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Undergraduates
Third and Fourth Medical Year Paediatric Posting
Objectives of Paediatric Posting
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To recognise and manage common paediatric
problems. This involves the ability to elicit a satisfactory
clinical history, conduct comprehensive physical examination,
request and interpret laboratory tests, diagnose and manage
a defined range of paediatric conditions, including acute emergencies.
The emphasis is on identification of problems and their
solution.
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To acquire a working knowledge of growth
and development of a child and the part the genes and the
environment play in this. Knowledge includes that of the
child's physical, social, mental and psychological
needs.
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To understand various aspects of preventive
paediatrics and to be able to play an active role in promoting
child care.
These lecture-notes aim to provide students a
comprehensive knowledge of common paediatric problems which will
encountered in general and hospital practice. The emphasis is on
BASIC PRINCIPLES and PRACTICAL APPROACH to problems rather than
on specific disease entities. Students are expected to acquire
a knowledge of specific diseases on their own by reading standard
text books.
This case workbook will consist of case scenarios
of common paediatric problems and have been organised according
to the systems to be studied. They will form the basis for
discussions during the interactive sessions. Before attending the
interactive sessions, students are expected to (i) have read the
lecture notes on-the-web, and/or the relevant chapters of the recommended
textbooks; (ii) have worked through the case studies.
Recommended Readings
Standard Textbooks
- Behrman, Richard E and Kliegman, Robert M: Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics,
Edition 4, 2001 , Saunders W B Co
- Robinson, MJ and Roberton, DM.
Practical Paediatrics, Edition 5, 2002 , Churchill Livingstone.
- Lissauer, Tom and Clayden, Graham: Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics.
Edition 2, 2001, Mosby-Year Book Inc
Reference Texts
- D Hull and D I Johnston: Essential Paediatrics. Churchill Livingstone,
1999, Edition 4, Churchill Livingstone.
- AD Milner & D Hull: Hospital Paediatrics, 1998, Edition 3, Churchill
Livingstone
- Kliegman, Robert M., M.D., Behrman, Richard E. and Jenson, Hal B.: Nelson
Textbook of Paediatrics, Edition 18, 2007 , Saunders W B Co
- Abraham M. Rudolph,
Robert K. Kamei, Kim J. Overby: Rudolph's Fundamentals of Pediatrics,
Edition 3, 2002, McGraw-Hill Professional
- Sheridan, Mary D., Frost, Marion and Sharma, Ajay: Children's Developmental Progress 1997, Routledge
- Illingworth, Ronald: Normal Child Some problems of the early years and their
treatment Edition 10 , 1991 , Churchill Livingstone
- The Pediatric Clinics of North America (available in the Library)
- Hay,
William W., Levin, Myron J., Sondheimer and Judith M.: Current Pediatric
Diagnosis and Treatment. Edition 18, 2007, Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Co
Journals
- Journal of Pediatrics
- Pediatrics
- Archives Diseases of Childhood
- American Journal of Diseases of Children
Final Medical Year Paediatric Posting
Programme for Paediatric Posting
- Interactive sessions will systematically revise the main systems and approaches to clinical
problems, the recognition and management of emergencies, and basic
therapeutics. These interactive sessions are aimed to consolidate the students’
knowledge of clinical paediatrics, and will not be in the form of didactic
lectures. The group representative must contact the tutors in charge of each
session to discuss their involvement in preparation and participation.
- Small group tutorials: Each student group will be under the charge of 3
tutors per group for the entire 2 week posting. Each tutor will
take their charges in one tutorial group every week. Students
will be assessed on short cases and/or long cases, so that there
will be 3 tutorials per week. Students will contact their
tutors to arrange for a date and time for their tutorials.
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