Advanced Clinical Decision-Making in Pediatrics

3 credits

This course builds on previous knowledge of diagnostic reasoning related to an advanced understanding of human experiences and the complexities of contemporary pediatric care. Through faculty-facilitated simulations, seminars, and clinical cases, emphasis is on the process of clinical decision-making and scholarly, reflective practice. Nursing and interdisciplinary theories, research, policy and principles of safe, high-quality, cost-effective care are critiqued, synthesized and integrated into practice. Health care policy is analyzed from a global, ethicolegal and social perspective considering bias, structural racism, gender, ablism, social determinants of health and health inequities. A spirit of inquiry, flexibility, collaboration, self-care and professional maturity is cultivated.