PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

PEDIAT 942

Under direct supervision by faculty, participate in medical co-management and care coordination for children with medical complexity. Multifaceted approach to learning about children with medical complexity, with focus on history and exam skills during scheduled maintenance and acute care visits. Pediatric ethics, organizing and maintaining accurate and up-to-date electronic medical records, documentation skills.

PEDIAT 943

Supervised by house staff and attending physicians activities include attending a variety of outpatient clinics with pediatric cardiologists, inpatient pediatric cardiology rounds and consults with the inpatient service team, observing various scheduled procedures (including echocardiography, ECG, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology study), attending pediatric cardiology related conferences, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases.

MEDICINE 912

Evaluate and treat patients on inpatient and outpatient transplant nephrology services. Common conditions include evaluation of transplant patients with AKI and immunology related problems. Learn the basic principles of immunosuppressant management and rejection management. Review biopsies daily with a pathologist and attend surgical transplant Grand Rounds.

PEDIAT 975

An introduction to developmental pediatrics and the care of children with developmental disabilities. Students will rotate through a variety of clinics which will be tailored based on interest.

MEDICINE 976

Evaluation of patients on inpatient and outpatient adult nephrology services. Common conditions include recognizing and diagnosing the cause of acute kidney injury (AKI), assessing factors that can alter the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and knowing the steps to hemodialysis initiation. Diagnosis and management of nephrology patients along with opportunities to see patients pre or post renal transplant.