The purpose of this elective is to provide the student with an experience in acute care pediatrics. The student will function in a subintern role.  They will improve their assessment skills in caring for the acutely ill or injured child. An approach to common pediatric emergencies will be taught. Students will perform the initial evaluation of patients, necessary workup, and provide appropriate therapy after consultation with the emergency department resident and attending. Under resident and attending supervision, students will gain experience performing procedures such as venipuncture, lumbar puncture, splinting, and laceration repair. Sub-interns will attend and participate in EM residency conferences as well. When not working clinically, students will be expected to study pediatric emergency medicine resources in preparation for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine SAEM exam at the end of the rotation. 

Course prerequisite: EMD 845 -Integrated Emergency Medicine & Critical Care (EM-CC) Clerkship Rotation or equivalent.

This elective is designed to provide students with an intensive patient care experience, serving in an intern-like capacity in the pediatric emergency department. During this course students will: 

• Become familiar with common emergent problems, common amongst or specific to the pediatric population. 
• Hone bedside history and physical examination pertinent to pediatrics.  
• Participate in the resuscitation of sick medical and trauma pediatric patients in the ED. 
• Be directly involved in patient care in the ED. The student will act like the patient’s primary provider, performing appropriate procedures, documenting the patient’s ED course in Cerner, and discussing the patient with physicians and consultants from other services. (They will be supervised throughout.)  
• Have an opportunity to explore interest in pediatric emergency medicine and create a foundation for future success