Paediatrics I (MED501) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Paediatrics I MED501 10 20 0 6 11
Pre-requisite Course(s)
MED192, MED292, MED392
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Distance, Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Drill and Practice, Observation Case Study, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Role Play.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Sinan BUĞUR
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To identify the problems in pediatric diseases and to acquire the skills that include knowledge, skills and attitudes towards these problems. To monitor and diagnose, treat and monitor the development and health of the newborn, infant, child patients in the clinical stages of medical education.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Evaluates the medical history of newborn, infant, child and adolescent patients.
  • Makes the physical examination of the child and evaluates the vital functions.
  • Discuss the. problems of newborn period.
  • Follows the growth and development of the newborn and infant.
  • Plan the laboratory tests necessary to diagnose the patient and interpret the laboratory tests to be requested.
  • Explains the application indications and methods of basic interventions.
  • Advises the patient with his family about the progress of the treatment and the follow-up plans.
  • Treats common diseases in childhood.
  • Applies the basic interventions to the pediatric patient in primary care and refer them to a higher health institution.
Course Content Orientation, anamnesis in child patient, propedeutics, child health in the world and in Turkey, Newborn, infant physical examination, mental and motor development growth and monitoring in childhood, growth retardation, routine vaccination, premature baby, congenital genetic, metabolic diseases, commonly seen infectious diseases, emergency conditions

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Orientation, Propedeutics, Taking anamnesis in a newborne, Physical Examination, Newborn Physical Examination, Mental and Motor Development Growth and Its Assessment, Child health in the world and in our country, Neonatal Emergencisies High risk newborns, Approach to jaundiced child, Prematurity and problems -
2 Taking anamnesis in an infant, Communication skills, Breastfeeding, Complementary nutrition, Growth and follow-up in childhood, Growth retardation, Routine vaccination in childhood non-routine vaccines, Primary immunodeficiency diseases, Approach to immune deficiency with cases, Children with respiratory distress -
3 Monitoring development in children, Approach to common developmental problems Common problems in neonates and infants. Malnutrition, Malabsorption Syndromes, Common eating and sleep problems. Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome Common endocrinological diseases -
4 Common infectious diseases. Cystic fibrosis Upper, respiratory tract infections in children Lower respiratory tract infections Central nervous system infections Urinary tract infections Childhood tuberculosis -
5 Skin and soft tissue infections Approach the child with fever Rational antibiotic use in children Approach the child with rashes Acute gastroenteritis in children Parasitic diseases Childhood sepsis -
6 Abdominal examination Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption syndromes Electrolyte imbalance in children Liquid- electrolyte treatment and dehydration approach Approach to common gastrointestinal problems Abdominal mass Approach to abdominal pain in children -

Sources

Course Book 1. Kliegman, St. Geme, Bum, Shah, Tasker, Wilson (2020). Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21sth Edition. Elsevier Saunders; ISBN: 978-0323529501
2. Maya Bunik, William Hay, Myron Levin, Mark Abzug (2022). Current Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics,26th Edition. McGraw Hill / Medical; ISBN: 978-1264269983

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application 6 20
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 80
Toplam 7 100
Percentage of Semester Work 20
Percentage of Final Work 80
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services. X
2 Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex. X
3 Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services. X
4 Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it. X
5 Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience. X
6 Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services. X
7 Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation. X
8 Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees. X
9 Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare. X
10 Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties. X
11 Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties. X
12 Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health. X
13 Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services. X
14 Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner. X
15 Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team. X
16 Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations. X
17 Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society. X
18 Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach. X
19 Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process. X
20 Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 6 10 60
Laboratory
Application 6 20 120
Special Course Internship
Field Work 6 2 12
Study Hours Out of Class 6 10 60
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 6 6
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 278