PED 6810 (2021/2022)

This screen displays information for a course in a given course year. From this screen, you can see how many sections are available for the selected year.

View Details

State: PUBLISHED

Course: PED 6810 - Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum: Focus

Description: Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum (EPAC) FOCUS, the second component of an elective curriculum that supplies additional exposure to pediatrics, provides students with information regarding the specialty of pediatrics through seminars, task trainer simulations, group discussions, and clinical experiences in pediatrics. The latter consists of two, four to five-hour shadowing experiences with a pediatric specialist. During this experience, students will be paired with a faculty member or senior resident and will have the opportunity to see patients and work with a multidisciplinary team providing health care. Students will also be given an opportunity to advocate for children in the community setting, providing volunteer opportunities in child-centered charities.

Session Dates:
Exact dates are TBD, usually goes from mid August to end of November

Sessions Include:
EPAC Application & Selection process
Communication in the Medical Setting
Pediatric History Taking - Practice taking a history on a patient
Task Trainer - Bag Mask & Ventilation
Task Trainer - Lumbar Punctures
Medical Students as Teachers
Clincal Topic Discussion - Review interesting cases seen here at PCH
HEADSS The review of systems for adolescents - Practice talking to a teenage patient

Department: Pediatrics

Credit Range: 1 - 1

Academic Year: 2021/2022

Permission Required: No

School Years: MSII

Course Classifications: ELECTIVE

Coordinator(s): BAKER,TALENA (DC) | talena.baker@hsc.utah.edu

Directors(s): OConnor,Meghan (DD) | meghan.oconnor@hsc.utah.edu

Possible Grade(s): Fail (F)Incomplete (I)Pass (P)

Prerequisites: PED 6800: EPAC Explore

Add Policy: Course may be added to schedule 30 days before it starts.

Drop Policy: This course can be dropped before the last day of class.

Syllabus: Click here to download syllabus.

2023/2024

2022/2023

2021/2022

Available Sections

	Title	Tags	Year	Start/End	C	S	W
	PED 6810 - Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum: Focus	ELECTIVE	2021/2022	08/01/2021 - 12/11/2021	1	16	0