PED - 741 Pediatric Allergy/Immunology

This course teaches the clinical approach to problems of allergy, other immune-mediated diseases and immunodeficiency in both children and adults. Diagnosis and treatment of commonly encountered IgE-mediated diseases (allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema, food allergies and urticaria), as well as autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes will be covered during the clerkship. Students learn via bedside teaching and lectures (basic science and clinical lectures, journal clubs, research presentations and chart reviews). Students will be supervised by allergy/immunology attending and fellows in learning to evaluate and manage patients in the allergy/immunology outpatient clinic in the Professional Office Building. Students will learn about skin testing and spirometry testing and learn how to interpret these test results. Students will learn the indications for ordering allergy and immunological laboratory tests and how to interpret the results of the tests. Students will be given weekly feedback by attending and fellows. At the end of the clerkship, a final grade will be entered into Oasis by the clerkship director with feedback given to the clerkship director by the attending and fellows. Prerequisite: PED-701. Offered: fall, spring and summer. Retake Counts for Credit: Yes. Credit(s): 2-4