Welcome to the Pediatrics Clerkship Website!

We, the Pediatric Teaching Faculty, are excited to have you with us and look forward to a rich learning experience for all involved. You will be training at one of the following four sites: NC Children's Hospital at UNC Chapel Hill, Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, WakeMed in Raleigh, or Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

At each site, the clerkship consists of three weeks of inpatient pediatrics, up to one week in the newborn nursery and at least two weeks in ambulatory settings. A variety of pediatric problems will be encountered in these settings. In addition, there will be opportunities to explore those aspects of preventive medicine and psycho-social-environmental factors that relate directly to infants, children, adolescents, and their families.

The goals and objectives that you are expected to have met at the end of the rotation are taken from the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP). The varied activities of this rotation have been designed to allow you to meet these goals in a meaningful and enjoyable way. We, as a faculty, are committed to helping you reach these goals to the best of our ability. To be successful, however, students must organize their time to provide an appropriate balance between clinical activities and independent learning through reading and study. Other essentials are a cooperative, enthusiastic and compassionate attitude; responsibility; a demonstrated interest in patient care; intellectual motivation; and a systematic, organized approach to clinical problems.