2. Study Guide Block Growth and Development
CURRICULUM
Aims:
á To assess growth and development in children and adolescents.
á To diagnose, manage, and refer if required, common disorders of growth and
development.
á Awareness of the general means to assess fetal growth (intrauterine growth).
á Awareness of the common health implications of normal and abnormal aging.
Learning outcomes:
á Assess physical growth of children and adolescents.
á Diagnose and manage common nutritional problems in children and adolescents.
á Investigate infant or child with suspect failure to thrive.
á Identify common congenital anomalies in infants and children.
á Assess fetal growth (intrauterine growth).
á Assess development of children in specific domains.
á Awareness of common developmental disorders in children.
á Awareness of the normal sexual developmental sequence in children and
adolescents.
á Capability to evaluate critically the use of medicine in pregnancy, children, and
elderly.
á Detection of developmental deviation in children (Screening & Stimulation).
á Awareness of the impacts of aging on the common health parameters of the elderly.
á Awareness of the common clinical manifestations and disorders in the elderly.
á Diagnose and manage common health problems and disorders in the elderly.
Curriculum contents:
á Normal growth patterns in children and adolescents.
á Nutritional impacts on growth (and development) in infant, children and adolescents.
á Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of failure to thrive.
á Common congenital anomalies in infants and young children.
á Clinical assessment of intrauterine growth (fetal growth).
á Drug recommendation and toxicity on pregnancy and Children.
á Assess development of children and adolescents in specific domains.
á Methods of developmental deviation detection and stimulation.
á Common developmental disorders in children and adolescents.
á Diagnose common sexual developmental problems in children and adolescents.
á Aging and physiologic changes in health parameters.
á Common clinical manifestations and problems and management in the elderly.
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