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Pediatric Shadowing

UNDERGRADUATE PRE-MEDICAL STUDENT 

DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING

  • UU COE Application
  • HIPAA Certificate
  • PCH Observation Request 
    • The PCH Observation Request is a preliminary document that does not guarantee you are approved for shadowing with Primary Children's. If accepted, you will be directed to the Primary Children's Student Portal to complete the PCH application to shadow. 
  • Send your vaccine record to ped.education@hsc.utah.edu , including:
    • COVID vaccine
    • Updated Flu vaccine (during flu season (Oct-March)
    • A TB blood test with a negative result within 2 months of desired shadowing start date 
  • Cleared Background Check and Drug Screen
    • The cost of both tests comes to $100
    • If you're a University of Utah SOM  or Primary Children's/Intermountain employee, do not purchase, and please let us know
    • When purchased, please include this detail in your application submission email

ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS

  • Limited to a maximum of 12 hours of shadowing.
  • Must be within 24 months of applying to medical school.
  • Student observers are not permitted to participate in any form of patient care.
  • Student observers are not permitted access to Electronic Medical Records.
  • Before the student observer is allowed to be present in the clinic room with the patient, the patient or parent must give permission to the provider or clinic staff. 
  • Student observers are never permitted to be alone with a patient.
  • Faculty and staff in any patient area may, at their discretion, exclude an observer from the clinic or clinical environment at any time and for any reason.
  • Our office does not coordinate observation opportunities in the PCH Emergency Department or in PCH surgical suites