Paediatrics

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
- Video lectures 2.5 hours x 7, learning of the content is confirmed by a passed test (multiple-choice questions) after listening to the lectures - Getting acquainted with the required reading before each class (expected duration 2 hours for each class) - Preparation of answers to self-control questions before each class - Preparation of a clinical case (prepared in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, consisting of at least 5 slides)

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
It is possible to get an automatic final assessment if the average assessment is not lower than 6.5 points. The average assessment consists of the average grade obtained: - 1. in class tests (a multiple-choice test at the end of each class); - 2. in the test after lectures (a multiple-choice test taken by students after listening to all lectures); - 3. an independently prepared clinical case (created using one of the virtual clinical cases from a class or it can be a clinical case of an actual patient) - guidelines for creating a clinical case in e-studies. If the average assessment is below 6.5 or one of the above requirements is not met, an oral exam is held. When taking the exam, the final assessment consists of: 50% exam + 50% average grade in the classes.

Paediatrics as a branch of medicine. Modern paediatrics and direction of its development – health and promotion thereof. Health and disease. Determinants of children’s health. Children’s health groups. Periods of childhood. Contact with the patient (children of different ages) and their relatives. Finding out the medical history and methodology to be used (empathy, not expressing an assessment during the inquiry process, understanding the feelings of the person questioned, understanding whethe)

Human growth and development during the antenatal period; newborn, assessment thereof. Critical periods of intrauterine organ development. Characterisation and assessment of a newborn. Estimation of gestational age by physical and neuromuscular maturity. Classification of newborns by gestational age. Apgar score. Maternal and foetal factors affecting intrauterine growth. Adaptation.

Child’s physical development. Human growth and development, characteristic dimensions thereof in dynamics. Determination and evaluation of indicators.

Formation of the nervous system during the antenatal period and development after birth. Development of the nervous system. Motor functions, assessment thereof. Neurological examination of a child. Examination of the neural functions of the brain during childhood.

Child’s motor and psychosocial development. The unconditioned reflexes of a newborn. Development of motor functions during childhood periods. Development of sensory functions. Child’s perception and psychosocial development. Denver scale. Language development.

Development of the musculoskeletal system. Development of the musculoskeletal system and structural-physiological features in children. Assessment of the musculoskeletal system by inquiry and examination. Pathological musculoskeletal conditions. Head, neck, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, throat – anatomy, physiology, functions, pathology. Anatomical and physiological features, variants in children in different periods of childhood. Specific aspects of anamnesis in different periods of childhood.

Child nutrition and importance thereof in child growth and development. Development of the digestive system and structural-physiological features of the organs. Healthy diet. Healthy food pyramid for children. The plate method. Basic principles of feeding at different ages. Breast milk and importance thereof in child growth and development. Breastfeeding physiology, technique. Exclusive breastfeeding, complementary foods. Promotion and protection of breastfeeding.

Contact with the patient (children of different ages) and their relatives. Finding out the medical history and methodology to be used (empathy, not expressing an assessment during the inquiry process, understanding the feelings of the person questioned, understanding whether help is needed, what kind of help is needed).

Human growth and development during the antenatal period; newborn, assessment thereof. Critical periods of intrauterine organ development. Characterisation and assessment of a newborn. Estimation of gestational age by physical and neuromuscular maturity. Ballard scale Classification of newborns by gestational age. Apgar score. Maternal and foetal factors affecting intrauterine growth. Adaptation.

Child’s motor and psychosocial development. The unconditioned reflexes of a newborn. Development of motor functions during childhood periods. Development of sensory functions. Child’s perception and psychosocial development. Denver scale. Language development.

Child’s physical development. Human growth and development, characteristic dimensions thereof in dynamics. Determination of indicators.

Development of the digestive system and structural-physiological features of the organs. Child nutrition and importance thereof in child growth and development. Healthy diet. Healthy food pyramid for children. The plate method. Basic principles of feeding at different ages.

Breast milk and importance thereof in child growth and development. Breastfeeding physiology, technique. Exclusive breastfeeding, complementary foods. Promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Principles of artificial feeding. Feeding a child after one year of age.