MEL 8573: Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology 15-16

Report to:

Division of Allergy/Immunology
Children’s Research Institute (Band-Aid Building) at ACH
8:30 AM

This elective is designed to give the student experience on both the outpatient and inpatient Pediatric Allergy and Immunology services of All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. The participant will assist in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with a broad spectrum of immunologic, allergic, and rheumatologic diseases. The elective will emphasize a logical approach to clinical immunologic problems, interpretation of immunology laboratory tests, and the treatment of allergic and immune disorders including autoimmunity. The student will learn about the performance and interpretation of allergy skin testing, spirometry, tympanometry, rhinoscopy, food challenge procedures, immunotherapy to aeroallergens, and drug desensitization. Students will gain experience in current treatments of immunodeficiency disease.

Objective

Offer the student intensive exposure to clinical allergy immunology through supervised patient care responsibilities.