PEDS 417C
Pediatric Subspecialty Elective
Robert W. Benjamin
Description from DukeHub
This 3 or 4-week course providing medical students with exposure to three or four subspecialties in pediatrics. Students would spend 1 week each in Pediatric Endocrinology, Child Abuse, Rheumatology, and Genetics. No more than 1 week in each subspecialty will be possible in this course. Reflective summary will be required at the conclusion of the course. Course Requisite: Permission of course director is required for enrollment. Please reach out to Robert Benjamin, course director if interested. His email is (contact listed in DukeHub). Students that take Peds 416C are not eligible to take Peds 417C. Three weeks/three subspecialties = 3 credits; Four weeks/four subspecialties = 4 credits. Maximum Enrollment: 2; Credit: 3-4. Robert Benjamin, MD; Mary Buckley, MD; Marie McDonald, MD; Scott Snider, MD; and Sarah Villarroel, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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