PEDS303A

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: The Pediatric Cardiology Clerkship provides students with a hemodynamic and developmental approach to the cardiovascular problems of childhood. Students actively participate in all pediatric cardiology activities in the inpatient unit of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Outpatient clinics may also be included in the elective, depending on availability. The program emphasizes history-taking, physical examination, and interpretation of electrocardiograms and echocardiograms. Rotations include exposure to echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiologic cases. Students will learn principles of medical and surgical therapy, and will have the opportunity to spend time in the operating room with the cardiology team. Visiting students should submit a request for Departmental pre-approval, which will be routed to the clerkship staff. Please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics 300A. Visiting students must have completed a General Pediatrics clerkship equivalent to Pediatrics 300A, and a General Medicine clerkship equivalent to Medicine 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 1 student per period; additional students must be approved by the Clerkship Director. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Inger Olson, M.D., 650-723-7913. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Ericka Boyle, erickaboyle@stanford.edu, 650-498-9327. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Students will receive reporting instructions via e-mail approximately 1 week prior to the beginning of their clerkship; Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: Stanford Pediatric Cardiology faculty. LOCATION: LPCH.