Medical Student Electives

Two courses for medical students provide experience and participation in the Intensive Care and Transitional Nurseries.

 

Second Year Selective 

PEDS-224C. DEVELOPMENTAL CARE OF SICK NEWBORNS-IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK. This selective will introduce the student to the more "general pediatric" aspect of neonatology, namely developmental care, as well as promote the importance of teamwork in caring for premature and sick babies. Students will gain an appreciation of the importance of early intervention, both in the hospital and after discharge for high-risk infants. They will participate in the activities of the developmental team in the intensive care and transitional care nurseries and learn the important role played by psychologists, therapists and social workers in caring for these infants and their families. They will attend developmental rounds, Special Infant Care Clinic and shadow Dr. Goldstein and other members of the developmental team. 

 

Course director: Ronald Goldberg, M.D., 919-668-1592, goldb008@mc.duke.edu.

 

Fourth Year Electives 

PEDS-426C. NEONATOLOGY. Students have patient care responsibilities and experiences in the Duke North Intensive Care Nursery. The course involves direct participation in patient care under the supervision of the faculty and housestaff. Emphasis is placed on the initiation of parent-child relationships and a pathophysiologic approach to assessment and management of the critically ill neonate. This is a sole-enrollment course and, as such, cannot be taken in conjunction with any other course.

 

Course director: Ricki Goldstein, M.D., 919-681-6024, golds005@mc.duke.edu.

 

For more information, read about Medical Student Opportunities.