Pediatric Examination
Activity
Clinical Exposure
Clinical Exposure
Perform a complete pediatric physical examination including head and neck, respiratory, cardiac, abdominal, musculoskeletal, neurologic, and skin.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Pediatrics Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Demonstrate physical examination skills that reflect consideration of the clinical presentation as well as the comfort, age, development, and cultural context of the infant, child, or adolescent.
- Demonstrate competence with the following paediatric physical examination skills in addition to general physical examination skills:
- Position and immobilise patient for certain physical exam skills
- Measure and interpret height, weight, head circumference (including plotting on growth curve and calculation of body mass index)
- Measure and interpret vital signs
- Palpate for fontanelles and suture lines
- Perform red reflex and cover-uncover test
- Perform otoscopy
- Inspect for dysmorphic features
- Elicit primitive reflexes
- Perform infant hip examination
- Assess the lumbosacral spine for abnormalities
- Assess for scoliosis
- Palpate femoral pulses
- Examine external genitalia
- Assess for sexual maturity rating (Tanner staging)
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Pediatric Examination
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Pediatrics Rotation
Discipline
Pediatrics
General MCC Objectives
Physical Examination
MeSH
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
