Student Education and Clerkship
The Department of Pediatrics offers required rotations to Junior and Senior medical students attending Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Senior Elective rotations are offered to LSUHSC-NO students, visiting students from other US Medical Schools, International Medical Students and exchange students who meet the admission requirements of our University Office of Student Affairs.
Junior Clerkship
Pediatrics 300. Core Clerkship in Pediatrics for third-year medical students. A clinical clerkship of eight weeks is served at Manning Family Children's Hospital of New Orleans. A few students also have the option of completing the clerkship on the pediatric services of Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge or University Medical Center, Lafayette. Students spend time in the following patient care settings:
- Ambulatory - Students rotate through pediatric subspecialty clinics, general pediatric clinics, and emergency departments.
- Nursery - Students rotate through a well baby nursery and/or a neonatal intensive care unit.
- Wards - Students rotate through inpatient hospital services and many through inpatient subspecialty services.
Senior Clerkship
Seniors may choose to take their required Acting Internship and/or Ambulatory Care rotations in Pediatrics during the academic year.
Pediatrics 420, (Fourth Year) Clinical Pediatrics. 152 hours. The Senior programs in ambulatory pediatrics are designed to provide opportunities for each student to augment or reinforce knowledge and skills learned in the pediatric core curriculum, as they apply to child health problems encountered in an outpatient setting or on inpatient subspecialty rotations. Students may opt to rotate in the Pediatric Emergency Room, Well Baby Nursery, Inpatient Subspecialties, General Pediatrics Clinics or the office of a private pediatrician who is a member of our gratis clinical faculty.
Pediatrics 418 and 419 (Fourth Year Pediatric Acting Internship) Clinical Pediatrics. 152 hours. The student functions as an intern in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of acutely and chronically ill hospitalized children. Students can rotate on the pediatric inpatient wards, Hematology/Oncology wards and PICU at Children's Hospital New Orleans, as well as NICU at either Manning Family Children's Hospital New Orleans or Touro Infirmary.
Visiting Students
Visiting Students may apply to the Office of Student Affairs at any time for a rotation through LSUHSC Pediatrics but are encouraged to do so early. There is a $30 application fee that will be waived for LSU students. During the months of July through October, LSUHSC - New Orleans medical students will be offered Acting Internships first. If any spots are left, visiting students may apply for an Acting Internship during those months. A student may elect to take a subspecialty elective and switch to an Acting Internship should space becomes available. Please contact Sheri Russell at (504) 896-2753 or by email for further information.
Only international students from AAMC accredited medical schools are accepted. Interested students should contact Ms. Melanie Brown at 504-568-4874 or by email in the Office of Student Affairs for all information regarding visa, health insurance, malpractice insurance and other university requirements.
Rotations take place at Manning Family Children's Hospital New Orleans and visiting students can take either:
PEDI 418 - Acting Internship - Wards or ICU's
PEDI 420 - Electives in various subspecialty clinics or Emergency Department or a combination of both clinic and ED