Pediatrics Clerkship PHD 600The required Pediatric Clerkship is an eight-week experience comprised of inpatient, ambulatory, community experiences, and nursery rotation coordinated by a full-time clerkship director in each community. The clerkships across communities share common goals and objectives. Clerkship directors meet bi-monthly to discuss curricular issues and student performance, and to share educational material.

The clerkship is designed to emphasize skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for general pediatrics. Each student is provided with a list of core learning topics, a required reading list, and independent problem-solving exercises; students also attend several teaching sessions and weekly conferences. Each student is evaluated based on scores from the NBME shelf examination, evaluation by clinical preceptors, performance-based assessments, graded written patient records, and performance on a structured oral examination based on the clinical problem solving exercises.
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Lead Clerkship Director
Jonathon Gold, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
B220 Clinical Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1317
Department Clerkship Administrator
Olga Z. Olowolafe
Phone: (517) 355-7440
Fax: (517) 432-4466
Hurley Medical Center
Department of Pediatric Education
One Hurley Plaza
Flint, MI 48503
Office Phone: (810) 762-7257
Pager: (810) 257-9000
Assistant Director, Student Programs: Susan MillerPhone: (810) 232-7000
Fax: (810) 232-7020
Grand Rapids
Clerkship Director: Karen VanderLaan, M.D.
Community Clerkship Assistant: Marie Gilbert
DeVos Women's and Children's Center330 Barclay Suite 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Office Phone: (616) 391-9042
Pager: (616) 479-5898
Community Administrator: Andrea BerryPhone: (616) 732-6205
Fax: (616) 732-6255
Kalamazoo
Clerkship Director: Colette Gushurst, M.D.
MSU/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
1000 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Community Administrator: Harriet Roelof
Community Clerkship Assistant: Amy Esman
Phone: (269) 337-6453
Fax: (269) 337-4424
Lansing
Clerkship Director: Jonathan Gold, M.D.
B-220 Clinical Center
East Lansing, MI 48824
Office Phone: (517) 355-6601
Pager: (517) 232-2714
Department of Pediatrics
1575 Tittabawassee Road, Suite 1
Saginaw, MI 48604
Community Clerkship Assistant: Kallee PearsonPhone: (989) 583-7913
Fax: (989) 583-7955
Upper PeninsulaClerkship Director: Raghu Kasetty, M.D.OSF Medical Group/St. Francis Hospital3409 Ludington Street, Suite 103
Escanaba, MI 49837
Office Phone: (906) 789-4040
Fax: (906) 789-4044
Clerkship Co-Director: Joseph Brzezinski, M.D.1414 W, Fair Ave., Suite 226
Marquette, MI 49855
Office Phone: (906) 225-3925
Fax: (906) 225-4838
Community Administrator: Patti Copley, R.N.Community Clerkship Assistant: Connie MillerPhone: (906) 228-7970
Fax: (906) 228-5734