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Pediatric Clerkship
Department of Pediatrics
MS313
2021-2022
Clerkship Director: Rachel Thompson, MD
Associate Clerkship Director: Elizabeth Yellen, MD
Interim Clerkship Coordinator: Rachael Charles
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Pediatric Syllabus
Table of Contents
Medical Education Program Objectives .................................................................................................................. 5
Contact Information................................................................................................................................................ 9
Clerkship Description .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Clerkship Changes Made Based on Feedback ................................................................................................... 10
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ........................................................................................................ 10
Other Recent Changes to the Clerkship ............................................................................................................ 10
Site Information .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Alan Bulotsky and Associates (Mark Hausman, MD) ........................................................................................ 11
Beverly Hospital ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Boston Children’s Hospital ................................................................................................................................ 12
Boston Medical Center ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara ......................................................................................................................... 14
MACONY Pediatrics - Berkshires ....................................................................................................................... 14
Neponset Health Center.................................................................................................................................... 15
North Shore Medical Center ............................................................................................................................. 15
Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center ................................................................................................ 16
South Shore Hospital ......................................................................................................................................... 17
West Cambridge Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine .......................................................................................... 18
Winchester Hospital .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Clerkship Schedules .............................................................................................................................................. 19
Block Schedule................................................................................................................................................... 19
Didactic Schedule .............................................................................................................................................. 20
Daily Schedule ................................................................................................................................................... 20
Call Schedule ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
2Holidays ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Assessment and Grading....................................................................................................................................... 21
Clerkship Grading Policy .................................................................................................................................... 21
AME/Kaiser Core Faculty Direct Observation ................................................................................................... 23
Formative Assessments ..................................................................................................................................... 23
Final Summative Assessments .......................................................................................................................... 23
Roles and Responsibilities ..................................................................................................................................... 24
Clerkship Director .............................................................................................................................................. 24
Clerkship Coordinator ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Site Directors ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
Primary Clinical Faculty/Preceptors/Trainees ................................................................................................... 25
Supervision .................................................................................................................................................... 26
Supervision and Delegating Increasing Levels of Responsibility ................................................................... 26
Intimate Exam Policy ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Physical Exam Demonstrations ..................................................................................................................... 27
Third Year Student............................................................................................................................................. 27
Professional Comportment ........................................................................................................................... 28
Ethical Behavior for Examinations and Mandatory Sessions ........................................................................ 29
Student Evaluation of the Clerkship .............................................................................................................. 29
Blackboard ..................................................................................................................................................... 29
Assignments ................................................................................................................................................... 29
Patient Encounters/Case Logs ....................................................................................................................... 30
Policies and Procedures for Evaluation, Grading and Promotion of Boston University School of Medicine
MD Students .................................................................................................................................................. 33
Collaborative Student Assessment System ................................................................................................... 33
Student Disciplinary Code of Academic and Professional Conduct .............................................................. 33
Attendance Policies ....................................................................................................................................... 33
Personal Day Policies ..................................................................................................................................... 33
Scrubs Policy .................................................................................................................................................. 34
BUSM Policies ................................................................................................................................................ 34
BU Policies and Student Support Services ............................................................................................................ 34
Appropriate Treatment in Medicine ................................................................................................................. 34
3Needle Sticks and Exposure Procedure............................................................................................................. 35
Boston University Sexual Misconduct/Title IX Policy ........................................................................................ 35
Boston University Social Media Guidelines....................................................................................................... 35
Learning Strategies and Tools ............................................................................................................................... 35
Recommended Texts ......................................................................................................................................... 35
Online Resources ........................................................................................................................................... 35
Textbooks & Handbooks................................................................................................................................ 38
Additional Reading Resources ....................................................................................................................... 38
Study Guides and Shelf Preparation ................................................................................................................. 38
Practice Shelf Exams & Questions ................................................................................................................. 39
eValue Student Resources ................................................................................................................................ 39
Echo360/Technology ......................................................................................................................................... 39
Tutoring ............................................................................................................................................................. 40
Office of Disability Services ............................................................................................................................... 40
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4Medical Education Program Objectives
INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
B - Behaves in a caring, B.1 - Apply principles of social-behavioral sciences to provision of patient care; including
compassionate and sensitive assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-
manner toward patients and seeking, care compliance, and barriers to and attitudes toward care. (2.5)
colleagues of all cultures and B.2 - Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions that allow one to develop and
backgrounds. manage interpersonal interactions. (4.7)
(Interpersonal and B.3 - Demonstrate compassion, integrity, and respect for others. (5.1)
Professionalism) B.4 - Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including but
not limited to diversity in gender, age, culture, race, religion, disabilities, and sexual orientation.
(5.5)
U - Uses the science of U.1 - Perform all medical, diagnostic, and surgical procedures considered essential for the area
normal and abnormal states of practice. (1.1)
of health to prevent disease, U.2 - Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their conditions through
to recognize and diagnose history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging and other tests.
illness and to provide and (1.2p)
appropriate level of U.3 - Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice.
care. (Medical Knowledge (1.4)
and Patient Care) U.4 - Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient
information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence and clinical judgement. (1.5)
U.5 - Develop and carry out patient management plans. (1.6)
U.6 - Provide health care services to patients, families, and communities aimed at preventing
health problems or maintaining health. (1.9)
U.7 - Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic approach to clinical situations. (2.1)
U.8 - Apply established and emerging bio-physical scientific principles fundamental to health
care for patients and populations. (2.2)
U.9 - Apply established and emerging principles of clinical sciences to health care for patients
and populations. (2.3)
U.10 Recognizes that ambiguity is a part of clinical health care and respond by utilizing
appropriate resources in dealing with uncertainty. (8.8)
C - Communicates with C.1 - Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their conditions through
colleagues and patients to history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging and other tests.
ensure effective (1.2h)
interdisciplinary medical care C.2 - Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their
(Interpersonal and care and enable shared decision making. (1.7)
Communication Skills; Patient C.3 - Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health
Care) professionals. (3.8)
C.4 - Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a
broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. (4.1)
C.5 - Communicate effectively with colleagues within one's profession or specialty, other health
professionals, and health related agencies (4.2, see also 7.3)
C.6 - Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records. (4.5)
C.7 - Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those
about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive
topics. (4.6)
C.8 - Communicate with other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that
supports the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease in individual patients and
populations. (7.3)
5INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
A - Acts in accordance with A.1 - Demonstrate responsiveness to patient needs that supersedes self-interest. (5.2)
highest ethical standards of A.2 - Demonstrate respect for patient privacy and autonomy. (5.3)
medical practice A.3 - Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession. (5.4)
(Professionalism) A.4 - Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of
care, confidentiality, informed consent, and business practices, including compliance with
relevant laws, policies, and regulations. (5.6)
A.5 - Work with other health professionals to establish and maintain a climate of mutual respect,
dignity, diversity, ethical integrity, and trust. (7.1)
A.6 - Demonstrate trustworthiness that makes colleagues feel secure when one is responsible
for the care of patients. (8.5)
R - Reviews and critically R.1 - Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk
appraises biomedical factors, treatment strategies, resources, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for
literature and evidence for patients and populations. (2.4)
the purpose of ongoing R.2 - Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to patients' health
improvement of the practice problems. (3.6)
of medicine. (Practice-Based R.3 - Continually identify, analyze, and implement new knowledge, guidelines, standards,
Learning and Improvement technologies, products, or services that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes. (3.10)
and Medical Knowledge
E - Exhibits commitment and E.1 - Identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in one's knowledge and expertise. (3.1)
aptitude for life-long learning E.2 - Set learning and improvement goals. (3.2)
and continuing improvement E.3 - Identify and perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or
(Practice-based Learning) attitudes. (3.3)
E.4 - Incorporate feedback into daily practice. (3.5)
E.5 - Obtain and utilize information about individual patients, populations of patients, or
communities from which patients are drawn to improve care. (3.9)
E.6 - Develop the ability to use self-awareness of knowledge, skills, and emotional limitations to
engage in appropriate help-seeking behaviors. (8.1)
E.7 - Manage conflict between personal and professional responsibilities. (8.3)
S - Supports optimal patient S.1 - Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout
care through identifying and transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes.
using resources of the health (1.8)
care system. (Systems-Based S.2 - Systematically analyze practice using quality-improvement methods and implement
Practice and Patient Care) changes with the goal of practice improvement. (3.4)
S.3 - Use information technology to optimize learning. (3.7)
S.4 - Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a health care team or other
professional group. (4.3, see also 7.4)
S.5 - Work effectively in various health care delivery settings and systems relevant to one's
clinical specialty. (6.1)
S.6 - Coordinate patient care within the health care system relevant to one's clinical specialty.
(6.2)
S.7 - Incorporate considerations of cost awareness and risk-benefit analysis in patient and/or
population-based care. (6.3)
S.8 - Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems. (6.4)
S.9 - Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other health professionals to
appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served.
(7.2)
S.10 - Participate in different team roles to establish, develop, and continuously enhance
interprofessional teams to provide patient- and population-centered care that is safe, timely,
efficient, effective, and equitable. (7.4)
6Third Year Learning Objectives
During the third-year clerkships, students will
Demonstrate use of patient-centered interviewing and communication techniques (U.2)
Take a clinical history that demonstrates both organization and clinical reasoning (U.7)
Perform accurate and relevant physical exam techniques (U.2)
Demonstrate an ability to synthesize clinical information and generate a differential diagnosis,
assessment and plan (U.3, R2, U.5)
Demonstrate a compassionate and patient-sensitive approach to history taking and physical
examinations (B.3)
Communicate well organized, accurate and synthesized oral presentations (C.1)
Counsel and educate patients and families (C.3)
Demonstrate timely, comprehensive and organized documentation (C.6)
Demonstrate a fund of knowledge in the clinical discipline and apply this to patient care (U.4)
Demonstrate an awareness of one’s own learning needs and work to address these gaps (E.1, E.3)
Show respect and empathy for others (B.3)
Demonstrate accountability to the responsibilities of the student’s role and expectations of a clinical
clerk (S.4)
Communicate effectively with the interprofessional team (S.9)
Pediatric Clerkship Learning Objectives
(Linked to Medical Education Program Objectives in parentheses)
Communication Skills:
o Develop compassionate and respectful communication skills adapted to the clinical setting (e.g.
ED, wards, ambulatory, nursery) that facilitate an age-appropriate and culturally sensitive
therapeutic alliance with children, adolescents and their families. (B.2, B.3, B.4, U.2, C.4, C.7,
A.2, A.3, S.5)
History & Interview:
o Demonstrate an ability to obtain information in an age-appropriate and sensitive manner from
a child and or the accompanying adult in domains uniquely pertinent to pediatric care,
including: neonatal/newborn history, immunizations, growth & development, home
environment & safety, adolescent health (B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, U.2, U.6, C.1, C.4, C.7)
o Understand basic developmental screening of children, gain comfort in interacting with children
and the families of children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and begin to
recognize signs for referral for developmental consultation and intervention. (B.1, B.4, C.4, C.7,
S.1)
Physical Exam
o Demonstrate competency in the physical examination of infants, children & adolescents and
understand the diagnostic correlation of physical exam findings (U.1, U.2, C.1)
Data Synthesis
o Show improving clinical problem-solving and critical thinking skills through development of a
reasonable differential diagnosis, appropriate assessment, interpretation of results (labs &
imaging) and logical plan of care using evidence (U.4, U.7, R.1, R.2)
Oral Presentations
o Perform effective oral presentations that communicate key clinical to other health care
providers and reflect an accurate history and physical exam of a pediatric patient. (U.7, C.5, C.8)
7 Patient Education
o Discuss strategies for health promotion as well as disease and injury prevention (e.g. screening
tests, assessing and counseling on immunization status during a health care visit, inquiring
about and counseling adolescents on topics of sex/sexuality, drug use, depression; and
providing anticipatory guidance for parents about nutrition, development and safety from birth
through adolescence) (B.1, B.4, C.2, C.3, C.4, R.1)
Written Documentation
o Demonstrate skills of written documentation that communicate key clinical to other health
care providers and reflect an accurate history and physical exam of a pediatric patient. (C.5, C.6,
C.8)
Medical Knowledge
o Acquire the knowledge for the diagnosis and initial management of common pediatric acute
and chronic illness from newborns through adolescence including respiratory illness, asthma,
abdominal pain/vomiting and/or diarrhea, febrile children, feeding concerns, jaundice,
hypoglycemia (U.3, U.4, U.7)
o Apply basic knowledge of growth and development (physical, physiologic and psychosocial) to
the care of patients from birth through adolescence (including attention to the pediatric
developmental milestones and impact of illness and psycho-social factors on growth and
development) (U.4, U.8, U.9)
Self-Directed Learning
o Exhibit the attitudes and professional behaviors appropriate for clinical practice including
maturity in soliciting, accepting and modifying practice in response to feedback. (B.2, A.5, A.6,
E.3, E.4, E.6)
Professional Responsibility
o Exhibit the attitudes and professional behaviors appropriate for clinical practice including
showing a positive attitude and regard for education, universal attendance, punctuality,
intellectual curiosity, honesty, responsibility. (B.3, C.8, A.1, A.3, A.4, A.6, E.6, S.4)
Teamwork
o Develop an understanding of and then practice the collaborative approach of pediatricians to
the health care of children and adolescents in the outpatient, inpatient and emergency
department settings (B.3, C.3, C.5, C.8, A.5, S.4, S.5, S.6, S.9, S.10)
8Contact Information
Clerkship Director
Rachel Thompson, MD
Director of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
Telephone: (617) 414-2569
Email: Rachel.Thompson@bmc.org
Pager: (617) 638-5795, Beeper #8147
Office: 801 Albany Street, Rm #
Associate Clerkship Director
Elizabeth Yellen, MD
Associate Director of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
Telephone: (617) 414-4841
Email: elyellen@bu.edu
Pager: (617) 638-5795, Beeper #2845
Office: Medical Education Office, A Building, 3rd Floor
Interim Clerkship Coordinator
Rachael Charles
Telephone: (617) 414-5177
Email: rachael.charles@bmc.org
Office: 801 Albany Street, 3rd Floor
Clerkship Description
Focus of clerkship
Pediatrics is a complex and exciting field of medicine where you will be pushed to integrate knowledge from
across the first two years of medical school into the care of patients from birth to age 22. Some days you will
need to recall genetics and embryology while others you may be caring for adolescents with more “adult”
pathology. Pediatrics is also a rotation where you will be pushed to hone your clinical and communication skills,
with an emphasis on relationship building with your patients & their families, and adapting both physical exam
techniques and communication to age-appropriate and knowledge appropriate levels. If you bring to this
clerkship an attitude of enthusiasm, creativity, professionalism and resourcefulness, you are already well on
your way to succeeding in the rotation.
As you engage in your clinical medicine training, we hope you will embrace opportunities to be a self-directed
learner and an educator: recognizing areas where you need and want new knowledge and sharing that
information back with your peers, residents and faculty. There are many formal and informal opportunities for
engaged learning during the clerkship.
9 The residents and pediatric faculty are wonderful resources for questions you may have, and can also
direct you to online and printed resources.
o Please see the syllabus “Learning Strategies and Tools” section for commonly referenced
pediatric resources.
o References to commonly used point of care websites are linked from the Pediatric Clerkship
Blackboard homepage
Opportunities for interprofessional experiences will occur throughout the clerkship and are an
important component of pediatric care. During the clerkship you will likely be working with nursing
students along with nursing staff, nurse practitioners, child life specialists, social workers, respiratory
therapists, and likely many other disciplines as well. Please capitalize on these experiences by asking
questions to learn about their role and unique skills sets that are key in the care of pediatric patients.
The Department of Pediatrics along with Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of
Medicine (BUSM) are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion across the tripartite mission of
patient care, research and education. We strive to maintain and advance a work community and
learning environment that supports our core principles of respect, empathy and a commitment to
health equity. We hope students join us in this mission, we aim to be inclusive in our education, and
we invite feedback for areas where we can continue to improve toward meeting this goal.
Pre-requisite knowledge and skills
Students must have completed their second year curriculum, attended 3rd year orientation, and have taken
the Step-I exam prior to taking this clerkship.
Clerkship Changes Made Based on Feedback
Revision of the format for didactic teaching to provide more small group and independent learning
time
Increased outreach to faculty on narrative feedback and faculty development around grading
Revised the weighting of the evaluations to more accurately reflect the balance of student time on
various services (inpatient and outpatient)
Moved to a semi-flipped classroom orientation to decrease length of long zoom or in person sessions
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
Content of existing didactics and new didactics edited for biased content.
New cases developed that reflect the diversity of patients seen in practice, highlight historic areas
where bias has impacted care leading to inequality in treatment or health outcomes, and inclusive of
information around cultural differences that should be incorporated in partnering with patients or
guardians.
Other Recent Changes to the Clerkship
A major important change to the clerkship this year is the new non-clinical didactic week. In prior years,
students had once weekly didactics where they were removed from the clinical setting for a full day each
week. This created discontinuity with teams and patients and shortened students’ time on each clinical
service.
The new model assigns students to a “Learning Community” (LC) for the entire block. Learning communities
will work together each week in the completion of two core cases or modules that match with the course’s
Required Patient Encounters with a focus on clinical reasoning skills. In addition, they will have one full week
“off” from clinical service to deepen their understanding of pediatrics, study and advance their career
10development and continue to work on clinical reasoning skills for the required patient encounters. The format
of this week will be:
1. Approxiately four faculty-precepted small groups to dig into cases
2. One virtual home visit with your LC via Operation House Call
3. One standardized patient session for Telehealth
4. Opportunity to schedule a subspecialty clinic session (in pediatrics or a pediatrics-linked surgical
subspecialty such as ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, etc.)
5. Dedicated time to study for the shelf exam
Site Information
Site maps indicating the availability of student resources at our affiliate hospitals can be found under the
Clinical Sites section of the Medical Education Office’s Student Resources page at
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/education/medical-education/student-resources/#siteinfo.
Alan Bulotsky and Associates (Mark Hausman, MD)
201 Quincy Street
Brockton MA 02302
Site Director: Mark Hausman MD, (508) 584-1890 mhausman@massmed.org
At this site you will work closely with Dr. Mark Hausman for approximately two weeks in a busy outpatient
pediatrics practice seeing a variety of general pediatric conditions as well as well child and adolescent visits.
Beverly Hospital
85 Herrick Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Site Director: Allison St. Marie MD, (978) 922-3000 x5437, allison.ste.marie@childrens.harvard.edu
Site Administrator: Carmen Cuascut, (978) 922-3000 x5437, Carmen.Cuascut@childrens.harvard.edu
DAY 1: First day of rotation
Time: 7:45 AM Sharp
Report to: When you enter the hospital, you will be greeted by our access services representatives who will
direct you to our pediatric office located on the 5th floor of the Johnson building conference room. Report to
the J5 Conference Room (5th floor, Johnson Building, by the nurses’ station) and ask for Carmen Cuascut’s
office. You may park anywhere, but it is recommended that you park in the Garage.
SITE DESCRIPTION
Beverly Hospital is a 227-bed facility that serves the healthcare needs of residents of Beverly and its surrounding
communities. Through collaboration with Children's Hospital Boston, Children's physicians located on site at
Beverly Hospital coordinate both inpatient care and outpatient emergency services for pediatric patients.
Children's physicians work in conjunction with Beverly Hospital's primary care physicians to care for children
who need emergency services or inpatient hospitalization. Should a patient require hospitalization, we have a
bright and sunny 11 bed inpatient pediatric unit. The Pediatric team also cares for Newborn Nursery infants
whose future care will be provided by those physicians who do not round in the nursery at Beverly Hospital.
Special features of the newborn service include Beautiful Beginnings, the North Shore Birth Center, a breast-
feeding program, and a Doula Program. Children's Hospital neonatologists provide medical care for sick and
11premature newborns in the Beverly Hospital's Level II Special Care Nursery. Within the hospital’s Emergency
Department, there is a Pediatric Emergency Service to provide care for children less than 19 years of age. The
Children’s Hospital physicians perform routine urgent care and trauma care, including laceration repair and
sedation for fracture reduction. They also stabilize acutely ill patients prior to transfer to a tertiary facility if
necessary.
The outpatient experience will include several half-day sessions at Beverly-affiliated pediatrician’s offices. The
hospital-based portion of the rotation will integrate nursery, inpatient, and Emergency Room experiences. There
is opportunity for pediatric subspecialty exposure as well. Students need a car for this rotation. During the
pediatric clerkship, two students can rotate at Beverly Hospital.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
By Car: Take 93 North (or Route 1 North) to 128 North towards Gloucester. Take 128 to exit 19. Off of exit 19,
go straight until you pass Beverly High School. Make a hairpin left turn at that light onto Herrick Street. Turn
right into the main entrance to the hospital. Once you arrive at Beverly Hospital, you may drive directly to the
Main Outpatient Entrance where there is free valet parking available, or you may drive directly to the free
parking garage and park your vehicle there.
Beverly Hospital to Cape Ann Pediatricians: (Drs. Orr, Carbone, Stockman)
Go from Hospital, left out Herrick Street, and right back onto Sohier Road. Bear right onto Route 128 entry
ramp. Take 128 North to rotary (12 miles). At Grant Rotary, take 3rd exit onto Washington Street. Go 0.3 mi
on Washington Street to Addison Gilbert Hospital, at 298 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA. Phone: (978)
283-5079
Beverly Hospital to North Shore Pediatrics (Danvers): (Drs. Garg, Matthews)
Turn right from hospital onto Herrick Street. Continue on Herrick Street through the neighborhood. Turn
left onto Brimbal Ave. Turn right onto entryway for 128 South. Take 128 South to Exit 22 Danvers (Rt
62)/Middleton. Turn left at State Rd 0.1 mi. Turn right at Elliott Street 0.2 mi, bear left at Conant Street.
Continue onto Poplar Street (0.6mi), continue onto Maple St (0.1mi). Turn right at Burley Ave. Turn left at
Lindall Street: 80 Lindall Street, Danvers, MA 01923. Phone: (978) 750-1966
MBTA: Take the commuter train, Rockport Line, out of North Station to Beverly Station. If you get the 6:48 AM
train out of the North Station, you will get to Beverly Hospital by 7:18 AM. The assigned students should plan to
meet and either drive or take public transportation (together). You will have to get a cab, only a five-minute
ride, but we have been told it is too far to walk. You can call the taxi either before leaving your home or from
North Station and ask them to have a taxi meet you at Beverly Station at approximately 7:30 AM. This will give
you a few extra minutes in case the train is a bit late (especially, if it is during bad weather). You can call City
Taxi (978) 922-6999, or City Taxi of Beverly (978) 921-1111.
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Site Director: Patty Stoeck MD, patricia.Stoeck@childrens.harvard.edu
Marcella Luercio, MD, Marcella.Luercio@childrens.harvard.edu
Site Administrator: Winnie Yu, (617) 355-7598, SuWen.Yu@childrens.harvard.edu
12DAY 1: Monday (after general pediatric clerkship orientation) Meet Drs. Luercio, Wilder or Stoeck in the 9-
South conference room in the Main (inpatient care) building. These instruction may change so please check
your orientation emails from Children’s for details for when and where to come for onboarding.
DAY 2: Report at 7:15am to 9-south on the following morning if assigned to BCH, or on the 4th Monday if
rotating in the second half of the clerkship.
SITE DESCRIPTION
The clinical experience will include rotating at BCH on an inpatient pulmonary &/or GI ward for two weeks
working very closely with the house officers and faculty team; the students’ clinical experience may include
periodically taking late “call” (e.g. caring for patients until 9pm). The remainder of the BCH clerkship is spent
at South Shore Hospital, a satellite hospital of Boston Children’s. There, students will work for two weeks in the
pediatric ED and nursery getting a broad exposure to other aspects of pediatric urgent and newborn care.
DIRECTIONS to BCH from BMC & PARKING
MBTA: the following buses travel from Albany to Huntington Streets with stops directly across from BMC and
BCH: CT3, #8 and #47.
By Car:
Drive South-West on Albany Street for 0.2 miles.
Take a Right on Melnea Case Blvd, and drive 0.6 miles.
Turn Left onto Route 28/Tremont Street, and drive 0.2 miles.
Turn Right on Ruggles street and drive 0.4 miles.
Veer Left onto Huntington St/Rough 9, and drive 0.3 miles.
Turn Right on Longwood Ave, and drive 0.3 miles to #300 Huntington Ave.
Parking Options
1. Simmons College Parking: $16.00 daily. Parking is within walking distance of BCH.
2. Trilogy Parking Garage - Landmark Center: $14.00 daily, if arrival and departure is between 9:00am-
7:00pm. In walking distance, with Children's Shuttle service available in 10-15 minute intervals.
3. Renaissance Parking Garage at Ruggles Station: $11.00 daily with shuttle to BCH. Shuttle service is
available from 5:00am-11:40pm daily at 10-15 minute intervals.
Access to all parking facilities should be obtained the first day of the rotation at the BCH Parking Office,
located on the first floor of the BCH parking garage at the corner of Longwood Ave and Blackfan Circle.
Parking office hours are M-F, 7:00am-4:30pm. Passes may be purchased for 1, 5, or 10 uses. Please ask
about the zip car parking (located in the main patient garage), as this may be an option for those with zip
car memberships
Boston Medical Center
Site Director: Rachel Thompson MD, Rachel.Thompson@bmc.org
Elizabeth Yellen MD (Associate Director), elyellen@bu.edu
Site Administrator: Rachael Charles rachael.charles@bmc.org
SITE DESCRIPTION
The clinical experiences at BMC may include the inpatient wards, newborn nursery, outpatient primary and
specialty care clinics, pediatrics Emergency Department. In addition, students may be scheduled to rotate
13through the NICU and/or PICU. The inpatient experience will involve working very closely with the house
officers and faculty. The outpatient experience may include shifts in the pediatric emergency department,
primary care and sub-specialty clinics at BMC or at an outside clinic. The nursery experience is rotating on the
general newborn nursery at BMC.
Parking:
Subsidized parking is available for $100 per month for students rotating at BMC. Parking permit applications
are available on the Parking website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/parking/forms/
Parking Office: 617-958-7592
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara
710 Lawrence Expressway
Santa Clara CA 95051
Site Director: Sara MacMahon MD, (408) 851-1028, Sarah.P.MacMahon@kp.org
Latasha Williams MD Latasha.N.Williams@kp.org
Jacqueline Chak MD, Jacqueline.s.chak@kp.org
DAY 1: ALL students will attend an orientation session on the first day of the clerkship. Please come directly to
Dr. MacMahon’s office, Pediatrics, Dept 190. Students will have a scheduled time to listen to a recorded
version of the clerkship orientation that takes place in Boston on day 1 of the clerkship, and a separate Q&A
session with the clerkship director(s) will be set up after students have viewed the orientation.
Time: orientation will be from 8:30am-4pm on day 1 of the rotation
Schedule: Schedule varies by student. Please see your schedule for details of hours and location.
SITE DESCRIPTION
Welcome to the pediatrics department at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Located in the
heart of Silicon Valley, South of the Bay, we offer quality and personal pediatric care from infancy through
young adulthood. We have 26 pediatric beds, 8 pediatric intensive care units beds, a level III NICU and a very
busy delivery service. During your pediatrics clerkship at KPSC, you will have the opportunity to care for
patients on the inpatient ward, newborn nursery, NICU, outpatient primary care clinic, as well as participate in
subspecialty clinic sessions.
Numerous pediatric sub-specialty services are available for consultation and referral, including cardiology,
hematology/oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, developmental medicine, pulmonary,
gastroenterology, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, and neurosurgery.
MACONY Pediatrics - Berkshires
100 Maple Avenue, #1
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Site Director: Ruby Chang MD, (413) 528-4047, rubyrbchang@gmail.com
Deborah Buccino MD, dbuccino@bhs1.org
Site Administrator: Traci DiGrigoli, (413) 528-4047, tdigrigoli@bhs1.org
Doreen Hutchinson, (413) 854-9631, DoreenH@bhs1.org
14DAY 1: Orientation takes place at Fairview Hospital, 29 Lewis Avenue, Great Barrington MA 01230. Doreen
Hutchinson will send further information, via email, regarding your orientation day.
SITE DESCRIPTION
MACONY Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine is committed to providing competent, compassionate medical
care to the children of the Tri-State area. We strive to provide quality medical care in the rapidly changing
healthcare environment. We are the oldest pediatric practice in the Southern Berkshires, having been founded
in 1976. Providers and staff are committed to continuing education for ourselves and our patients. We
welcome new ideas to assure state-of-the-art medical care, while embracing electronic technologies to
improve quality and communication. We labor to do all of this in a comfortable and caring environment for
our patients, families, providers and staff.
http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/macony
The student assigned to the MACONY practice will have ~ 3 weeks at the practice and ~1 week of inpatient
pediatrics (typically at Boston Medical Center). You will be notified in advance of the clerkship as to whether
this will take place in the first weeks of the clerkship or at the end of the block.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING: Students should park in the front parking area and use front entrance.
Neponset Health Center
398 Neponset Avenue
Boston, MA 02122
Site Director: Ann Nutt MD, (617) 282-3200, anutt@hhsi.us
The Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center provides comprehensive outpatient medical services to residents
in Dorchester and the surrounding communities. Their department of pediatrics cares for children from birth
to 21 years of age and the health center serves as a full “medical home” for their patients. In addition to
pediatric medicine, they offer pediatric dental services, a weekly pediatric asthma clinic, and cooking classes
for kids!
. The office has free parking and is available by MBTA Bus (the 201 stops out front).
North Shore Medical Center
81 Highland Avenue
Salem, MA 01970
Site Director: Cara O’Connor MD, COCONNOR24@PARTNERS.ORG
Katheryn Nathe MD, knathe@partners.org
Site Administrator: Marcella M. Burrows, MBURROWS5@PARTNERS.ORG
Kara McKiernan, KMCKIERNAN@PARTNERS.ORG
DAY 1: Students will have an on-site orientation, typically on the first day of the clerkship.
Time: 12:00p (first round of students only) and subsequently 8:00a
15Report to: Mass General for Children at North Shore Medical Center’s main lobby. You will be greeted by
Marcella Burrows who will then take you to get your badge, parking sticker and give you a general tour of the
hospital. Dr. Sanders will then orient the students to the Pediatric Emergency Department.
SITE DESCRIPTION
The Department of Pediatrics at MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center represents more
than a dozen years of clinical collaboration with MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston. Our pediatric
emergency department treats over 15,000 children every year and is the only one on the North Shore staffed
with board certified pediatricians 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Should a patient require hospitalization,
North Shore has a 5-bed pediatric observation unit where patients can receive inpatient level of care for up to
48 hours. This service is fully staffed by a RN and the on service Pediatric Emergency Department attending.
Students rotating at North Shore will be responsible for rounding on these patients in addition to providing
care for new patients in the Emergency Department. The Emergency department physicians perform routine
urgent care and trauma care, including laceration repair and sedation for fracture reduction. They also
stabilize acutely ill patients prior to transfer to a tertiary facility if necessary.
The Pediatric team additionally cares for Newborn Nursery infants whose future care will be provided by local
community physicians who do not round in the nursery at North Shore Medical Center. North Shore Medical
Center is also home to a Level II Special Care Nursery for ill and premature infants.
Our full complement of pediatric care includes MassGeneral Hospital for Children specialty clinics in
cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and nutrition, nephrology, pediatric surgery and rheumatology.
We also offer diagnostic services, behavioral health services, neurology, pulmonology, rehabilitation services,
and neurodevelopmental assessments.
For pediatric clerkship students, the rotation at North Shore Medical Center will consist of a mixture of
emergency department, observation unit, well baby and special care nurseries (SCN). On average, students
will have 2 weeks in the ED/Observation unit and 2 weeks in the nursery/SCN.
DIRECTIONS
By Car: From BUSM to North Shore Medical Center is an approximately 16-mile drive. With traffic, please be
aware it may take 45 minutes to 1 hour to drive. Use any mapping program to find the most efficient
directions and once you get on MA-107N you will see signs along the way for the hospital when you get closer.
By MBTA: Stop at 80 Highland Avenue and walk about 5 minutes. The Mass General for Children’s entrance is
on the right.
Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center
4199 Washington St,
Roslindale, MA 02131
Site Director: Brenda Levy MD, blevy12@gmail.com
Jennifer Trieu MD, Jennifer.Trieu@bmc.org
DAY 1: -Students should plan to arrive no later than 8:30 am (clinic starts at 8:30 for AM sessions). There is
parking at the site in the parking lot across from the main entrance. Alternatively, students can take the
16Commuter rail to Roslindale Village or the Orange Line to Forrest Hills (and then numerous buses run from
Forrest Hills to Roslindale Village).
Upon arrival, students should enter through the main entrance, show their ID, and then go to the front desk
and tell them they are here to work with Dr. Levy, the pediatrician. The front desk will be able to direct them
to the clinic.
South Shore Hospital
55 Fogg Road
Weymouth, MA 02190
Site Director: Chelsea Hastings MD, (434) 227-6666, chelsea.hastings@childrens.harvard.edu
Lara Batey MD, lara.batey@childrens.harvard.edu
Katherine Niro, MD, Kathryn.Niro@childrens.harvard.edu
Site Administrator: Lorraine Leitch, (781) 624-4071, Lorraine_Leitch@sshosp.org
DAY 1: All students who will rotate at SSH during the clerkship must attend an orientation session at SSH prior
to starting their rotation. You will be emailed with instructions about where and when to arrive for on-
boarding and orientation prior to the start of the rotation. Typically students rotating there in the first 2 weeks
of the block will go to SSH following the BMC pediatric clerkship orientation on day 1 of the block. Students
rotating at SSH in the second half of the clerkship will typically have an assigned day/afternoon to go down to
SSH to complete the necessary credentialing prior to their start date. You will get IDs and computer access at
that time. When you come in the main hospital lobby, please ask the concierge to contact Lorraine Leitch in
the medical staff office and someone will come down to meet you.
Schedule: Students from the Boston Children’s Hospital site will rotate through the pediatric emergency
department (PED) and complete their nursery rotation in the busy SSH newborn nursery. There are no
weekend shifts in the nursery, but there are occasional weekend emergency department shifts.
Time:
PED: Your hours will be provided by Dr. Hastings on a schedule at the beginning of your rotation. If
you have schedule conflicts and/or need to reschedule a shift, please contact Dr. Herold so that she
can facilitate an alternate day/date (often a weekend).
SITE DESCRIPTION
Pediatric ED: Our pediatric emergency service is the only one of its kind in the region, staffed by board-
certified pediatric emergency physicians affiliated with both South Shore Hospital and Boston Children's. We
are Boston Children's faculty and are staffed 24-7. There are technically 11 rooms and we have a potential of
an extra 8 hallway/waiting room beds during the busy season. All RNs in the SSH ED are expected to rotate
through the pedi ED but we also have a core group of specifically pedi ED nurses who keep the place running.
When needed, specialty consultations are usually done on the phone with BCH docs, although some services
at SSH will happily see patients under 21 (orthopedics, surgery, ENT, plastics; all usually over the age of 6-7).
The first and only community-based Level III NICU and its physicians and NPs are a huge help with babies.
17We have an inpatient pediatric floor with about 16 beds available to us for non-critical admissions staffed by
pediatric hospitalists 24-7. We can then transfer those patients that need either more acute care (SSH ICU
takes only 16 yo and older) or further specialty care on-site to BCH.
PLEASE read your site orientation manual for expectations and additional details
No shifts on Mondays late or overnights, no shifts on Tuesdays.
Last 2 days of the rotation are reserved for study and shelf exam.
There may be weekend shifts.
NURSERY: South Shore Hospital welcomes nearly 3.500 infants every year – more than any other hospital in
Southeastern, MA. SSH provides three levels of newborn care. There is a 10-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICU) capable of caring for a full range of newborns with complex medical conditions as well as a
20-bed level II special care nursery providing care to “growing” and “recovering” babies as they prepare to go
home. The NICU and SCN are staffed 24 hours a day 7 days a week by with doctors, nurses and respiratory
therapists. Lastly there is a level I newborn nursery for healthy, term infants
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
From I-93 (South)
Take I-93 south to Exit 7 for MA-3S. Continue to exit 16B for Massachusetts 18S toward Abington. Merge onto
Main Street and in 1 mile turn left onto Columbian street and then right onto Fogg Road.
Parking: There is a raised parking garage off Columbian street about a 5 min walk away; your ID will get you in
and out of it.
Please refer to the website and park in the cancer center parking lot (this is free parking).
http://www.southshorehospital.org/directions-parking
Public Transportation: Limited public transportation and commuter rail may be available but not during all
hours of the PED shifts
West Cambridge Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
575 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 101
Cambridge, MA 02138
Site Director: Jennifer Gill, MD. (617) 547-1995 jennifer.litzow@gmail.com
Site Administrator/Practice Manager: Stacey Bates stacey@wcpam.com
At the West Cambridge Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine practice, students will work closely with Dr.
Jennifer Gill, actively participating as a member of the health care team. Students will be expected to see both
routine health maintenance visits, with the accompanying health screening and anticipatory guidance as well
as common urgent care presentations. For all visit types, students will have the opportunity to present as well
as make suggested plans of care. This is a busy practice with an in-house lab capable of doing some onsite
testing. If students are interested, the health care team is always willing to teach students about how these
tests are run and interpreted.
Students should reach out to Ms. Bates in advance of the start of their rotation to get their EPIC access and
clearance set up.
Winchester Hospital
41 Highland Avenue
18Winchester, MA 01870
Site Director: Nadine Aprahamian MD, (781) 756-2561, nadine.aprahamian@childrens.harvard.edu
Site Administrator: Laura Rondeau, (781) 756-2561, laura.rondeau@lahey.org
DAY 1: First day of rotation, please see orientation email from your site for meeting place and time.
SITE DESCRIPTION
Located just north of Boston, Winchester Hospital serves the health care needs of many surrounding
communities and is the first community hospital to receive the Magnet Award for outstanding nursing care in
all of Massachusetts. In addition to its adult medical services and facilities, Winchester Hospital has a 12-bed
Pediatric unit, a 4-bed Pediatric Emergency Department and an extensive Obstetrics and Neonatology division
that supports close to 3,000 births annually and can provide Level II specialty care to 16 newborns in their
Special Care Nursery. Through Winchester’s unique partnership with Children’s Hospital Boston, pediatricians
and neonatologists come to Winchester Hospital and staff the pediatric programs and special care nursery 24
hours a day, seven days a week. The pediatric emergency room serves patients for 12 hours a day, seven days
a week and is staffed by pediatric emergency medicine-trained pediatricians from Children’s Hospital Boston
as well. The students also do a two-week outpatient experience in addition to the inpatient and special care
nursery experiences. During the Pediatric clerkship, two students rotate at Winchester Hospital in various
blocks throughout the year.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING
From Route 93 (South)
Take Exit #36 (Montvale Avenue). Bear right at end of ramp, move to left lane. Take left at traffic light onto
Washington Street. Go through next traffic light and take next left (Orient Street). Take first right (Maple
Street) to parking garage.
From Route 93 (North)
Take Exit #33 (Route 28 - Winchester). Follow signs to Winchester (South Border Road). Stay on South Border
Road for approximately 2 miles. Take a right at traffic light (Highland Avenue). Just before Hospital, take left
(Fairmount Street). Follow to Maple Street to parking garage.
From Route 128 (North)
Take Exit #36 (Washington Street). Bear right at end of ramp. Follow Washington Street through 5 sets of
lights. Take the next left (Orient St). Take your 1st Right (Maple St) to the garage entrance.
Free parking is available. Students can park on the 1st level (lowest level) of the garage.
Public Transportation: There is a train station in Winchester, but if you take the train, you will then have to
take a cab to get to the hospital - it's about 2-2/12 miles from the hospital.
Clerkship Schedules
Block Schedule
Block schedule dates for all clerkships can be located on the Medical Education website:
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/education/medical-education/academic-calendars/
19Didactic Schedule
CLERKSHIP EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS:
The educational cases to be completed each week will be posted on Blackboard.
Each week there will be 2 assigned core pediatric cases for all students to complete (the non-clinical
learning community will have these cases precepted).
During the non-clinical week, there will be ~six other cases/learning modules: 2 precepted and 4
completed with your learning community without faculty present.
BCRP TEACH Sessions: students assigned to the BMC and Boston Children’s site (only while at BCH) will have
teaching sessions/chalk talks scheduled sporadically during the block. These will be listed with links/room
meeting places on the Pediatric Clerkship Google Calendar
SITE SPECIFIC DIDACTICS: other clerkship sites have their own didactic sessions scheduled at various times
during the block as noted by your site director during your site specific orientation.
DEPARTMENT EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS:
Students are strongly encouraged to attend Case of the Week and Grand Rounds at BMC – we anticipate
virtual attendance will remain possible in the 2021-2022 academic year. Typically, Grand Rounds occurs 8am-
9am on Thursday mornings, but is not given for several weeks in the summer. Case of the Week is an
interactive resident-led case-based session typically given to the entire department of pediatrics on Fridays
from 8am-9am (except in the summer when it moves to Thursday 8am-9am).
Students at BMC are required to attend these sessions.
Students at other sites are encouraged but not required to attend. Specifics of each session will be
posted on the clerkship Google Calendar.
Daily Schedule
Each pediatric clerkship site maintains their own individual schedules. Students will be provided with their
specific schedules by their site directors at the start of the pediatrics clerkship and at their site-specific
orientation. Please see the attendance and personal day policies for information for BUSM-wide information
about allowed/permitted requests for schedule changes as defined by the school policy.
Irrespective of site, students should not work more than 80 hours per week when averaged over a two-week
period. Please keep careful record of your work hours and notify the clerkship team if you are approaching/at
risk of exceeding duty hour restrictions.
Call Schedule
Students do not have call (in hospital shifts >24 hr) during the Pediatric Clerkship.
Holidays
Thanksgiving: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 12PM – Sunday, November 28, 2021
Intercession: Thursday, December 23, 2021 – Sunday, January 2, 2022
Spring Break: Saturday, March 5, 2022 – Sunday, March 13, 2022
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