Clerkship Ready: Pediatrics
Episodes
Before You Counsel About Food Allergy Testing
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will discuss all things related to food allergies, including the difference between IgE-mediated and non-IgE-mediated allergies, c...
Before You Counsel on Introducing Complementary Foods, Including Potentially High Allergen Foods
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will discuss when and how to advise parents on introducing complementary foods (aka “solids”), including foods that are potent...
Before Your First Discussion about Infant Formula
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will be reviewing what you need to know before your first discussion about infant formula. We will cover the characteristics and...
Before You See a Pediatric Patient with Sore Throat
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen along as we dive into the many causes of sore throat. Learn about the common causes such as allergies and viral illnesses while also what to do...
Before You Care for a Pediatric Patient with Asthma
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that affects 1 in 12 children in the United States. It can range from mild respiratory symptoms to lif...
Before You Order Lead Testing for Your Patient
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss lead toxicity and lead screening. We will talk about what lead is, what happens when a child is exposed to lead, what to a...
Before Your First Time Completing a Neuro Exam
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Clerkship Ready – Pediatrics Dr. Jared Barkes, a Child Neurology resident at The University of Virginia, will be walking you thro...
Before Your First Neonatal Sepsis Work Up
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sepsis is a clinical syndrome in which an infection leads to an inflammatory response throughout the body that rapidly progresses to organ dysfunction...
Before You See a Child With Possible Iron Deficiency
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency that occurs in children in United States. Iron plays a vital role in cellular function in al...
Before You See a Child Who Has Ear Pain
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ear pain is one of the most common chief complaints pediatricians encounter in the outpatient setting and there are quite a few things you need to con...
Before You See a Child Who May Have Been Abused
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Child abuse, which is sometimes called non-accidental trauma, is a public health problem with life-long health consequences for survivors and their fa...
Before You Counsel About Contraception Options
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing menses and pregnancy prevention is an important part of preventative care and reproductive health. Patients and parents come in with a wide...
Developmental Milestones for Children
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we are talking about normal child development. We will talk about why this is important and how you will be evaluating children’...
Before your first day caring for newborns – understanding neonatal hypoglycemia
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neonatal hypoglycemia is a common and often transient issue for newborns during a period of transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life. Many in...
Before Your First ADHD Clinic Visit
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children. In this episode, we will discuss A...
Before You See an Infant with Jaundice
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss things you’ll need to know and think about before seeing an infant with jaundice. We will focus on infants from birth to...
Before the First Time You Order Fluids or Electrolyte Replacement
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the pediatric inpatients you care for will need intravenous fluids and electrolytes. This episode describes what you need to know before you o...
Breastfeeding 102- Initiation and Management of Common Early Breastfeeding Concerns
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a follow-up to “Before Your First Time Working with a Breastfeeding Mother”. We’ll be reviewing additional details about breastf...
Before Your First Time Working with a Breastfeeding Mother
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode describes what you need to know before your first time working with a breastfeeding parent. This will include topics such as how to ensur...
Before Attending Your First Delivery in Labor and Delivery
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we will talk about what to expect before attending your first delivery as part of the pediatrics team while on the Newborn rotation. Each deliv...
Before Your First Patient with an Eating Disorder
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’ll be discussing how to evaluate and work up a patient with a suspected eating disorder. We’ll use a general case for an adolescent with...
Before You Choose Antibiotics for a Child or Adolescent
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Antibiotic selection can be complicated. In this episode, we discuss how you should approach choosing the appropriate antibiotic for your pediatric pa...
Before You Prescribe Medicines for a Child or Adolescent
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prescribing medicines in pediatrics is different than prescribing medicines for adults. In this episode, we discuss what you need to know before presc...
Before Your First Encounter Using an Interpreter
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of our patients and their families are not proficient in English, and it's important to be able to communicate effectively with them. In this e...
Before You Counsel about Infant Safe Sleep
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following safe sleep guidelines is the best way to protect a baby from dying suddenly and unexpectedly from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accid...
Before You Get a Sexual History
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The sexual history is an important part of the adolescent visit. In this episode, we will discuss the importance of the sexual history and how to hand...
Before You Examine A Pediatric Patient - Physical Exam Tips & Tricks
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we will be reviewing what you need to know to examine your pediatric patients. Examining children is a bit of an art form and is often unfamili...
Before You Counsel on Vaccines
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Providing vaccines is one of the most important health promotion activities that we do. However, it involves much more than just putting in the orders...
Before Your First Day on the Wards
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss how to best prepare for your time on the inpatient wards, including how to prepare before the rotation, how to pre-round, ...
Before Your First Adolescent Well Visit
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of the adolescent well visit is to empower the adolescent in starting to take ownership of their health with the support of their parent/care...
Before Your First Outpatient Newborn Visit
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode describes how to prepare for a newborn’s first outpatient visit after they have been discharged from the birth hospital, including the ...
Peds GI Clinic
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Pediatric Gastroenterology (or GI) clinic, you will see patients with a host of gastrointestinal, pancreatic, liver, and nutrition issues. This epi...
Before Your First Well-Child Check
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will prepare you for your first well child visit. In primary care, about half of a pediatrician's time will be spent in well child visits...
Before Your First Day in Newborn Nursery
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will prepare you to see well newborn babies in the newborn nursery on day 1. We will talk about the typical newborn stay, the information...
Your Pediatrics Survival Guide - Tips and Tricks
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatrics is different from any other rotation that you will do. Children are not just small adults. There is a huge range of ages and developmental ...