PEDI 416 - Pediatric Ambulatory - Tiger Care & Kids First Outpatient Clinics/Children’s Hospital ER

[152 Hours]

Students are assigned to two weeks of outpatient clinic at Tiger Care and Kids First Clinics and two weeks of ER shifts in Children’s Hospital Pediatric ER. Student responsibilities will include performing independent history and physical examinations, developing differential diagnoses and management plans, and discussing those with LSU Pediatrics faculty. Typical patient problems will be acute illnesses, well child visits, and acute problems in children with chronic illnesses. Faculty members will grade the participation in each clinic based on the student’s attendance, interest, knowledge, clinical skills, and evidence of reading the assigned literature.