MFM1007

Child Health

(MED)

Dr Jacinta Tobin

8 points + Distance + Approximately 10 hours per week

Synopsis: This elective subject involves the consultation - communication and examination, development - physical, intellectual and psychological, management of common problems in infancy, respiratory disease in childhood, paediatric emergencies, common behavioural disturbances at different ages, engaging the adolescent patient, preventative care in childhood, paediatric dilemmas, common paediatric skin problems and psychiatry.

Assessment: Clinical audit and assessment work