PEDIATRICS TRAINING - EXAM
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2019/2020
- Teacher
- CRISTINA MALAVENTURA
- Credits
- 3
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/38
Training objectives
- To evaluate in a clinical setting, under the supervision of a tutor, the theoretical knowledge acquired during the first semester, with particular attention to the following points:
1. the evaluation criteria in children under the age of 5 years with fever;
2. dehydration in the child. Severity and treatment
3. auxological assessment
4. acute respiratory failure in the child
5. head trauma in pediatric age
6. laboratory tests for diagnostics in paediatrics. Prerequisites
- Notions of physics and biostatistics.
Notions of biochemistry and physiology of the clinical context for the general approach to the infant and its pathology. Genetics, internal medicine. Normal anatomy and pathology and pathophysiology of the heart and circulation.
Knowledge of development and physiology of the CNS CNS, knowledge of main neurological diseases.
Brain development, anatomy and phisiology of nervous system and most important neurological diseases.
Overcoming of Surgery II examinations and Internal medicine II Course programme
- The internship hours will address the following topics:
- History and paediatric examination
- Growth curves
- Vital parameters in pediatric age, locations and detection mode with their ranges
- The child with acute asthmatic access, with bronchiolitis. Management and treatment and types of respiratory care
- The child with acute gastroenteritis. Management and treatment.
- The general assessment of a child aged <5 years with fever, score gravity (NICE Guidelines 2013)
- Reading and interpretation of blood count, urine stix and examination, cultural tests of blood, urine, liquor, faeces in various age groups. Didactic methods
- Frequency for a total of 25 hours in the Paediatrics, Neonatology, Emergency and Outpatient Departments.
Interactive discussion of clinical cases and medical records. Learning assessment procedures
- An attendance logbook will be filled with the trainee's judgment to allow the formulation of the final assessment of suitability.
THE FINAL VOTE INCLUDES THE EVALUATION OF PARTIAL TESTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRAINING SCHEDULES Reference texts
- Nelson - Textbook of Pediatrics 20 Edition. Edizione 2017. Ediotre Elsevier-Saunders
