PEDS 420S - Medicine/Pediatrics

This sub-internship offers a fourth-year clinical experience designed to provide students with an increased level of patient care responsibility to further their understanding of medicine/pediatrics. Students serve as the primary physician under direct supervision of the attending, faculty, or resident physician and may perform simple diagnostic procedures. Focus is on self-education and more advanced study of the discipline. The experience takes place in a wide variety of clinical, office, and hospital settings presenting unique opportunities with regard to the spectrum of clinical situations encountered. Specific goals and learning objectives are generally outlined in the course curriculum. Repeatable for credit with permission

Credit(s): 1-8

Type of Course: Course Sub-Internship