Objectives:
To ensure that the students:
- Acquire/enhance clinical skills in Paediatric Rheumatology
- Learn to communicate with rheumatology patients and their parents
- Learn clear and concise rheumatology history taking
- Learn competent physical examination skills, including a detailed examination of the musculoskeletal system
- Experience hands-on management of patients with rheumatologic disorders
Experience will include - Outpatient:
- Observation and hands-on encounters with new and follow-up general rheumatology patients.
- Learn complete rheumatology history taking
- Learn detailed joint specific musculoskeletal examination
- Learn general and specific management of rheumatology patients
- Reviewing of patient results with staff, including laboratory tests and x-rays
In-Patient:
- Rheumatology consultations
- Rheumatology admissions to Medical Day Care Unit
- Rheumatology admissions to Surgical/Interventional Radiology Day Care Unit for intra-articular joint injections
- Acquiring skills for intra-articular steroid injection
- Bedside teaching on rheumatology in-patients
| LOCATION: | Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario |
| DURATION: | 2 weeks minimum |
| NO. OF STUDENTS: | 1 |
| AVAILABLE FOR: | All medical students, Priority given to clinical clerks |