This course introduces students to the evaluation and management of the newborn, identification and management of diseases of infancy and childhood, and management of paediatric emergencies, evaluation and management of common paediatric conditions and emergencies. It prepares students in developing clinical reasoning in paediatrics, making laboratory and diagnostic requests, carrying out simple diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests, developing a management plan, advising children, adolescents and parents on a health problem, its prevention, and management in a health facility or community. This course is founded on the individuality and uniqueness of a child and the notion that a child is not a small adult and that an adolescent is a child who thinks that s/he is an adult.
A student will be expected to be able to professionally interview parents or guardian of the new-born, an infant, or a child, carry out physical examination on patients, select diagnostic tests, and evaluate results before proposing an intervention plan. The student will present the patient to clinical supervisor for review and discussion of the differential diagnosis, treatment plan, the description of the pathogenesis, important concepts and prognosis.
It prepares students in developing clinical reasoning in paediatrics, making laboratory and diagnostic requests, carrying out simple diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests, developing a management plan, advising children, adolescents and parents on a health problem, its prevention, and management in a health facility or community.
