CPSL 7010-7013 - Maternal and Child Health

4 credit hours each

The clinical clerkship in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) provides one required, four-week Core rotation. This clerkship is designed to provide the student with an understanding of Maternal and Child health through the integration of didactic knowledge and clinical experiences. Students will receive exposure to a diverse community of patients in both ambulatory and required inpatient settings. The curriculum content is delivered to students via the learning management system web site. During the clerkship, students will access the learning website to review learning modules on topics appropriate for a third year Maternal and Child Health clerkship. These prescribed learning modules are based upon the 125 clinical presentations encountered during the first two years of the SOMA curriculum. This required rotation may be satisfied by any approved combination of Obstetrical, Gynecological, and Pediatric experiences. To satisfy the Ob/Gyn clerkship, Pediatrics clerkship, and MCH clerkship, any of the following may be used:

Option 1: Ob/Gyn: 4 weeks, Pediatrics: 4 weeks, and MCH: 4 weeks (The MCH may be 4 weeks of OB focus, 4 weeks Pediatrics focus, or 2 weeks OB focus and 2 weeks Pediatrics focus)
Option 2: Ob/Gyn: 6 weeks and Pediatrics: 6 weeks (taken together)
Option 3: Ob/Gyn: 8 weeks and Pediatrics: 4 weeks
Option 4: Ob/Gyn: 4 weeks and Pediatrics: 8 weeks

The post-rotation COMAT exam for Ob/Gyn or for Pediatrics is to be taken after the rotation in a given discipline is complete. For instance, if a student takes 4 weeks of Ob/Gyn, and 8 weeks of Pediatrics, the Ob/Gyn COMAT is to be taken at the conclusion of the 4-week Ob/Gyn rotation, and the Pediatrics COMAT is to be taken at the conclusion of the Pediatrics rotation, even if the two Pediatrics rotations occur in different semesters.