Description
What you will Learn ?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Take accurate and age-appropriate medical histories from children and their caregivers
- Perform comprehensive paediatric and neonatal physical examinations
- Assess normal growth, development, and developmental milestones
- Identify and manage common paediatric and neonatal medical conditions
- Recognise and respond to paediatric and neonatal emergencies
- Order appropriate diagnostic investigations and accurately interpret results
- Clearly explain clinical findings and investigation results to patients and families
- Provide effective counselling on child health, nutrition, immunisation, and injury prevention
- Manage infectious, communicable, metabolic, endocrine, and genetic conditions in children
- Detect conditions requiring specialised care and make timely referrals
- Uphold professional ethics, patient confidentiality, dignity, and child protection principles
Course Requirements
To enroll in this course, learners must meet the following requirements:
- Enrollment in a recognised university or college offering a Diploma in Clinical Medical Sciences or a related clinical programme
- Foundational knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- Access to a stable internet connection
- A computer, tablet, or smartphone capable of accessing the eLearning platform and streaming course content
- A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge)
- Basic digital skills to navigate the eLearning platform, complete assessments, and download learning materials
- Willingness to engage in self-directed learning and participate in quizzes, discussions, and other course activities
Course Description
This course provides comprehensive training in the care of infants, children, and adolescents, equipping students with the clinical knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes required to manage common and complex paediatric conditions. Emphasis is placed on a patient-centred, family-oriented approach that integrates accurate history taking, thorough physical examination, appropriate investigation, clear communication, and ethical practice.
Students will develop core competencies in assessing normal growth and development, preventing childhood illnesses, recognising emergencies, and managing neonatal, medical, surgical, and psychosocial conditions affecting children. The course spans preventive child health, emergency paediatrics, neonatology, infectious and communicable diseases, and major system-based paediatric disorders, ensuring graduates are well prepared for frontline clinical practice and timely referral when higher-level care is required.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to competently evaluate paediatric patients, interpret clinical and diagnostic findings, counsel patients and families, maintain confidentiality and dignity, and deliver safe, effective, and evidence-based care across a wide range of paediatric and child health conditions.
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