PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN THE CURRICULUM: Students must have completed the M3 Core Clerkship in pediatrics.
PURPOSE: The program utilizes the interdisciplinary approach to clinical problem solving. The focus is on the patient with a craniofacial anomaly whose needs are refractory to solution by the uni-disciplinary approach. The student will work under the tutelage of the staff pediatrician, and have opportunities for interaction with specialists in craniofacial surgery, plastic surgery, orthodontics, behavioral science, computer science, dentistry, genetics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pediatrics, and speech and
hearing pathology.
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INSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES: The student will assist in the work-up of the patient, evaluation and summarization of the data base. Clinical experience will be augmented with seminar sessions covering dysmorphology, epidemiology, speech and hearing problems, genetics, and counseling.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Program Number ELEC 649
Location UICMC
Program Director D. Reisberg, D.D.S
Telephone 312/996-6933
dreisber@uic.edu
REQUIREMENTS HOURLY BREAKDOWN PER WEEK
Duration 4 Weeks
Lectures/Conferences/Faculty contact 2
Night Call No
Laboratory Opt.
Weekends No
Outpatient 26
Students accepted Min. 0 Max 2
Inpatient 2
Housestaff used as Faculty? No
Total hours/week 28
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