants, children, and adolescents presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Service for care of a wide variety of undifferentiated emergent and urgent clinical problems. Special emphasis is placed on the natural history of pediatric disorders and on the development of a maturing pediatric differential diagnosis. Emergency conditions affecting children, including injuries, serve as the clinical basis upon which the student develops further insight into triage, principles of consultation with specialists and subspecialists, admission criteria involving infants and children, and pediatric ambulatory management strategies. The refinement of communications skills with children, families, and staff represents an important area of concentration during the rotation. The student is encouraged to participate in the performance of technical procedures relevant to the care of illnesses and injuries affecting pediatric patients. There is no night call, but students must work Sundays.