fundamental clinical knowledge and skills, increase their diagnostic and managerial acumen in children ranging from birth through adolescence, and further the knowledge of community resources – all of which will be integrated to holistically manage patients. Students will also provide instruction and leadership to third-year students who are rotating in the ambulatory clinic. Prerequisite: PEDI 501. (9 credit hours) PEDI 602 – Pediatric Elective (Behavioral Pediatrics): During this four-week elective, students will advance their knowledge of developmental and behavioral disorders found within the pediatric and adolescent populations. Students will be involved at various stages of the treatment process, including making treatment recommendations. Students will also provide instruction and leadership to third-year students who are rotating in the behavioral clinic. Prerequisite: PEDI 501. (9 credit hours) PEDI 605 - Pediatric Research: This elective is offered to students who are interested in additional exposure to research in the pediatric age group. Students are expected to complete a CITI program for research, participate in a chart and/or literature review, and submit required research paper/abstract suitable for oral or poster presentation. If time permits, they must write a proposal that is to be IRB-approved. Depending on the length of the research project, the faculty PI will obtain IRB approval. This elective must be prearranged between the student and a clinical faculty researcher in the field of pediatrics and approved by the clerkship director in the Department of Pediatrics. Prerequisite: PEDI 501. (9 credit hours) PEDI 606 - Pediatric Neonatal ICU (Newborn Nursery): This course provides students with clinical care experience in the Nashville General newborn nursery. Students must submit personal goals and objectives for this course, which focuses on didactics and clinical management of all newborns, including premature infants and infants with congenital anomalies. Students learn interdisciplinary approaches to the neonate and discern growth, development, complications due to prematurity, and other components of caring for premature infants. Students will also provide instruction and leadership to third-year students who are rotating in the newborn nursery. Prerequisite: PEDI 501. (9 credit hours) PEDI 609 – Ambulatory Adolescent Medicine: This is a four-week elective that provides students with the opportunity to advance their gynecological skills within the adolescent age group. The elective is spent in Meharry’s adolescent and ambulatory clinics. This elective focuses on increasing skills in the physical exam and sexual history taking, as well as improving diagnostic acumen and the management of adolescents presenting with GYN issues and STI. Students will also provide instruction and leadership to third-year students who are rotating in the adolescent and ambulatory clinics.
- Subject
- PEDI
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- 34b67b1c.delivery.rocketcdn.me
- Prerequisite
- PEDI 501 (9 credit hours)