Hospital Medicine - PEC

The goal of this elective is to expose you to the breadth of Pediatric Hospital Medicine in a community setting and to promote your skills in general pediatric inpatient care and teaching. Specific objectives of the rotation include:

1.     Provide compassionate, efficient patient- and family-centered care to acutely ill children and well newborns

2.     Confidently formulate evidence-based plans of care utilizing resources available in a community hospital setting

3.     Partner with referring and primary care providers to optimize patient care through effective communication

4.     Appropriately triage requests for admission and ED consults

5.     Effectively lead a multidisciplinary patient care team, including nurses, social workers, and members of other ancillary services

6.     Utilize accurate and efficient handoffs to ensure undisrupted quality patient care

7.     Capitalize on opportunities to teach: patients, families, medical students, nursing, ancillary staff, referring physicians, fellow residents/hospitalists

This elective is designed for residents who wish to improve their clinical reasoning skills, leadership abilities, and teaching techniques in a setting which will promote autonomy. There will be a variety of options available to help tailor the rotation to your specific goals, including optional sedation experience at LPCH and involvement in quality and process improvement initiatives at PEC.

Hospitalist PEC Rotation Summary