Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Department	Pediatrics
Course Number	PED 405
Course Title	Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Course Director	Sam Zhao, MD; Haroon Shaukat, MD
Length (Weeks)	4
When Offered	All year
Prerequisites	All core clerkships
Availability Notes	Students may take either PED 405 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine) or EMED 302 (Emergency Medicine) to fulfill emergency medicine requirement.
Contact Name	Wilhelmina Bradford
Contact Phone	202-476-5692
Contact Fax	202-476-4741
Contact Email	wcbradfo@childrensnational.org
Other Contacts	Co-Directors Dr. Zhao (SZhao@childrensnational.org) & Dr. Shaukat (hshaukat2@childrensnational.org); Peds EMed coordinator Hilda Rojas (202-476-4177; hrojas@childrensnational.org)
Location
Limit	5
Report	Students will be sent information prior to rotation.
Evaluation	Honors/High Pass/Pass/Conditional/Fail. See syllabus for additional details.
Description	The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clerkship (PED 405) satisfies the Emergency Medicine selective requirement for GW medical students. Students enrolled in PED 405 will rotate through the Emergency Department at Children’s National Hospital (CNH). CNH’s Emergency Department is an urban, academic emergency facility and a Pediatric Level I Trauma Center, providing care to more than 90,000 patients each year. Students will be joining a staff of board-certified pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) attendings, clinical associates (general pediatricians), PEM fellows, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, trauma technologists, technicians, and support personnel who are committed to excellence in education and patient care. Students should be prepared for a demanding, rich and rewarding clinical and didactic experience. The purpose of the Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Clerkship is to introduce students to the care of the acutely ill and injured patient in an emergency setting. During the course of this rotation the student will supervised by attendings, fellows, and clinical associates. The students will be the first line for presentations of new illnesses, triage of patients and disposition including admission. Students will perform the history and physical and will present to a supervising physician. Students will create differential diagnoses and management plans. Students will be exposed to or trained on EBM through clinical care settings and clinical decision support. See syllabus for additional details.
Additional Notes	Clerkship Learning Objectives: At the end of this clerkship, the student should be able to: Illustrate a diagnostic and therapeutic plan for a pediatric patient with an acutely life or limb threatening condition. Apply basic science and clinical principles to the pediatric emergency medicine patient. Demonstrate the ability to express findings of a complete but directed history and physical examination in a clear and concise manner. Apply a hierarchy of acuity and likelihood to a differential diagnosis and patient care plan that accounts for “worst case scenario” and most likely etiologies for a pediatric patient’s clinical presentation. Demonstrate an appropriate pediatric patient disposition plan. Demonstrate effective communication skills with pediatric patients, caregivers, primary care physicians and other members of the ED interprofessional care team. Demonstrate ethical, responsible, and empathic behavior with pediatric patients and ED clinical staff. Discuss the scope of emergency medicine (public health, pre-hospital and ER) care to the healthcare system at large. See syllabus for additional details.