VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Offers inpatient and outpatient experience in the management of a variety of acute and chronic diseases of the kidney, including patients recieving acute or chronic dialysis and renal transplant. Additional exposure is gained through consultations on pediatric patients with renal, hypertensive, and complex fluid and electrolyte complications of other diseases. Emphasis is on teaching clinical-pathological correlations and pathophysiology as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of renal disease. Also emphasized are problems experienced by patients and their parents in adjusting to chronic renal disease. For visiting studentes, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics PEDS 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-PEDS 12, full-time for 2 weeks or 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Xavier Gaeta, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Kim Sands, PEDS 650-PEDS 723-7903, G306. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Center for Academic Medicine-Pediatric Nephrology, PEDS 453 Quarry Road; Time: 9:PEDS 00 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: S. Alexander, A. Chandhuri, O.M. Couloures, S. Giang, P. Grimm, S. Kibrom, M. Leonard, S. Menon, R. Patel, D. Potter, K. Sutha, S. Sutherland, E. Talley, C. Wong. LOCATION: LPCH.
3-6 units · Medical School MD Grades
VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Offers inpatient and outpatient experience in the management of a variety of acute and chronic diseases of the kidney, including patients recieving acute or chronic dialysis and renal transplant. Additional exposure is gained through consultations on pediatric patients with renal, hypertensive, and complex fluid and electrolyte complications of other diseases. Emphasis is on teaching clinical-pathological correlations and pathophysiology as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of renal disease. Also emphasized are problems experienced by patients and their parents in adjusting to chronic renal disease. For visiting studentes, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. PREREQUISITES: Pediatrics 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 2 weeks or 4 weeks, 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Xavier Gaeta, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Kim Sands, 650-723-7903, G306. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Center for Academic Medicine-Pediatric Nephrology, 453 Quarry Road; Time: 9:00 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: S. Alexander, A. Chandhuri, O.M. Couloures, S. Giang, P. Grimm, S. Kibrom, M. Leonard, S. Menon, R. Patel, D. Potter, K. Sutha, S. Sutherland, E. Talley, C. Wong. LOCATION: LPCH.
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