Pediatric Education Overview

The Pediatric Clerkship

The Inpatient Units

DHMC
This rotation occurs primarily on the Pediatric/Adolescent Inpatient Unit at CHaD, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth. Some students will spend part of their inpatient pediatric clerkship in either the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) or the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at DHMC.

This is a general pediatric inpatient unit but, as CHaD is the main tertiary care center for pediatric care in New Hampshire, a large portion of the admissions are for fairly specialized problems.

Portland
One student each rotation will be scheduled at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Pat Patterson, M.D., is the clerkship director in Portland, and is the contact person for the student. The Portland rotation is based on the same curriculum, learning objectives and requirements as the rotation at DHMC.

This inpatient unit is also at a tertiary care hospital, but also serves as the major inpatient Pediatric unit for Portland, Maine, and as such, has a higher percentage of "routine" pediatric admissions.

Click here to go to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital website.

Gallup
One student each rotation will be scheduled at Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, NM. Kevin Sweeney, M.D., is the clerkship director in Gallup, and is the contact person for students. The Gallup rotation is based on the same curriculum, learning objectives and requirements as the rotation at DHMC. This site is used as both an inpatient and outpatient teaching site.

The Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC) is a 5-story general medical and surgical hospital and referral center serving the various Indian tribes in the area, primarily Navajo, but also Zuni, Apache and Pueblo. GIMC serves an overall population of approximately 150,000 including a primary care population of about 31,000. GIMC is equipped to provide all types of medical and surgical care except neurosurgery and open heart surgery. GIMC presently operates as a 128-bed hospital with the lower two floors serving as an Ambulatory Care area. There is a total staff of 800 including 70 physicians, 160 nurses, 10 pharmacists, 10 dentists, medical social workers, physical/occupational/speech therapists, health educators, dietitians and other essential health care staff.

Pediatric admissions to GIMC tend to be more "routine" than at our other teaching sites, with less emphasis on highly specialized care. This is viewed as one of the significant positive aspects of GIMC as a teaching site.

Click here to go to the Gallup Indian Medical Center website.

Children's Hosptial of Orange County (CHOC)
One or two students in each rotation will be scheduled at Children's Hospital of Orange County, California.

CHOC, founded in 1964, is a 192-bed, tertiary-level hospital located in the city of Orange. With a medical staff of more than 500 physicians, CHOC offers nearly every pediatric specialty and provides a full spectrum of healthcare services ranging from prevention programs for healthy children to the most advanced medical care for those with serious illnesses.

Click here to go to the Children's Hospital of Orange County website.

Need more information? Link to Blackboard and the Pediatrics Clerkship course for more detailed information about the clerkship, or contact Norm Berman, MD, co-director of the Pediatric Clerkship:

Phone: 650-8583
E-mail: norman.b.berman@hitchcock.org