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Pediatrics

Course Description: This course covers pediatrics, built around general and specific behavioral objectives, integrating basic sciences with clinical sciences and diagnostic and management skills. The content addresses emergencies and routine cases, reviewing the objectives students are expected to achieve, which vary in importance for the general practitioner. This variation is indicated by the priority level specified in parentheses at the end of each objective. The content is divided into basic clinical skills, emergency medicine, diseases affecting newborns, diseases occurring after the neonatal period and during the preschool years, general childhood illnesses, adolescence, age-unrelated diseases, and chronic and cancerous diseases.
Credits: 11
Objectives of the course :

1. Demonstrate responsible and compassionate behavior with the child and family, taking into account cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, and when interacting with all educational levels and abilities.
Use the required communication skills to take an appropriate medical history and perform a physical examination.
3. Assess the role of basic sciences (e.g., anatomy, physiology, biochemistry) and basic pathophysiology relevant to pediatric practice in the diagnosis and treatment of common childhood diseases.
4. Identifying the population's and community's epidemiological profile, their heritage, and their cultural, social, geographical, and economic characteristics, and the relationship of all this to child health, disease causes, and treatment.
5. To have the knowledge and skills to monitor and maintain a child's healthy physical, psychological, and educational development.
6. Possess the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and treat child health problems, including emergencies, common childhood diseases with endemic or epidemic causes, and disabilities, including prevention, health promotion, treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up.
7. Optimal selection of the most appropriate and cost-effective capacities and the health system's capacities.
8. Interact effectively with the child health team and other teams (and appreciate the roles of others) in delivering child health services.
9. Continue independent learning in pediatrics science and practice, and pursue postgraduate studies.

Course outputs :
  • The identification of various types of childhood illnesses and a description of their mechanisms of occurrence and clinical manifestations.
  • Description of principles for managing common and serious pediatric conditions.
  • Perform a safe, thorough, and comprehensive physical examination relevant to common pediatric conditions to identify signs of illness.
  • The safe use of appropriate diagnostic and interventional procedures in pediatric cases.
  • Integrate data from patient interviews with medical knowledge to develop an evidence-based management plan for pediatric conditions, including appropriate examinations, treatment lines, and preventive measures.
  • Demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking and creativity in handling new child cases.
  • Communicating effectively with patients, considering behavioral, social, and cultural contexts, to take medical histories, explain diagnoses, management plans, and provide health education.
  • Demonstrate the ability to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) for learning and evidence-based practice in pediatrics.
  • Demonstrate the ability to build effective, ethical, and professional relationships with patients, their families, and the healthcare team.
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  • Last updated: 2026-06-02

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