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Clinical

Interested medical students can rotate on our Pediatric clinical services to gain exposure to the breadth of diverse patients and pathophysiology we serve at RCHSD. Opportunities for trainees include:

Pre-Clinical Shadowing

Pre-clinical medical students can shadow various clinical services for a day at Rady Children's Hospital. This may either be done through the Careers in Medicine course or informally.

MS3 Core Pediatrics Clerkship

Medical students on their core Pediatrics Clerkship (PEDS 401) will spend 6 weeks on Pediatric rotations.The 3-week inpatient block will expose students to both the general Pediatric (hospital medicine) inpatient service and Pediatric subspecialt  inpatient services. The 3-week outpatient block will consist of three one-week rotations through (1) general pediatrics clinics, (2) newborn service (newborn nursery or NICU), and (3) pediatric subspecialty services (outpatient clinic or inpatient consult service). Rotation options are listed below. Schedule requests will be submitted to Vanessa Villo (PEDS 401 Clerkship Coordinator) at the time of the rotation.

Inpatient Pediatric Sites:

  • Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego
General Pediatric Clinics:
  • UCSD General Academic Pediatrics (Frost St)
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego Pediatrics
  • Mid-City Community Clinic Pediatrics
  • Children’s Primary Care Medical Group (CPCMG)
    • CPCMG Rady Children’s Campus (Kearny Mesa)
    • CPCMG Poway (Gateway)
    • CPCMG Escondido (Citracado)
    • CPCMG La Jolla (Girard)
    • CPCMG La Jolla (Regents)
    • CPCMG Encinitas
Newborn Services: 
  • Newborn Nursery at Naval Medical Center San Diego
  • Newborn Nursery at UCSD Jacobs Hospital
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Subspecialty Outpatient Clinics at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego:
  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Child Abuse
  • Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Pediatric Nephrology
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Pediatric Rheumatology
Subspecialty Inpatient Consult Services at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego:
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatric Nephrology
  • Pediatric Neurology

MS3 Electives

Medical students have three 3-week electives during their MS3 year. Students may request to do an elective on one or more of the Pediatric subspecialty services listed below. Note that availability on a given elective rotation may vary across the academic year (e.g. if an MS4 subintern is scheduled, bandwidth may be limited). Ideally, students would have completed their core MS3 Pediatrics Clerkship (PEDS 401) prior to the elective rotation so they have baseline exposure to Pediatrics. Elective requests will be submitted to the School of Medicine prior to the start of each quarter.

  • Pediatric Palliative Care Selective (PEDS 420T)
  • Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Selective (PEDS 424T)
  • Pediatric Cardiology Selective (PEDS 426T)
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Selective (PEDS 430T)
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Selective (PEDS 433T)
  • Pediatric Nephrology Selective (PEDS 434T)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology Selective (PEDS 435T)
  • Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Selective (PEDS 437T)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Selective (PEDS 438T)
  • Pediatric Neurology Selective (NEU 436T)

MS4 Subinternships

Fourth year medical students can do 4-week long subinternships in the areas listed below.  Scheduling will occur via the UCSD School of Medicine MS4 lottery.

 

  • Pediatric Palliative Care Subinternship (PEDS 420)
  • Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Subinternship (PEDS 424)
  • Pediatric Cardiology Subinternship (PEDS 426)
  • Subinternship in Inpatient Pediatrics (PEDS 427)
  • Subinternship in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine (PEDS 428)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Subinternship (PEDS 429)
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Subinternship (PEDS 430)
  • Subinternship in Ambulatory Pediatrics (PEDS 431)
  • Adolescent Medicine Subinternship (PEDS 432)
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Subinternship (PEDS 433)
  • Pediatric Nephrology Subinternship (PEDS 434)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology Subinternship (PEDS 435)
  • Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Subinternship (PEDS 437)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Subinternship (PEDS 438)
  • Child Advocacy and Forensic Medicine (PEDS 442)
  • Pediatric Neurology Subinternship (NEU 426)
  • If UCSD MS4 students want exposure to a Pediatric Subspecialty not listed above (e.g. Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Genetics/Dysmorphology, Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Rheumatology), please contact Dr. Cannavino about the possibility of setting up a custom subinternship rotation (PEDS 496C)

 

Visiting fourth year medical students may rotate on subinternships if there are open slots.  Scheduling will occur via VLSO. Further information can be found at: Visiting Fourth-Year Students