Pediatric GI/Nutrition

Location

Rush

# Weeks

2, 4

Hours/week on site

31-40, 41-50

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

1

Prerequisites

Peds Core

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

1-2 days

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

yes

Teaching hours/day

0-1, 2-3

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Morning report/Case conference, Student presentations

Suggested reading/pocket contents

?

Structure of rotation

One-on-one with attendings/residents

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

This rotation was 1 on 1 with the attending, unless a resident was around. Most of the teaching was in the outpatient clinic and during the GI procedures. The quality definitely depended on the clinic schedule- if it was busy, not too much teaching. Overall, good interaction with the attendings.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

4-6, 6-8

Procedures

Never, A few times/week

Typical day

The schedule depended on the day. Some days was all clinic and floor rounding. Other days, procedures and floor rounding on consults, going to conferences. There was down time if we didn't get many consults from the floor.

It is usually 8-5.  Activities include clinic with one of the Peds GI attendings (there are 3), rounding, seeing new consults, and attending morning report and noon conference.  One day we also met with the nutritionists for the floor and the NICU to go over the nutrition aspect of the field.  Down time really varies from day to day, sometimes there were a few hours a day and others there was none.

Usefulness for any residency

3-4 of 5 stars

Usefulness for this residency

4-5 of 5 stars

Useful for other specialties

Anyone interested in GI, likes procedures, or doing Peds

Overall rating

4 of 5 stars

Recommended to other students

4 of 5 stars

Other comments

none