PED 401 - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

This elective is designed to familiarize the student with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at CHKD and to participate in the management of neonates under direct supervision of the neonatal-perinatal faculty. Students will be able to apply the basic sciences (physiology, biochemistry, and microbiology) to the care of sick neonates. This elective is designed to allow the student to function as an acting intern in the NICU. When taking night call, the student will have the opportunity to accompany the attending neonatologist and pediatric residents in the delivery room to attend high risk deliveries.