Practical Paediatrics

Part 1 Current paediatrics.
1.1 Child health and disease
1.2 Child health in a global context
1.3 Electronic learning resources
Part 2 Clinical assessment.
2.1 Clinical consultation: history taking and examination
2.2 Developmental surveillance and assessment
Part 3 Social and preventative paediatrics.
3.1 The child and the family
3.2 Indigenous culture and health
3.3 Nutrition
3.4 Obesity in children and adolescents
3.5 Immunization
3.6 Child injury
3.7 Failure to thrive
3.8 Developmental disability
3.9 Child abuse
3.10 Sudden infant death syndrome and sudden unexpected death during sleep in infancy
3.11 Care of the adolescent
3.12 Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology
Part 4 Behaviour and mental health needs in childhood.
4.1 Life events of normal children
4.2 Common child and adolescent mental health problems
4.3 Hyperactive and inattentive children
4.4 Major psychiatric disorders
Part 5 Paediatric emergencies.
5.1 Paediatric emergencies: causes and assessment
5.2 Emergency care of the collapsed child
5.3 Poisoning and envenomation
Part 6 Fluid replacement.
6.1 The child who needs fluid replacement
Part 7 Principles of imaging in childhood.
7.1 Diagnositic imaging in infancy and childhood
Part 8 Common orthopaedic problems.
8.1 Common paediatric orthopaedic problems and fractures
Part 9 Common paediatric surgical problems.
9.1 Common surgical conditions in children
Part 10 Inherited and metabolic problems.
10.1 Birth defects, prenatal diagnosis and teratogens
10.2 Modern genetics
10.3 The dysmorphic child
10.4 Genetic counselling
10.5 Inborn errors of metabolism
Part 11 Neonatal problems.
11.1 The newborn infant: stabilization and examination
11.2 Low birth weight, prematurity and jaundice in infancy
11.3 Breathing problems arising in the newborn period
11.4 Congenital and perinatal infections
11.5 Acute neonatal surgical conditions