Table 3

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HEALTHY CHILD

Competencies

Module Objectives:

Student should be able to

Assessment


Knowledge

Describe routine care of a baby immediately after birth

MCQs, SAQs


Describe neonatal examination and common skeletal and other deformities detectable at birth (TEV, DDH, etc.)

Describe APGAR scoring

MCQs


Describe mechanism of breastfeeding and its advantages.

MCQ, IPE


Define malnutrition and describe its classification

Discuss methods of assessing child growth and use of growth chart

IPE


Describe Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) program and its relevance to Pakistan

MCQs


Describe EPI program of Pakistan

MCQ


Define the terms Infant Mortality and Infant Mortality Rate

MCQ


Describe causes of infant mortality and discuss preventive strategies

MCQ


Skill

Counsel about vaccination benefits and side effects

IPE


Counsel about rehabilitation techniques used in care of special children

IPE


Perform routine neonatal care

IPE, in SCIL Lab MCQ


Perform neonatal resuscitation

SCIL Lab, on a dummy neonate


Plot anthropometric measures on growth chart

IPE


Scholarship

Perform research and present papers


Draw on research for patient care


Community Health Advocacy

Describe importance of good nutrition, proper vaccination, disease prevention, and problems of malnutrition

MCQ


Describe importance of breastfeeding and appropriate weaning practices


Reflective medical Practice

Be aware of extreme vulnerability of neonates and take measures to decrease their morbidity and mortality

Viva station, SCIL Lab


Professionalism

Offer punctuality and empathy; respect patient's rights


Communication skills

Counsel mothers regarding infant nutrition

IPE


Counsel mothers regarding vaccination

IPE


Counsel mothers regarding danger signs; guide mother and midwife for prevention of asphyxia in subsequent babies

MCQ


Collaborative skills

Collaborate in healthy upbringing of child (proper follow-up visits, monitor weight gain and development)

MCQ


Ethical practice

Assist in family planning issues


Empower the mother


Evidence-based lifelong learning

Perform literature search on ways to decrease infant mortality


Incorporate the results to decrease mortality and morbidity of children in the community


TASKS:

Perform routine neonatal care

Plot anthropometric measurements on growth chart

Perform neonatal resuscitation

Literature search for decreasing infant mortality

Presentation of literature search

Role play on breastfeeding issues

Family planning counseling

Zaman and Rauf Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2011 10:11   doi:10.1186/1447-056X-10-11

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