Pediatrics

1
Pediatrics

• 40 response rate out of a maximum of 25
  students
• Objectives and expectations were clearly detailed
  from the start of the rotation with an initial
  orientation 5.4/7
• The supervisors were well aware of the learning
  objectives appropriate for a clerk within the
  rotation 5.9/7
• There was an optimal amount of formal teaching
  sessions to cover major topics within the
  specialty 5.6/7

2

• There was an optimal amount of informal clinical
  teaching surrounding patient encounters 5.2
• As a clerk, I had an appropriate level of
  independence in seeing/treating patients 5.4
• Evaluation methods were clearly detailed 5.7
• Evaluation methods were at an appropriate level
  of difficulty for clerkship training 4.9
• Feedback was given either formally or informally
  throughout the rotation 5.3
• The block coordinator was available and
  responsive during the rotation 6.3
• The rotation focused largely on education rather
  than service 5.2

3

• The rotation has provided me a firm background in
  this field of medicine 5.4
• The rotation consisted of an excellent variety of
  patient problems 5.4
• The patient centred approach was modeled by the
  faculty on this rotation 6.0
• Teachers in this rotation model exemplary
  attitude towards gender and diversity issues 5.1
• Overall, this rotation was an excellent
  educational experience. 5.8

4
Comments

• A lot of patient pigeon-holing was done regarding
  cultural issues.  for example... a patient whose
  family had arrived from Sudan (an unknown period
  of time ago) was immediately thought to be
  malnourished... and the patients country of
  origin was CONSTANTLY brought up on patient
  introduction

5

• The necessity of a group oral exam escapes me
  The residents on CTU tried their best, but
  were generally too busy/stressed/frazzled to
  offer much in the way of teaching The nurses
  in emerg were very very rude to the clerks
  (without any reason or provacation), and were so
  bossy that it almost hindered our learning
• Really enjoyed Paeds ER experience.  Excellent
  teaching in Paeds ER and variety of problems.
   Roles for CTU could have been more clearly
  defined.

6

• Excellent rotation. Good variety of patient
  problems and interactions. Good hands on
  experiences in ER, and CTU gave good management
  skills. Some ER staff were not so friendly, but
  most were. By far the best part was the
  community rotation in Kitchener for me. I
  learned a lot from my consultant, and got to see
  a wide variety of problems. Good levels of
  independence allowed on this rotation considering
  it was our first rotation.

7

• Residents were excellent. Good coverage of
  different peds problems at CTU, ER Com Peds
  this combination should be encouraged. Clerkship
  and resident teaching rounds great for learning.
  Emerg physicians like Dr Lim and Dr Wellington
  are wonderful teachers. Oral exam should be
  modified to one to one testing no purpose is
  served by having everyone else silently
  listening. For written exam, please ask more
  common problems than mediastinal teratoma and
  adjust test so it is more appropriate to our
  level

8

• I didnt find the teaching sessions all that
  helpfulquite a few times the session was either
  cancelled or else the doctor didnt show up.
  Although some of the sessions were good, many
  others were not relevant to what is really
  necessary for a clerk to know (ie details for
  treatment of nephritic syndrome were covered, yet
  never were UTIs/urinalysis explained).
• Too much of our time was spent rounding on CTU.
• Emerge was VERY good and the majority of the
  doctors were really helpful.