Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Demonstrate effective teaching/learning strategies and content that facilitate the learning of others (peers, patients, families, allied health professionals).
• Abdominal Pain & Abdominal Mass: Appendicitis, Constipation, Functional, Neuroblastoma, Ovarian torsion, Pregnancy, Wilm’s tumor
• Acutely Ill Child: Acute abdomen, Burn, Diabetic ketoacidosis / Diabetes mellitus, Meningococcemia, Poisoning / intoxication, Shock, Trauma
• Altered LOC: Encephalitis, Head Injury, Hypoglycemia, Metabolic disease
• Dehydration: Hyponatremia / hypernatremia, Mild / moderate / severe dehydration
• Development / Behavioural / Learning Problems: Attention deficient disorders, Autism spectrum disorder, Cerebral palsy, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Global delay, Gross motor delay, Learning disability, Speech / language delay
• Diarrhea: Celiac disease, Cow’s milk protein allergy, Gastroenteritis, Hemolytic uremic syndrome, Inflammatory bowel disease, Toddler’s diarrhea
• Fever: Different age groups (<1mo, 1-3 mo, >3 mo), Kawasaki disease, Meningitis, Occult bacteremia /sepsis, Urinary tract infection, Viral
• Genito-urinary Complaints (hematuria, dysuria, polyuria, frequency, pain): Balanitis, Enuresis, Phimosis, Testicular torsion, Vesicoureteral reflux, Vulvo-vaginitis
• Growth Problems: Constitutional delay, Failure to thrive, Familial short stature, Obesity, Turner syndrome
• Headache: Brain tumor, Concussion, Increased intracranial pressure, Migraine
• Inadequately explained injury (Child abuse): Abusive head trauma, Domestic violence, Neglect, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse
• Limp / Extremity Pain: Bone tumor, Growing pains, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Legg Calve Perthes disease, Osgood Schlatter disease, Osteomyelitis, Post-infectious, Reactive arthritis, Rheumatic fever, Septic arthritis, Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Transient synovitis, Trauma / injury
• Murmur: Congenital heart disease, Innocent murmur
• Neonatal Jaundice: Biliary atresia, Breast feeding jaundice, Breast milk jaundice, Hemolytic anemia, Kernicterus, Physiologic
• Newborn: Abnormal newborn screen, Birth Trauma, Congenital infections, Cyanosis, Depressed newborn, Hypoglycemia, Hypothermia, Hypotonia / floppy newborn, Large for gestational age , Neonatal abstinence syndrome, Newborn physical exam (normal, abnormal), Prematurity, Respiratory distress, Sepsis, Small for gestational age, Trisomy 21, Vitamin K deficiency
• Rash: Acne, Cellulitis, Diaper rashes, Drug eruption, Eczema, Henoch Scholein purpura, Impetigo, Scabies, Scarlet fever, Seborrhea dermatitis, Urticaria, Viral exanthems
• Apply the principals of critical appraisal of the literature to guide evidenced based patient care.
• Effectively collaborate/consult/participate with members of the inter- and intra-professional team to optimise the health of the patient/family.
• Demonstrate clear, legible, and accurate ‘doctors orders’ (such as investigations, medication orders and outpatient prescriptions).
• Demonstrate organised, complete, informative, legible, and accurate written/electronic information related to clinical encounters (such as: admission histories, progress notes, and discharge summaries).
• Perform otoscopy
• Perform red reflex and cover-uncover test
• Measure and interpret vital signs
• Measure and interpret height, weight, head circumference (including plotting on growth curve and calculation of body mass index)
• Vomiting: Gastroeosphageal reflux / Gastroeosphageal reflux disease, Intestinal atresia, Intussusception, Malrotation/volvulus, Pyloric stenosis
• Sore Throat / Sore Mouth: Dental disease, Oral thrush, Peritonsillar abscess, Pharyngitis, Retropharyngeal abscess / cellulitis, Stomatitis
• Sore Ear: Otitis externa, Otitis media
• Seizure / Paroxysmal event: Arrhythmia, Breath-holding spell, Brief resolved unexplained event, Febrile vs. non-febrile seizure, General vs. focal seizure, Status epilepticus, Syncope
• Respiratory distress / Cough: Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Congestive heart failure, Croup, Cystic fibrosis, Epiglottitis, Foreign body, Pertussis, Pneumonia, Status asthmaticus, Tracheitis
• Pallor / Anemia: Hemoglobinopathies, Hemolysis, Iron deficiency

• Apply evidence-based information to inform decision making and share with patient or family.
• Dyspnea, Pediatric
• Participate in the development of a discharge plan for a hospitalized patient.
• Failure to thrive
• Otitis/Pharyngitis
• Obesity, Pediatric
• Newborn
• Jaundice, neonatal
• Injury, Pediatric, non-accidental
• Heart murmur, Pediatric
• Headache, Pediatric
• Fever, Pediatric
• Rash, Pediatric
• Extremity pain, limp, Pediatric
• Dysuria/hematuria/polyuria, Pediatric
• Developmental delay
• Dehydration, Pediatric
• Cough/wheeze, Pediatric
• Anemia, Pediatric
• Altered LOC, Pediatric
• Abdominal pain, Pediatric
• School difficulties/ADHD, Pediatric
• Seizure, Pediatric
• Sepsis, Pediatric
• Shock, Pediatric
• Vomitting/diarrhea, Pediatric
• Blood pressure, Pediatric (Appropriate cuff size used)
• Calculate drug dose (by body weight)
• Epipen techniques
• Fundoscopy
• Otoscopy
• Plot correctly on growth chart
• Write pediatric IV and/or Po fluid orders
• Communicate information about diagnosis, prognosis or therapy using lay language.
• Collaborate with the interprofessional team around the care of a patient.
• Access evidence-based information/resources relevant to a clinical problem and discuss with supervisor or team.

Activities

• Abdominal pain, Pediatric
• Altered LOC, Pediatric
• Anemia, Pediatric
• Cough/wheeze, Pediatric
• Dehydration, Pediatric
• Developmental delay
• Dysuria/hematuria/polyuria, Pediatric
• Extremity pain, limp, Pediatric
• Failure to thrive
• Fever, Pediatric
• Headache, Pediatric
• Heart murmur, Pediatric
• Injury, Pediatric, non-accidental
• Jaundice, neonatal
• Newborn
• Obesity, Pediatric
• Otitis/Pharyngitis
• Rash, Pediatric
• School difficulties/ADHD, Pediatric
• Seizure, Pediatric
• Sepsis, Pediatric
• Shock, Pediatric
• Vomitting/diarrhea, Pediatric
• Blood pressure, Pediatric (Appropriate cuff size used)
• Calculate drug dose (by body weight)
• Epipen techniques
• Fundoscopy
• Otoscopy
• Plot correctly on growth chart
• Write pediatric IV and/or Po fluid orders
• Communicate information about diagnosis, prognosis or therapy using lay language.
• Collaborate with the interprofessional team around the care of a patient.
• Access evidence-based information/resources relevant to a clinical problem and discuss with supervisor or team.
• Apply evidence-based information to inform decision making and share with patient or family.
• Participate in the development of a discharge plan for a hospitalized patient.
• Dyspnea, Pediatric
• Primary Presentation

Tags

Pediatrics Rotation Pediatrics 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare