Pediatrics

The goals of the Pediatrics rotation include helping students acquire knowledge about the process of growth and development and about common diseases and conditions of childhood. Goals also include enabling students to work with children and families together to develop an understanding of the importance of preventive medicine and how social and environmental factors affect young people. During the clerkship, the preceptor will model and reinforce the principles of acquiring lifelong learning skills. The clerkship is structured upon the principle that learning is a process, which can be accomplished only by active participation by the student.