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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA

Medical Student Program

General Information

The six-week Seattle-based Pediatric Patient Care Clerkship is divided into three two-week sections: inpatient, outpatient, and a combination of newborn nursery, ED shifts, and required educational sessions. WRITE students spend three weeks on inpatient at Seattle Children's. Students can expect to receive their personal schedules four to six weeks prior to the start of their clerkship.

Transportation

Students on this clerkship will travel to multiple sites over the course of the six weeks. While most sites are accessible by public transit, access to a vehicle is recommended.

Housing

Housing is not provided for this clerkship.

White Coats and Dress Code

White coats are not required at SCH. However, your attending may have a preference so make sure that you have it in Seattle with you. In addition, please read the SCH Personal Appearance & Dress Code for all medical trainees at SCH here. Ask your outpatient clinic and newborn nursery preceptors their preference in regard to wearing white coats. If you have any questions, please ask.

Attendance

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the UWSOM Clerkship Attendance and Absentee and Student Access to Anticipated Healthcare policies. Requests for anticipated time away from the clerkship must be made AT LEAST six weeks prior the clerkship START DATE via the online form. Unanticipated absences during the clerkship must be communicated to your current assigned site contact AND emailed to the Medical Student Program. You are expected to be in the local area on all days, even virtual ones. If you’re planning to travel and attend virtually, the Medical Student Program still needs to be notified.

Inpatient Information (601 & 665)

Six-week clerkship (665) students will spend two weeks on inpatient with one of the Seattle Children’s wards teams. Three-week clerkship (601) students rotate for three weeks. You will receive your team assignment with your schedule prior to the start of the clerkship. Prior to starting the inpatient portion of your clerkship, please review the following materials. Students who start on inpatient will join their teams after the half-day orientation. Otherwise, you should plan to arrive in your team room in time for morning sign-out. Further information is in the materials below.

Logistics for rotating at Seattle Children's can be found here
- Parking
- Network, Epic, and Remote access
- AMSConnect
- Badges
Inpatient Expectations for Medical Students (this is basically your “job description”)
SCH Inpatient Teams and Contact Information
Epic Medical Student Note Guidelines

Outpatient Information

You will spend two weeks of your clerkship at a pediatric outpatient clinic in the Greater Seattle area. You will receive your outpatient site assignment prior to the start of your clerkship. Prior to starting the outpatient portion of your clerkship, please review your clinic’s welcome information linked below.

"Mixed Tape" Information

You will spend two weeks of your clerkship on a mix of shifts in the Seattle Children’s Emergency Department, caring for newborns at the UWMC or EvergreenHealth newborn nursery and participating in required didactics and SIMs. We affectionately call this portion of the clerkship “Mixed Tape”. You will receive your schedule for these two weeks prior to the start of the clerkship, including dates, times and topics for the didactic sessions. Unscheduled time during “Mixed Tape” is designed for study, prep, and personal time. Some of the didactic sessions are held in person at SCH and some are over Zoom. Refer to your personal schedule for confirmation.

Seattle Children's ED Experience
- Here is the referenced PPT slideshow
Newborn Nursery Experience (UWMC and EvergreenHealth)
- UWMC Newborn Nursery
- EvergreenHealth Newborn Nursery
  - Complete the EvergreenHealth credentialing checklist and credentialing application here.
  - Credentialing paperwork is due to the EvergreenHealth Medical Staff Office (EvgMedStaff@evergreenhealthcare.org) at least 3 weeks prior to your start date. Failure to meet this deadline will result in a delay in your start.
  - IMPORTANT: Evergreen requires a Quantiferon Gold (QFT) blood test or 2-step TB skin test (TST) or documentation of annual TB skin tests from the previous 2 years. If you haven’t received a test in the last 2 years, you’ll need one done at least 3 weeks prior to your clerkship start date. SCHEDULE IT NOW!

Required Educational Sessions

Development Learning Session (601 & 665)

In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
Pre-work: none
During this session, you will learn about normal growth and development of children.

Simulation (601 & 665)

In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
Pre-work: none
During this session, you will participate in a simulation caring for pediatric patients experiencing acute illness.

Aquifer Pediatric Active Learning Module: Fever (601 & 665)

In-person at SCH. Check your personal schedule for location.
Pre-work: To prepare for this exercise we recommend completing Aquifer cases 10, 17, 23 prior to the session as they provide a clinical background related to the evaluation and management of children with fever.
During this session, you will begin with a short problem set that will help you to assess your understanding of the core knowledge related to fever in the pediatric patient. After this you will work together as a group to evaluate a case of a child with a fever.

Bio-Ethics Learning Session

Zoom link
During this session, you will discuss common pediatric bio-ethical issues with a member of the SCH Division of Bio-Ethics.

Advocacy Workshop (601 & 665)

Zoom link
Pre-work: To prepare for the Advocacy workshop, please review the following materials:

A recent article from the Seattle Times about water safety education here.
Article from AAP News about traveling with children with special needs here.

During this session, you will explore ways physicians can serve as advocates for their patients.
Here’s a great list of advocacy resources for the session!

Noon Conference

Held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Held in person at SCH and over Webex (Noon Conference & Morning Report Webex Link | Mtg ID: 2488 310 9541  | PW: SandPoint_4800). Location varies–talk to your inpatient resident teammates or contact the Executive Residents: pedschiefs@seattlechildrens.org Zoom link