Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Catalog Description: The student-physician designs the two-week experience according to his/her interest, needs and desires. Gillette Children's Hospital pediatric rehabilitation programs emphasize traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, ventilatory dependent children, spinal cord injury and other developmental disabilities.

Opportunities are open to the student-physician:

Inpatient service: Responsibilities include evaluation, management and follow-up of patients but without night or weekend call.
Care of outpatients in clinics: Obtain a perspective on long-term continuity care.
Learning experiences: Weekly conference with attendings, pediatric rehabilitation fellows and residents. Teaching rounds with the residents, pediatric rehabilitation fellows and attendings are held daily on the inpatient rehabilitation unit.
Minimal reading assignments: Alexander and Matthews: Pediatric Rehabilitation, Demos Medical Publishing, 2010. Various journal articles as assigned: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, PM&R, others.

Syllabus

Sites:

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Site Code

Site Name

Notes

CO-1051

Gillette Children's St. Paul Campus

Gillette Children's - Burnsville Clinic

Gillette Children's - Maple Grove Clinic

Students will go to all three sites. Students will have the option to opt out of Burnsville/Maple Grove sites and only rotate at the St. Paul Campus.

GL-1000