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Static Factors in Peds Clerkship Organization

 
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Peter
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:25 pm    Post subject: Static Factors in Peds Clerkship Organization Reply with quote
A number of factors impede "ideal" change in the Pediatrics clerkship. Please consider these when making your assessments and elaborating your suggestions.

    Number of Students. A balance must be struck between the number of students on a service and the reaping of learning opportunities in that place. More students means less exposure/work for each one, so attempts are made to reduce "student saturation" whenever possible. If certain situations seem supersaturated, please report that and consider another viable alternative.

    Geography. Unfortunately Charlottesville is not a city of millions; scattering students to faraway sites is a necessity. Secondarily, during the outpatient month, the scattering of clinics makes transportation an issue. Unless you've got an uncle with a general peds clinic in a nearby town, the choices in Charlottesville are so far limited.

    Intrinsic Differences between the medical centers of UVA, Roanoke, and Fairfax. The outpatient schedules are structured in an attempt to compensate for the differences in inpatient experience. From what I understand, Fairfax is patient-rich experience with little explicit teaching time, and Roanoke includes oupatient days as part of their wards rotation. Please supply a response if you've spent some time in these places.


If you have noticed other issues that should be included, or if you disagree that these should be considered static factors, please reply with your alternative suggestions.
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Peter
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:06 pm    Post subject: Facts about Roanoke Inpatient Peds Reply with quote
One week of Gen Peds Clinic, One week of Nursery, Two weeks of Wards.

Exposure to Pediatric subspecialties is minimal. Students' patients are seen by the general pediatrics service, and unlike at UVA, students do not follow patients in the care of subspecialist attendings. There is, however, some Hem/Onc exposure.

No direct NICU exposure. This is reportedly counterbalanced by a two-week rotation at Kluge CRC during the outpatient month in Charlottesville.

No team structure. This is also true for the UVA pediatric services.
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met3p



Joined: 22 Aug 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:50 pm    Post subject: Simple Request Reply with quote
Could directions to the KCRC be included in our orientation packet? I couldn't find any in there and google maps gives you the wrong place.

Also, would it be possible for students to get a lunch time parking pass at the UVA hospital for lunch lectures when at the KCRC? It seems to be a big issue finding parking at UVA and the lectures usually end up being longer than an hour so we can't park in the garage without paying $4.

Thanks!
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