Pediatrics A Competency-Based Companion

With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

Maureen McMahon, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson Univesrsity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; General Pediatrician, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware; Lankenau Medical Center, Main Line Health System, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Glenn Stryjewski, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pediatric Intensivist, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

Pediatrics: A Competency-Based Companion, by Maureen C. McMahon, MD and Glenn R. Stryjewski, MD, MPH, is designed to teach you to think like an experienced clinician. The only text written in the framework of the Core Competencies developed by the ACGME, its case-based approach illustrates the thought processes that effective practitioners use to approach and evaluate common pediatric presentations.

Audience
Medical students on clinical rotations/clerkships in pediatrics. Secondary markets include Residents in Pediatrics, physician assistants, nurse practitioners.

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Paperback, 852 Pages

Published: May 2011

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4160-5350-7

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPETENCIES
1 How to Study This Book
2 Medical Knowledge
3 Patient Care
4 Professionalism
5 Interpersonal and Communication Skills
6 Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
7 Systems-Based Practice
8 How to Succeed in the Pediatric Clerkship
9 How to Succeed as a Junior Resident: Continuity Clinic and Inpatient Wards
10 History Taking and Physical Examination
11 Note Writing
12 Oral Presentations
Appendix 1 ACGME General Competencies
Appendix 2 Competency Self-Assessment Form: Pediatrics
Online Appendices
Appendix 1 Competency-Based Career Planning
Appendix 2 Organization and Time Management
Appendix 3 Nonclinical Activities
Section II: THE OUTPATIENT OFFICE
13 Essentials of the Pediatric Well Child Visit
14 Developmental Screening and Surveillance
15 Anticipatory Guidance
16 The Newborn Well Child Visit
17 Teaching Visual: Examination of the Infant Hip
18 The 1-, 2-, and 4-Month Well Child Visits
19 The 6-Month Well Child Visit
20 The 9-Month Well Child Visit
21 The 12-Month Well Child Visit
22 The 18- and 24-Month Well Child Visits
23 The Annual Well Child Visit
24 The Adolescent Well Child Visit
DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS
25 The Special Needs Child
26 Autism
27 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Case 1)
28 Down Syndrome
EPISODIC CARE
29 Preparticipation Physical Evaluation
30 Sore Throat (Case 2)
31 Cough (Case 3)
32 Headache in Childhood (Case 4)
33 Eye Pain and Discharge (Case 5)
34 Diarrhea (Case 6)
35 Constipation (Case 7)
36 Fever (Case 8)
37 Ear Pain (Case 9)
38 Teaching Visual: Examination of the Middle Ear
39 Weight Gain (Case 10)
40 Feeding Difficulty (Case 11)
41 Dysuria (Case 12)
Professor's Pearls: The Outpatient Office
Section III: THE INPATIENT WARD
42 Family-Centered Care
43 Fever and Rash (Case 13)
44 Difficulty Breathing (Case 14)
45 Anemia (Case 15)
46 Neonatal Fever (Case 16)
47 Seizure (Case 17)
48 Apparent Life-Threatening Event (Case 18)
49 Meningitis (Case 19)
50 Teaching Visual: Lumbar Puncture
51 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (Case 20)
52 The Limping Child (Case 21)
53 Teaching Visual: Growth Plate Fracture Classification
Professor's Pearls: The Inpatient Ward
Section IV: THE NEWBORN NURSERY
54 The Newborn Examination
55 Dysmorphology
56 Infant Feeding
57 Newborn Screening
58 Newborn Hearing Screen (Case 22)
59 The Late Preterm Infant
60 Jaundice (Case 23)
61 Feeding Difficulty in the Newborn (Case 24)
62 Early Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease (Case 25)
63 Delayed Meconium Passage (Case 26)
64 Antenatal Hydronephrosis (Case 27)
65 The Newborn with a Murmur (Case 28)
66 Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (Case 29)
67 Neonatal Hypoglycemia (Case 30)
Professor's Pearls: The Newborn Nursery
Section V: THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
68 Delivery Room Management of the Newborn Infant
69 The Preterm Infant
70 The Growth-Restricted Infant
71 Follow-Up Care of the Premature Infant
72 Necrotizing Enterocolitis (Case 31)
73 Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Case 32)
74 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Case 33)
75 Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Case 34)
76 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (Case 35)
77 Neonatal Sepsis (Case 36)
78 Intraventricular Hemorrhage (Case 37)
79 Cyanotic Newborn (Case 38)
80 Teaching Visual: Fetal Circulation
Professor's Pearls: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Section VI: THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
81 Raised Intracranial Pressure (Case 39)
82 Arrhythmia (Case 40)
83 Acute Respiratory Failure (Case 41)
84 Shock (Case 42)
85 Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Case 43)
86 Trauma (Case 44)
87 Status Asthmaticus (Case 45)
88 The Chronic Child (Case 46)
89 Status Epilepticus (Case 47)
90 Myocarditis (Case 48)
Professor's Pearls: The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Section VII: THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
91 Focused Evaluation of the Emergent Pediatric Patient: An Introduction for the Student
92 Dehydration (Case 49)
93 Lumps and Bumps (Case 50)
94 Abdominal Pain (Case 51)
95 Chest Pain (Case 52)
96 Physical Abuse (Case 53)
97 Pediatric Poisonings (Case 54)
98 Petechial Rash (Case 55)
99 Animal Bite (Case 56)
Professor's Pearls: The Emergency Department
Section VIII: THE COMPETENCIES: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
100 Giving Bad News
101 Difficult Encounters
102 Teamwork and Communication
103 Patient Safety
104 Informed Consent
105 Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Limits of Viability
106 The Challenge of Immunization Refusal
107 Building Rapport With the Pediatric Patient: A Retrospective Perspective
108 The Core Competencies in a Disaster Zone: The Haitian Experience

Pediatrics A Competency-Based Companion

With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

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