Fellowship in pediatrics

The One year Fellowship  in Primary Care Paediatrics aims at providing a General practitioner with comprehensive up-to-date knowledge and skills in the prevention and diagnosis and treatment of paediatric disease in their clinical practice.

At the end of this course, the General Practitioner will be able to provide better primary paediatric care. They will acquire the following knowledge and skills:

• Ability to integrate current information on any aspect of primary care pediatrics into general practice
• Ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with children of different ages and their families: both to get complete, accurate histories, and to explain clinical findings and treatment plans.
• Ability to perform the physical examination of children – how to interpret vital signs at different ages, how the pediatric evaluation is different from the adult examination
• Ability to chart the weight, height, head circumference & BMI; and to recognize obesity or failure to thrive .
• Capacity to advise mothers regarding Breast-feeding issues
• Educate families about prevention: including immunizations, safety, violence, sex, and substance use.
• Use of the immunisation chart,& to know what immunizations a child needs at a given age.
• Calculation of drug dosages for a child based on body weight and age
• Capability to recognize the critically ill child, and when to refer to a specialist.
• Ability to Diagnose, prevent and manage common pediatric conditions.

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