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PREFACE | PROFESSIONAL
CONDUCT AND ATTITUDES | SKILLS
| HEALTH
SUPERVISION |
GROWTH
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DEVELOPMENT | BEHAVIOR
| NUTRITION
| PREVENTION
|ISSUES
UNIQUE TO ADOLESCENCE |
ISSUES UNIQUE TO THE NEWBORN |
MEDICAL GENETICS AND DYSMORPHOLOGY | COMMON
ACUTE PEDIATIC ILLNESS |
COMMON CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY | THERAPEUTICS
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FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE MANAGEMENT | POISONING
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PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES | CHILD
ABUSE | CHILD
ADVOCACY | COMMON PEDIATRIC ILLNESS TABLE
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CLINICAL ENCOUNTER TABLE | DIAGNOSIS LIST | CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPANTS
Rationale
Prerequisites
Competencies
Processes
Rationale
Pediatricians are more frequently being asked to care for children
with chronic medical conditions and exacerbations of their chronic
illness. Physicians will need to understand the long term medical
needs, implications and complications of the disorder for the patient
as well as the family.
Prerequisites
An understanding of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of
the following chronic illnesses: allergies, asthma, sensory impairment,
cerebral palsy disability, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease,
seizure disorder, diabetes mellitus, childhood malignancy, AIDS.
Competencies
Knowledge
- Describe the clinical features of chronic medical conditions
seen in children such as: (CP)
- asthma
- atopic dermatitis
- cerebral palsy
- cystic fibrosis
- diabetes mellitus
- epilepsy
- malignancy (e.g. acute lymphocytic leukemia and Wilms tumor)
- obesity
- seasonal allergies
- sickle cell disease
- HIV/AIDS (M)
- sensory impairment (M)
- Describe how chronic illness can influence a child's growth
and development, educational achievement, and psychosocial functioning.
(CP)
- Describe the impact that chronic illness has on the family's
emotional, economic and psychosocial functioning. (U)
- Describe the impact of a patient's culture on the understanding,
reaction to, and management of a chronic illness (U)
- Describe the contributions of each member of a multidisciplinary
health care team in caring for children with a chronic illness.
(M)
- Identify the key components of delivering "Bad News" in relation
to chronic illness. (MU)
- Explain the management strategies for common chronic illnesses
seen in children such as asthma, seasonal allergies, diabetes,
and atopic dermatitis (M)
Skills
- Perform a medical interview and a physical examination in a
child with a chronic illness that includes the (CP)
- effects of the chronic illness on growth and development,
- emotional, economic and psychosocial functioning of the
patient and family, the
- treatments used, including "complementary and alternative
therapies."
Processes
Students on the clerkship should see one or more patients with one
of the chronic medical conditions listed above. This can be in the
context of an acute or routine visit.
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