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This course provides clinical experience in pediatric health care settings (infant through adolescent). It emphasizes the integration of theory, development, health promotion and disease prevention, and clinical decision making. Students will perform comprehensive and episodic clinical assessments, including appropriate diagnostic testing and therapeutic interventions. Management of both stable, chronic illness and treatment of acute, episodic health problems will be accomplished with the direction of clinical preceptors. Clinical placements are arranged by faculty with individual preceptors. A minimum of 14 clinical hours per week are required. A two hour weekly clinical seminar will review diagnostic and treatment regimens in a case study format. Information presented will focus on the collection of subjective and objective data, pertinent laboratory findings, diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses and a plan for therapeutic intervention. Student participation in clinical practice during University holidays, such as Spring Break, requires the availability of University clinical faculty for back-up and must be pre-approved by both the clinical faculty member and the course coordinator. 196 clinical hours. Prerequisites: NR.110.502, 110.508, 110.549, 110.537, 110.548 Corequisites: NR.110.558, 110.589