PEDP847B

042034

Students will be provided with general principles of pediatric critical care with a major emphasis on understanding physiology and pathophysiology in order to provide the appropriate care for the sick child. Students will direct care of 1-2 patients under the supervision of the senior pediatric resident and pediatric critical care faculty, will attend daily rounds in the ICU and formal pediatric critical care lectures twice a week.
1. Provide students with a broad overview of the scope and practice of critical care medicine.
2. Strengthen students' clinical skills in assessing and treating seriously and critically ill patients, building on skills learned in their third year clerkships.
3. Enhance students' appreciation for the impact of serious illness on the psychological and emotional well-being of patients and their families.

CLK - Clerkship H,HP,P,F

Medicine