PAEDIATRICS
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
COURSE CONTENT
List of suggested topics for teaching the undergraduates is given below, however the individual faculties can alter/add topics as per their discretion in respective institution:
1. Common Problems of children in Pakistan and statistics of Pakistani Children.
2. Clinical Methods in Paediatrics.
3. Nutrition (Breast feeding, infant feeding, Weaning) and Nutritional Disorders: (PCM, Rickets, Vitamin A Deficiency, iodine deficiency, Iron Deficiency).
4. Growth and Development.
5. Common Paediatric infections: Measles, tetanus, polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, AIDS, Malaria, Enteric Fever, Tuberculosis, Chicken pox, Common Skin infections.
6. Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI). Newer vaccines.
7. Diarrhoeal diseases.
8. Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI).
11. Neurology: Meningitis, febrile, convulsions, epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, mental handicap, Cerebral Malaria, Encephalitis
12. Cardiology: Congenital heart diseases [VSD, PDA, TOF, ASD], Rheumatic fever. Congestive cardiac failure, Clinical assessment of a cyanotic neonate/infant.
13. Haematology: Anaemias, Thalassemia, Leukemias, Bleeding disorders.
14. Nephrology: Nephrotic syndrome, Urinary tract infections, Acute Glomeulonephritis.
15. Endocrinology: Hypothyroidism, short stature, Diabetes.
16. Pulmonology: Croup, Asthma, Tuberculosis, Pneumonias, Pleural effusions.
17. Gastroenterology: Abdominal pain, Malabsorption, Hepatitis, cirrhosis, Acute liver failure, Diarrhoea [acut/echronic] Dysentery, Worm infestations, Giardia, amoebiasis Rectal Polyp.
18. Genetics: Patterns of inheritance, Down’s syndrome.
19. Social Paediatrics: Right of child, child abuse, Enuresis, encoparesis, Hyperactivity, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit disorder.
20. Miscellaneous: Poisoning, prevention of home accidents, behavioural disorders.
21. Paediatric Surgery: Hernia, Intussusseption, Intestinal obstruction, Tallipes, congenital Dislocation of Hip, Vesico ureteral reflux. A.
A- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING