Medway VTS

Cultivating General Practice in the Garden of England

Paediatrics

This curriculum consists of the following areas.

Acutely Ill Patient

  • Wheeze & asthma
  • Stridor & choking
  • Convulsions
  • Meningitis
  • Paediatric analgesic prescribing
  • Paediatric life support

Cancer & Palliative Care

  • Paediatric cancers

Paediatrics

  • Hearing loss & deafness
  • Upper respiratory tract infections
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Paediatric infections - other aspects
  • Abdominal problems
  • Urinary problems
  • Epilepsy & seizures
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Paediatric psychological problems
  • Paediatric mental health disorders
  • Child protection & legal issues

Learning Disability

  • Causes of learning difficulties
  • Complex epilepsy

Cardiovascular Problems

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Heart murmurs

Digestive Problems

  • Gastroenteritis
  • Constipation

ENT

  • Epiglottitis & croup
  • Ear infections
  • Hearing & speech problems in childhood
  • Foreign bodies

Eyes Problems

  • Conjunctivitis
  • Strabismus
  • Genetic eye diseases

Metabolic Problems

  • T1DM in children

Neurolgical Problems

  • Epilepsy & seizures
  • Meningitis

Respiratory Problems

  • URTI's - viral wheeze
  • LRTI's - Bronchiolitis & pneumonia
  • Acute & chronic asthma
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Inhaled foreign body

Clinical Pathology

  • Anaemias (in children)
  • Haematological malignancies
  • Infection control

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