Acting Intern Neonatal Medicine

Catalog Description: This course offers the student an opportunity to be an extern in one of the neonatal intensive care units located in the hospitals listed. For assigned patients, the student will assume the responsibility of a first year resident: the student will make rounds with the nurse practitioners, neonatology fellow, and attending staff on all patients, write orders on assigned patients, and carry out necessary procedures under supervision. The student will participate in the night call rotation with nurse practioners and attending and actively participate in the various neonatology/perinatology conferences held at each hospital. At all institutions, students will be involved in the evaluation and counseling of high-risk obstetrical patients prior to delivery.

Syllabus

Note: Contact the Course Coordinator for any syllabi for previous years. 

Sites: 

View site addresses by clicking on the site name below or visiting the site codes table.

Required session attendance: Does not apply

Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: 3 weeks of rounding/1 week of nights. An ICU rotation with rounding and patient care responsibilities M-F, 7:30am-5pm on the acute care team.

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Open to student scheduling

Grading Scale: H/E/S/N

Allow repetition of course: Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency: Does not apply