Course Code: PEDI G801
Name of Rotation/Elective: Neonatal Intensive Care Acting Internship
Prerequisite: 3rd Year Pediatric Clerkship
Course Director: Benton Cofer, MD
Course Director e-mail: /
Course Director phone:(864)313-5161
Course Coordinator: Tempie Morrison
Coordinator e-mail:
Coordinator phone: (864)455-7382
Course Faculty (list all):
Benton Cofer, MD, Reese Clark, MD, Bryan L. Ohning, MD, PhD, Catrinel Marinescu, MD, Jeffrey Ruggieri, MD, Whitson Walker, MD, India Chandler, MD, Michael Stewart, MD
Location: GHS, Greenville Memorial Hospital, NICU
Time and Location to Report on Day 1:
8:00 am, NICU 6th Floor Greenville Memorial Hospital
Number of weeks: 4
# of students per rotation: 1
Course Objectives:
At the completion of the rotation, the student should be able to do the following:
oIdentify and describe strategies to reduce fetal and neonatal mortality (for example, use of
Group B strep prophylaxis and perinatal steroids.)
oExplain steps in resuscitation and stabilization of a newborn in the delivery room
oDescribe the common causes of acute deterioration in previously stable NICU patients
oUnder supervision, evaluate and manage patients with the signs and symptoms that present
commonly in the NICU
oParticipate in the transition of a critically ill newborn to a stable growing infant, including
discharge planning
Course Description:
The content of this course is designed to present to the student the essential aspects of premature and sick newborn care. Students will get the opportunity to attend high risk deliveries. He/She will be assigned several new patients in the NICU and will be responsible for completing a history, physical, and maturity assessment on each. He/She will observe and participate in special treatment procedures performed on his/her patients, e.g., intravenous and intra-arterial catheter insertions, nasal continuous positive airway pressure, mechanical ventilation procedures, endotracheal intubations and resuscitation. In addition, the student may attend a weekly follow-up clinic for those infants discharged from the NICU. He/She will be responsible for talking with the infant's parents with guidance from the attending. He/She will make work rounds with the house staff and teaching rounds with the attending physician daily and will participate in all regularly scheduled neonatal and perinatal conferences.
Brief Description:
oThe M-IV student will shadow a resident physician through completion of their daily activities in the NICU
oAccompany the resident on "pre-rounds" gathering patient data for the day
oAttend rounds with the attending physician and possibly present one low- acuity patient from the resident's list on rounds.
oAttend resident education discussions and lectures
oAttend deliveries with the resident when the resident is on call for deliveries
oObserve any procedures taking place in the unit (intubations, line placement, LPs)
oAttend check out rounds in the afternoons and possibly present one low-acuity patient from the resident's list