MPAS 621 Pediatrics
This course covers the anatomy and physiology of diseases and disorders specific to the pediatric patient to include the epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, complications, and differential diagnoses of commonly encountered newborn, infant, toddler, child, and adolescent diseases and disorders through symptoms-based and systems-based approaches of the pediatric patient, as well as nutrition specific to the pediatric patient. Emphasis is placed on interviewing and eliciting a medical history, performing a focused physical examination, and ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies to evaluate these diseases and disorders. Management of patients with these diseases and disorders during childhood from initial presentation through follow-up for acute, chronic, and emergent cases will be covered, as will referral when necessary, preventive medicine, and patient education. Associated medical documentation and clinical skills, as appropriate, will be taught. Topics include items such as approach to a pediatric patient and pediatric illnesses, pediatric growth and development, evaluation of the newborn, pediatric screening, acute pediatric problems, adolescent medicine, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and problems specific to pediatrics. Students will learn through an integrated curriculum to include computer-based, lecture-based, and collaborative instructional modalities that will include classroom, laboratory, simulation, group, community, and clinical experiences.