Akron Children's > For Students or Residents > Medical Students > Electives & Sub-Internships > Adolescent Medicine Elective
Adolescent Medicine Elective
Akron Children's offers a 4-week pediatric subspecialty elective in adolescent medicine to 4th year medical students.
Objectives
- Interview teens using the HEADSS assessment (a psychosocial risk assessment for adolescents)
- Understand unique health issues of adolescents, especially those related to risky behaviors such as sexually transmitted infections, eating disorders, contraceptive counseling, etc.
Description
- Inpatient service: Monday and Friday morning rounds with attending
- Detention home (evaluation of health issues of incarcerated teens): Tuesday and Wednesday mornings with attending
- Evaluation of new eating disordered patients clinic: Tuesday afternoon
- Outpatient adolescent medicine clinic: Thursday morning and remainder of afternoons
- Night call/special requirements: None
