PAE 501 — Introduction to Paediatrics and Child Health
PAE department course · Nigerian universities
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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)
demonstrate communication skills
demonstrate detailed history taking and physical examination
enumerate types of fluids and instruments/equipment used in paediatric practice
list procedures in paediatric practice
demonstrate setting up of intravenous fluid infusions, lumbar puncture, exchange blood transfusion, bone marrow aspiration; and
describe blood film for malaria parasite, urine, stool and cerebrospinal fluid
Course contents
Communication skills. History taking and physical examination. Fluids and instruments/equipment used in paediatric practice. Types of fluids, colloids, crystalloids, oral resuscitation, fluids and intravenous fluids, composition and uses of common oral fluids and intravenous fluids.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PAE 501.