Pediatrics + Student Consult Online Access

by McMahon, Maureen C., Ph.D.; Stryjewski, Glenn R., M.D.; Mann, Barry D., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781416053507
• ISBN10: 1416053506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-24
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co

Summary

Pediatrics: A Competency-Based Companion, by Maureen C. McMahon, MD and Glenn 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. Learning is easy through an intuitive, practical organization...a concise, high-yield presentation...graphs, tables, and other at-a-glance features, such as Professors' Pearls" that provide cases with questions and annotated answers...and a framework that allows you to track your progress and that of your patients in relation to ACGME and AAMC expectations. A convenient pocket-sized format enables you to review the material on the go, and online access via Student Consult includes online extras such as "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles, a Competency Self-Assessment Log, Vertical Reads, and much more. Master ACGME Core Competencies with the aid of a color-coded system that helps you to integrate evidence-based medicine, continual self-assessment, and cognizance of interpersonal skills into your daily routine.Access the high-yield core information you need for pediatric rotations in a portable, pocket-sized format that organizes the most common, must-know pediatric signs/symptoms and disorders by patient presentation.Learn to see the "big picture" with the aid of "Teaching Visuals" chapters and "Speaking Intelligently" and "Clinical Thinking" features in clinical chapters.Easily locate more in-depth information on any topic with references to Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 6th Edition.Access the complete contents online at www.studentconsult.com, along with "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles...a Competency Self-Assessment Log... "Professors' Pearls" that provide cases with questions and annotated answers...Vertical Reads...and many other features to enhance learning and retention.Get advice on managing your career, time, and life outside the clinical setting via bonus online appendices.Think like an experienced clinician and be better prepared for pediatrics practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction To The Competencies

How to Study This Book

Medical Knowledge

Patient Care

Professionalism

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Systems-Based Practice

How to Succeed in the Pediatric Clerkship

How to Succeed as a Junior Resident: Continuity Clinic and Inpatient Wards

History Taking and Physical Examination

Note Writing

Oral Presentations

ACGME General Competencies

Competency Self-Assessment Form: Pediatrics

Online Appendices

Competency-Based Career Planning

Organization and Time Management

Nonclinical Activities

The Outpatient Office

Essentials of the Pediatric Well Child Visit

Developmental Screening and Surveillance

Anticipatory Guidance

The Newborn Well Child Visit

Teaching Visual: Examination of the Infant Hip

The 1-, 2-, and 4-Month Well Child Visits

The 6-Month Well Child Visit

The 9-Month Well Child Visit

The 12-Month Well Child Visit

The 18- and 24-Month Well Child Visits

The Annual Well Child Visit

The Adolescent Well Child Visit

Developmental Problems

The Special Needs Child

Autism

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Case 1)

Down Syndrome

EPisodic Care

Preparticipation Physical Evaluation

Sore Throat (Case 2)

Cough (Case 3)

Headache in Childhood (Case 4)

Eye Pain and Discharge (Case 5)

Diarrhea (Case 6)

Constipation (Case 7)

Fever (Case 8)

Ear Pain (Case 9)

Teaching Visual: Examination of the Middle Ear

Weight Gain (Case 10)

Feeding Difficulty (Case 11)

Dysuria (Case 12)

Professor's Pearls: The Outpatient Office

The Inpatient Ward

Family-Centered Care

Fever and Rash (Case 13)

Difficulty Breathing (Case 14)

Anemia (Case 15)

Neonatal Fever (Case 16)

Seizure (Case 17)

Apparent Life-Threatening Event (Case 18)

Meningitis (Case 19)

Teaching Visual: Lumbar Puncture

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (Case 20)

The Limping Child (Case 21)

Teaching Visual: Growth Plate Fracture Classification

Professor's Pearls: The Inpatient Ward

The Newborn Nursery

The Newborn Examination

Dysmorphology

Infant Feeding

Newborn Screening

Newborn Hearing Screen (Case 22)

The Late Preterm Infant

Jaundice (Case 23)

Feeding Difficulty in the Newborn (Case 24)

Early Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease (Case 25)

Delayed Meconium Passage (Case 26)

Antenatal Hydronephrosis (Case 27)

The Newborn with a Murmur (Case 28)

Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (Case 29)

Neonatal Hypoglycemia (Case 30)

Professor's Pearls: The Newborn Nursery

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Delivery Room Management of the Newborn Infant

The Preterm Infant

The Growth-Restricted Infant

Follow-Up Care of the Premature Infant

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (Case 31)

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Case 32)

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Case 33)

Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Case 34)

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (Case 35)

Neonatal Sepsis (Case 36)

Intraventricular Hemorrhage (Case 37)

Cyanotic Newborn (Case 38)

Teaching Visual: Fetal Circulation

Professor's Pearls: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Raised Intracranial Pressure (Case 39)

Arrhythmia (Case 40)

Acute Respiratory Failure (Case 41)

Shock (Case 42)

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Case 43)

Trauma (Case 44)

Status Asthmaticus (Case 45)

The Chronic Child (Case 46)

Status Epilepticus (Case 47)

Myocarditis (Case 48)

Professor's Pearls: The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

The Emergency Department

Focused Evaluation of the Emergent Pediatric Patient: An Introduction for the Student

Dehydration (Case 49)

Lumps and Bumps (Case 50)

Abdominal Pain (Case 51)

Chest Pain (Case 52)

Physical Abuse (Case 53)

Pediatric Poisonings (Case 54)

Petechial Rash (Case 55)

Animal Bite (Case 56)

Professor's Pearls: The Emergency Department

The Competencies: Challenges And Perspectives

Giving Bad News

Difficult Encounters

Teamwork and Communication

Patient Safety

Informed Consent

Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Limits of Viability

The Challenge of Immunization Refusal

Building Rapport With the Pediatric Patient: A Retrospective Perspective

The Core Competencies in a Disaster Zone: The Haitian Experience

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