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"The doctor is easy to get along, very nice and encouraging. She never said any harsh words to me even though I was quite green and clumsy at the beginning of my rotation. Instead, every time she found I made a progress, she would say something very positive to me to build up my confidence. The doctor likes teaching. Every time there is something interesting about the case, she would use the opportunity to teach students. A lot of hands on experience. After two days of observation, I started to interview patients, do physical examinations and use EMR." - Yabin "The doctor is an established and successful pediatrician with connections through her faculty appointments that make her a great example and an invaluable contact. She is very knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge to help you learn and be successful. She also allowed the medical students a great deal of autonomy; we were regularly able to independently interview and examine patients, complete patient notes and perform patient follow up calls thereby maximizing each patient interaction. She was willing to help the medical students rotating through her clinic in many different ways, i.e. she took myself and another student with her from the Texas Children’s Hospital where we met for Grand Rounds back to her clinic." - Juan "The doctor is a perfect example of a great and considerate physician. She has the ability to teach her students with patience and has a vast amount of knowledge. She always has an answer for your questions. In addition, she is empathetic towards patients and I feel that she has taught me not only how to be a better doctor but also a better person. I am really grateful for this opportunity." - Maria "She is really nice to us, and also to our patients and their family. She has lots of pediatric clinical experience and would like to teach medical students." - Guyu

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"The doctor is efficient, organized and smart. She gave students enough time for patient encounters, provided timely feedback to me to improve my performance and finished the patient encounter in time. The doctor is gifted in her ability to connect with patients and families from different cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic levels." - Yabin "The doctor is really a good pediatrician that I want to be, not only a doctor to sick babies, but a good teacher to me, a nice friend to me and other medical students. Our topics are from medical things to Chinese restaurants, I would like to say, if possible, I’d like to learn with the doctor for more than 1 month. Besides, nurses in the clinic are really nice as well, we made coffee or brought snacks for everyone, we had a great time. Thank you to the doctor and all friends in the clinic!" - Guyu "The doctor is compassionate, approachable, fosters a wonderful educational environment and makes students feel at home. She is quick in the clinic and directs the students efficiently and taught about the common clinical cases during the rotation. She allows students to document in the EMR which she goes over and makes changes and reaches out to students to make them aware of the changes so we can learn. She gave timely feedback and was overall friendly and open to questions. I requested her to present on a topic of interest and she was very welcoming and provided adequate time to prepare and present on it. The clinic staff are all very friendly and organized and this helped me learn a great deal about running an outpatient set up and learn the basics of outpatient pediatric patient care." - Madhu "Fast paced busy clinic. Good practice with EMR system and documenting patient data. Opportunity to see a wide range of pediatric cases and all age groups for WCC. Students get a chance to formulate their own assessment and provide with a plan with treatment dosing and calculations. However you are mentored and guided at every step of the learning process so as to make you very comfortable by the end of your rotation. This is an excellent pediatric rotation to understand US healthcare system and the various insurance coverages." - Himagana

Question 3

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"The doctor is easy to get along, very nice and encouraging. She never said any harsh words to me even though I was quite green and clumsy at the beginning of my rotation. Instead, every time she found I made a progress, she would say something very positive to me to build up my confidence. The doctor likes teaching. Every time there is something interesting about the case, she would use the opportunity to teach students. A lot of hands on experience. After two days of observation, I started to interview patients, do physical examinations and use EMR." - Yabin "The doctor is an established and successful pediatrician with connections through her faculty appointments that make her a great example and an invaluable contact. She is very knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge to help you learn and be successful. She also allowed the medical students a great deal of autonomy; we were regularly able to independently interview and examine patients, complete patient notes and perform patient follow up calls thereby maximizing each patient interaction. She was willing to help the medical students rotating through her clinic in many different ways, i.e. she took myself and another student with her from the Texas Children’s Hospital where we met for Grand Rounds back to her clinic." - Juan "The doctor is a perfect example of a great and considerate physician. She has the ability to teach her students with patience and has a vast amount of knowledge. She always has an answer for your questions. In addition, she is empathetic towards patients and I feel that she has taught me not only how to be a better doctor but also a better person. I am really grateful for this opportunity." - Maria "She is really nice to us, and also to our patients and their family. She has lots of pediatric clinical experience and would like to teach medical students." - Guyu

DR. SAMIR DESAI

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