• Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Describe normal growth and development during infancy, childhood and adolescence.
• Describe appropriate management for abnormalities affecting growth and development.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of congenital and inherited diseases on children and their families.
• Determine the nutritional requirements and the most common nutritional disorders affecting infants and children, and describe appropriate management for disorders.
• Describe the indications, contraindications, administration and precautions of the immunizations necessary for infants and children according to the national schedule and the condition of the child.
• Recognize the most important behavioral and social issues during childhood and adolescence.
• Describe appropriate measures for health promotion as well as prevention of disease and injury in infants, children and adolescents.
• Cite the management priorities for different neonatal and Paediatric emergencies.
• Describe the causes and pathogenesis of the most important neonatal and Paediatric problems.
• Describe the clinical symptoms and signs of the most important neonatal and Paediatric problems.
• Identify the appropriate diagnostic tools (and describe how they would be interpreted) and therapeutic lines for the most important neonatal and Paediatric problems.

• Professional and Practical Skills:

By the end of the course, students should be able:

• Check vital signs in neonates, infants, children and adolescents.
• Assess physical and mental development in neonates, infants, children and adolescents according to standard milestones and recognize abnormalities.
• Perform appropriate clinical and anthropometries assessments for the nutritional status of infants and children.
• Recognize different neonatal and Paediatric emergencies.
• Construct a proper history for a patient in the Pediatric age group.
• Perform an adequate clinical examination for a patient in the Pediatric age group and identify deviations from normal.
• Interpret patient’s data in an organized and informative manner.

• • Illustrated lectures ( 60 hours ) : Large group plenary sessions in lecture theaters are time tabled, they set the scene for a topic, highlight important issues and arouse curiosity in relevant areas.
  • Clinical rounds ( 120 hours ) : Tutors demonstrate the core practical clinical skills and students practice these skills on patient’s under supervision for 3 hours daily.
  • Problem based learning: To study written descriptions of clinical situations.
  • Tutorial (small groups) ( 468 hours ) : For giving introduction, indications and interpretations of clinical laboratory tests, radiography and electrocardiography
  • Practical clinical technique: Focus on the development of practical skills

  appropriate to the clinical situation.

  • Assignment (mini lecture): Each student completes a review on a selected topic and delivered in a known dead time
  • Attendance with guidance (once weekly).

Examination are held twice yearly. First examination takes place in November-December and supplementary examination is held in May-June. Examination is carried out in three parts as follows:

1-Written Examination:

Paper I(Essay) ……………… 4 questions………………….. 40 marks. (20%)

Paper II (MCQ) ………………..60 questions…………………..40 marks. (20%)

Pass marks = 48 (60 %).

2-Clinical Examination:

One long case ……………………………. 60 marks. (30%)

Two short cases ……………………………. 40 marks. (20%)

Pass mark =60 (60 %).

3-Oral Examination:

Examiner can ask any question in the field of paediatric …….. 20 marks. (10%)

Pass mark = 12 (60 %).

Each candidate has to pass in clinical as well as total scoring of at least 60 % of  total marks (200 mark) .

Examiner : Internal examiners and external examiners