Pediatric Nephrology Clerkship

3–6 credits · Medicine

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 receiving 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 students, please see the School of Medicine Visiting Student webpage for information on how to apply: http://med.stanford.edu/clerkships.html. Stanford students wishing to enroll during Summer Quarter, please contact the clerkship director for permission. 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.