Full Description
Pediatric rotations are a crucial part of medical education, yet didactic curricula often do not spend much time on pediatric-specific skills. Learners often enter the pediatric clinical setting with little preparation and orientation. The care of children is nuanced and specialized and requires a different approach than adult medicine. This text serves as a valuable resource for students on pediatric clinical rotations and for advanced practitioners entering pediatric clinical practice without much prior experience.
This high yield book covers the fundamental knowledge and skills required for pediatric care, including the physical, emotional, and social development of children, and the diagnosis and management of common pediatric conditions, with emphasizes on a patient-centered approach. Clinical pearls and application exercises embedded within each chapter help students prepare for real-life clinical scenarios and written examinations. The section on communication with the medical team reviews how to present pediatric patients on family-centered rounds, how to write succinct and useful notes, how to eloquently request a consult, and safely handoff a patient. The book also features practical tips on inter-professional communication, breaking bad news, and strategies to enhance learning and achieve success while working within a pediatric care team. Finally, a portion of the book is devoted to the considerations specific to the clinical settings where most learners rotate.
Written by experts in the field, Pediatric Rotations provides a detailed overview of skills required to be successful on pediatric wards and in pediatric clinics while also including the most up to date scientific and clinical information.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Power of Play-play based strategies to engage with the pediatric patients to establish rapport, decrease anxiety, and promote compliance.- Chapter 2: Taking a Pediatric History.- Chapter 3: Age based strategies for Physical Exams.- Chapter 4: Breaking bad news.- Chapter 5: Presenting Patients.- Chapter 6: Note-writing.- Chapter 7: Consults and Handoffs.- Chapter 8: Inter-professional Communication.- Chapter 9: How to Promote Your Learning.- Chapter 10: Abdominal Pain.- Chapter 11: Acid base and Electrolyte disorders.- Chapter 12: Asthma and Status asthmaticus, Allergies, and Eczema.- Chapter 13: Bronchiolitis.- Chapter 14: Burns and Wounds.- Chapter 15: Common Procedures.- Chapter 16: Common testing.- Chapter 17: Cystic Fibrosis.- Chapter 18: Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Ideation.- Chapter 19: Eating Disorders.- Chapter 20: Failure to thrive.- Chapter 21: Fever of Unknown Origin.- Chapter 22: Hematology.- Chapter 23: Hyperbilirubinemia.- Chapter 24: Infections, Common inpatient considerations.- Chapter 25: Infections, Common outpatient considerations.- Chapter 26: Inflammatory Disorders.- Chapter 27: Medical devices.- Chapter 28: Medications and Fluid Management.- Chapter 29: Murmurs.- Chapter 30: Oncology.- Chapter 31: Pneumonia - viral and bacterial.- Chapter 32: Poisonings/Intoxications.- Chapter 33: Seizures and Status Epilepticus.- Chapter 34: Sepsis and Shock.- Chapter 35: Social Determinants of Health and Adverse Childhood Events.- Chapter 36: Traumatic Injuries.- Chapter 37: Approach to Well Child Care.- Chapter 38: Newborn Care.- Chapter 39: Neonatal Intensive Care.- Chapter 40: Pediatric Intensive Care.- Chapter 41: Respiratory Interventions in Emergent and ICU Settings.- Chapter 42: Emergency Care.
