Learning objectives
The main objective of the General and Specialized Pediatrics course is to: 1) inform students about the common conditions of infants, children and adolescents, as well as about less common but important chronic conditions in these age groups; 2) to know and understand the importance of growth, the stages of development and the impact that various diseases can have on growth and development; 3) provide the necessary tools to be able to collect an anamnesis from the parents and / or the child and perform a competent clinical examination. The focus will be on clinical management and the development of new strategies for maintaining health, preventing and treating pediatric diseases.
The course includes lectures, seminars, problem-based learning and a variety of multimedia clinical teaching in order to maximize the pediatric clinical experience.
At the end of the course the student will have gained experience in neonatology .
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Acquisition of skills in the management of the healthy newborn, in the main cases that require emergency or elective hospitalization in pediatrics and in the cases that can be managed on an outpatient basis.
Full programme
Skill 1 Knowing - Pediatric emergencies (Video with multiple choice quiz
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Skill 2 Know-how - How to manage intoxications and poisonings in children (Slides with multiple choice quiz)
Skill 3 Knowing how to be - What we say and how we are understood (Slides with multiple choice quiz), Bioethics in pediatrics (Slides with multiple choice quiz), How to write a scientific article (Slides with multiple choice quiz)
Bibliography
Principi N, Rubino A. Pediatria generale e specialistica. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2017.
Slides on Elly platform
Teaching methods
lessons with slides and audiovisual material.
Assessment methods and criteria
The student's knowledge, their understanding and ability to apply will be assessed at the state exam
Other information
The teacher can be contacted for clarifications or to make an appointment via email
2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
Health and wellbeing
