Ambulatory Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics

  • Course Information

    Course Number: RPED601

    Prerequisites: Completion of all Phase 2 clerkships

    Length of Time: 2 weeks

    Phase Availability: Phase 3
    *Phase 2 students in their final clerkship are eligible for this elective with prior approval.

    Credit Type: Physician Assessed Patient Facing (PAPFE) or Open

    Call: Flexible and one weekend on-call

  • Contact Information

    Program Directors: Jillian Kaskavage, MD

    Coordinator/Scheduling: Allison King (aking75@uic.edu)

    Location: UW Health Creekside Clinic (3505 N. Bell School Rd., Rockford, IL 61114)

Narrative Description: This is a two-week clinical elective. The student will be exposed to a variety of healthy and ill patients, in both inpatient and ambulatory settings. A comprehensive collection of journal articles will be given during this rotation for the student to summarize and discuss. Students are expected to evaluate all admitted patients, to do histories and physicals, write progress notes, and discuss all case histories with the attending. In ambulatory cases, progress notes are required on selected patients.

Learning Objectives:

The student will:

  1. Be proficient in examining healthy infants and children, with a focus on good basic clinical skills.
  2. Gain knowledge in acute and chronic pediatric illness, with an emphasis on developing differential diagnosis.
  3. Learn developmental milestones in infants and children and recognize developmental delays.
  4. Learn the immunization schedule and apply the catch-up schedule in appropriate situations.
  5. Interpret growth chart data and develop differential diagnosis related to growth variations.
  6. Rationalize antibiotic usage.

Learning Activities:

In clinical electives taken through the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, registered students will participate in any combination of the following activities with the goal of positively impacting patient care and learning about patient conditions to achieve the course objectives. These activities include, but are not limited to: chart review, history elicitation of patients, physical exam, oral presentation, written documentation in the EHR, special topics presentations, procedural skills, participation in seminars/didactics/grand rounds, participation in development of assessment and plan for the care and treatment of patients, interpretation of patient findings either by exam or test results, literature review, case discussion, interprofessional care, simulations, and patient meetings. Students will engage in activities as directed and appropriately supervised by College Faculty.

Method of Assessment: Direct observation of the student.

Required Reading: “The Harriet Lane Handbook” by Keith Kleinman, Lauren Mcdaniel, and Matthew Molloy and “The Redbook” by Committee of Infectious Diseases and American Academy of Pediatrics

Additional Resources: None

Miscellaneous Information: None