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Electives - Fairfax Program
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Fairfax Elective Number: 3308 (away) Rotation Supervisor: Dr. John Howell Designated Signer: JoBeth Eichorn, 703-776-6373, jeichorn@best-practices.com Duration: Maximum 4 weeks, Minimum 4 weeks Available: all Rotations This elective is not available to visiting students through the University of Virginia This is considered an away elective and requires an Application for Away Electives. Time to report: TBA by email from JoBeth about one week prior to beginning date – mandatory orientation. You will also be notified by Jennifer Ettridge, the student services coordinator in the Dean’s office for the VCU School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus (703-776-3249). Place to report: Report to Jennifer Ettridge in the
Dean’s
Office, Claude Moore Building-Inova Campus. Complete the
paperwork
and get an ID badge. You will be escorted to the Emergency Department. Attendance: Attendance at elective activities is mandatory.
There are three different shifts throughout the day. Students are required to do15 shifts during a 4-week rotation. Outside of working the shifts, there is no call required. The shifts are self-scheduled and are required to meet certain parameters such as rotating through different areas in the emergency department and ACCESS facilities. The 9-hour shifts at INOVA Fairfax are 10a-7p & 7p-3a Pediatrics; 10a-7p Access of Fairfax. One shift is required at the off-site facility: Access Fairfax. Students may not work back-to-back shifts and must have a 12-hour break between shifts. Students should treat their fellow students with schedule equity. As long as they attend the initial orientation and schedule themselves within these parameters, students may have small blocks of time for interviews. Students are also required to attend conferences. Number of students per rotation: 1 Course Description: The Fairfax Hospital’s Department of Emergency
Medicine is the largest emergency department and only Level I trauma
center in the Northern Virginia area. It is comprised of the Hospital
Emergency Department and three ACCESS facilities (Ambulatory Care Center/Emergency
Service System), free-standing extensions of the Department located in
Reston, Fairfax, and Springfield, Virginia and treats in excess of 154,000
patients yearly combined. There is a separate Pediatric Emergency Section
within the main Emergency Department (approximately 23,000 pediatric
patients
are seen yearly). It is staffed by a full-time Department
Chair and 75 full-time physicians specializing in emergency medicine
and 14
who specialize in pediatric emergency medicine. Inova Fairfax Hospital
for Children has pediatric specialists who are used as consultants and
for referrals. There is also a Pediatric Emergency Fellowship Program.
A four-week elective is offered in which the student will evaluate and
treat a representative cross-section of the emergency medical problems
presenting to a large active suburban medical facility. The Emergency
Department staff will act as preceptors to the student while on duty
and will discuss approach and management of each individual case. The
approach to the pediatric patients presenting with all types of injuries,
multiple trauma, surgical and medical illnesses is stressed with emphasis
on a pertinent history, exam, and diagnostic studies. The development
of the student’s proficiency in practical applications of emergency
medicine, such as suturing technique, is assured by the large patient
volume. Students will participate in direct patient evaluation, oral
presentations, development of treatment plans and written history and
physicals. They will also attend ED grand rounds and other conferences,
some of which are required. |
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