Basics of Paediatrics II

1.The acquired knowledge will allow to identify the most common diseases of the digestive, endocrine systems, joint and connective tissues, cardiovascular, haematopoietic systems, their prevalence and peculiarities in different age groups of the child, to describe and present facts about the impact of disease risk factors, and aspects of primary prevention, morphology, aetiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, including clinical pharmacology, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, intensive care, and secondary prevention.

1.To find out patient complaints and anamnesis. To perform physical examination of the patient by palpation, percussion and auscultation. To take peripheral pulse, heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure, assign them to a specific clinical situation and link them to the overall examination process. To apply basic knowledge of reasoning, logic, and rhetoric to analyse practical situations, discuss, explain one’s opinion, and constructively contribute to the achievement of professional goals and fulfilment of specific tasks. To be able to communicate with patients, their relatives, colleagues, other people involved in health care. To plan independent improvement of one’s own communication skills, respecting other people’s different levels of knowledge, experience, tradition, culture and other individual personality characteristics.

1.To interpret clinical test results, relate them to a specific clinical situation, and link them to the overall examination process. To compare signs of pathology with normal parameters of morphology and homeostasis using integrative thinking, recognise disease symptoms, explain pathology, formulate a diagnosis and differentiate it from other diagnoses, check for the most common complications, predict the course and consequences of the pathological process.