With courses ranging from neonatal pediatric studies that examine how to manage and access infant's problems resulting from problematic child births, the University of Washington School of Medicine is ranked as one of the top pediatric schools in the U.S. The pediatric emergency medicine class teaches its students how to react in an assured manner dealing with parents in an emergency situation while also making sure that the infant is treated properly. Other courses include pediatric hematology and oncology and pediatric genetics.
University of Washington School of Medicine
1400 NE Campus Pkwy.
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-2100
uwmedicine.washington.edu
Located in East Lansing, the University of Michigan's Department of Pediatrics & Human Development offers its students programs like the pediatrics clerkship PHD 600 class that shows students how to treat infants with eating disorders and serious illness. Each student is evaluated based on scores from the NBME examination and given a score based on how well they do in an emergency situation before completing the course. The pediatric residency program offers its students in-depth training with hospital equipment while learning specific pediatric techniques in dealing with infants and adolescents.
Michigan State University Department of Pediatrics & Human Development
B240 Life Sciences Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1317
517-353-5042
phd.msu.edu
Specializing in specific pediatric fields like infant gastroenterology and nutritional disorders, young adult kidney disease, adolescent medicine and cystic fibrosis, UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine Pediatrics is one of the top pediatric schools on the West Coast. The Pediatric Developmental Studies program teaches students how to evaluate the developmental status of children from six months up to five years of age. The Pediatric Gastroenterology class instructs students how to diagnosis liver and nutritional diseases as well.
University of California at Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Le Conte Ave. & Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-825-6373
dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu
Featuring courses centered on teaching students about pediatric endocrinology and neonatal-perinatal medicine, University of Iowa's Department of Pediatrics is well respected all around the country. Some other notable courses of study at this university include the child neurology class that shows students how to care for children with neurological disorders as they age. The pediatric pulmonology class instructs students on specific ways to combat pulmonary diseases in children from ages 5 to 12.
University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics
2633 Carver Pavilion
200 Hawkins Dr.
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-356-2296
uihealthcare.com