Pediatrics: A Competency-Based Companion, by Maureen C. McMahon, MD and Glenn R. Stryjewski, MD, MPH, is designed to teach you to think like an experienced clinician. The only text written in the framework of the Core Competencies developed by the ACGME, its case-based approach illustrates the thought processes that effective practitioners use to approach and evaluate common pediatric presentations. Learning is easy through an intuitive, practical organization...a concise, high-yield presentation...graphs, tables, and other at-a-glance features, such as Professors' Pearls" that provide cases with questions and annotated answers...and a framework that allows you to track your progress and that of your patients in relation to ACGME and AAMC expectations. A convenient pocket-sized format enables you to review the material on the go, and online access via Student Consult includes online extras such as "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles, a Competency Self-Assessment Log, Vertical Reads, and much more.
Key Features
- Master ACGME Core Competencies with the aid of a color-coded system that helps you to integrate evidence-based medicine, continual self-assessment, and cognizance of interpersonal skills into your daily routine.
- Access the high-yield core information you need for pediatric rotations in a portable, pocket-sized format that organizes the most common, must-know pediatric signs/symptoms and disorders by patient presentation.
- Learn to see the "big picture" with the aid of "Teaching Visuals" chapters and "Speaking Intelligently" and "Clinical Thinking" features in clinical chapters.
- Easily locate more in-depth information on any topic with references to Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 6th Edition.
- Access the complete contents online at www.studentconsult.com, along with "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles...a Competency Self-Assessment Log... "Professors' Pearls" that provide cases with questions and annotated answers...Vertical Reads...and many other features to enhance learning and retention.
- Get advice on managing your career, time, and life outside the clinical setting via bonus online appendices.
Contents
Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPETENCIES
- 1 How to Study This Book
- 2 Medical Knowledge
- 3 Patient Care
- 4 Professionalism
- 5 Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- 6 Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- 7 Systems-Based Practice
- 8 How to Succeed in the Pediatric Clerkship
- 9 How to Succeed as a Junior Resident: Continuity Clinic and Inpatient Wards
- 10 History Taking and Physical Examination
- 11 Note Writing
- 12 Oral Presentations
- Appendix 1 ACGME General Competencies
- Appendix 2 Competency Self-Assessment Form: Pediatrics
- Online Appendices
- Appendix 1 Competency-Based Career Planning
- Appendix 2 Organization and Time Management
- Appendix 3 Nonclinical Activities
Section II: THE OUTPATIENT OFFICE
- 13 Essentials of the Pediatric Well Child Visit
- 14 Developmental Screening and Surveillance
- 15 Anticipatory Guidance
- 16 The Newborn Well Child Visit
- 17 Teaching Visual: Examination of the Infant Hip
- 18 The 1-, 2-, and 4-Month Well Child Visits
- 19 The 6-Month Well Child Visit
- 20 The 9-Month Well Child Visit
- 21 The 12-Month Well Child Visit
- 22 The 18- and 24-Month Well Child Visits
- 23 The Annual Well Child Visit
- 24 The Adolescent Well Child Visit
DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS
- 25 The Special Needs Child
- 26 Autism
- 27 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Case 1)
- 28 Down Syndrome
EPISODIC CARE
- 29 Preparticipation Physical Evaluation
- 30 Sore Throat (Case 2)
- 31 Cough (Case 3)
- 32 Headache in Childhood (Case 4)
- 33 Eye Pain and Discharge (Case 5)
- 34 Diarrhea (Case 6)
- 35 Constipation (Case 7)
- 36 Fever (Case 8)
- 37 Ear Pain (Case 9)
- 38 Teaching Visual: Examination of the Middle Ear
- 39 Weight Gain (Case 10)
- 40 Feeding Difficulty (Case 11)
- 41 Dysuria (Case 12)
- Professor's Pearls: The Outpatient Office
Section III: THE INPATIENT WARD
- 42 Family-Centered Care
- 43 Fever and Rash (Case 13)
- 44 Difficulty Breathing (Case 14)
- 45 Anemia (Case 15)
- 46 Neonatal Fever (Case 16)
- 47 Seizure (Case 17)
- 48 Apparent Life-Threatening Event (Case 18)
- 49 Meningitis (Case 19)
- 50 Teaching Visual: Lumbar Puncture
- 51 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (Case 20)
- 52 The Limping Child (Case 21)
- 53 Teaching Visual: Growth Plate Fracture Classification
- Professor's Pearls: The Inpatient Ward
Section IV: THE NEWBORN NURSERY
- 54 The Newborn Examination
- 55 Dysmorphology
- 56 Infant Feeding
- 57 Newborn Screening
- 58 Newborn Hearing Screen (Case 22)
- 59 The Late Preterm Infant
- 60 Jaundice (Case 23)
- 61 Feeding Difficulty in the Newborn (Case 24)
- 62 Early Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease (Case 25)
- 63 Delayed Meconium Passage (Case 26)
- 64 Antenatal Hydronephrosis (Case 27)
- 65 The Newborn with a Murmur (Case 28)
- 66 Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (Case 29)
- 67 Neonatal Hypoglycemia (Case 30)
- Professor's Pearls: The Newborn Nursery
Section V: THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
- 68 Delivery Room Management of the Newborn Infant
- 69 The Preterm Infant
- 70 The Growth-Restricted Infant
- 71 Follow-Up Care of the Premature Infant
- 72 Necrotizing Enterocolitis (Case 31)
- 73 Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Case 32)
- 74 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Case 33)
- 75 Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Case 34)
- 76 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (Case 35)
- 77 Neonatal Sepsis (Case 36)
- 78 Intraventricular Hemorrhage (Case 37)
- 79 Cyanotic Newborn (Case 38)
- 80 Teaching Visual: Fetal Circulation
- Professor's Pearls: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Section VI: THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
- 81 Raised Intracranial Pressure (Case 39)
- 82 Arrhythmia (Case 40)
- 83 Acute Respiratory Failure (Case 41)
- 84 Shock (Case 42)
- 85 Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Case 43)
- 86 Trauma (Case 44)
- 87 Status Asthmaticus (Case 45)
- 88 The Chronic Child (Case 46)
- 89 Status Epilepticus (Case 47)
- 90 Myocarditis (Case 48)
- Professor's Pearls: The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Section VII: THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- 91 Focused Evaluation of the Emergent Pediatric Patient: An Introduction for the Student
- 92 Dehydration (Case 49)
- 93 Lumps and Bumps (Case 50)
- 94 Abdominal Pain (Case 51)
- 95 Chest Pain (Case 52)
- 96 Physical Abuse (Case 53)
- 97 Pediatric Poisonings (Case 54)
- 98 Petechial Rash (Case 55)
- 99 Animal Bite (Case 56)
- Professor's Pearls: The Emergency Department
Section VIII: THE COMPETENCIES: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
- 100 Giving Bad News
- 101 Difficult Encounters
- 102 Teamwork and Communication
- 103 Patient Safety
- 104 Informed Consent
- 105 Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Limits of Viability
- 106 The Challenge of Immunization Refusal
- 107 Building Rapport With the Pediatric Patient: A Retrospective Perspective
- 108 The Core Competencies in a Disaster Zone: The Haitian Experience
About the Authors
- Maureen C McMahon, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson Univesrsity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; General Pediatrician, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware; Lankenau Medical Center, Main Line Health System, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
- Glenn R Stryjewski, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pediatric Intensivist, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware.
Product Details
- Paperback: 852 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 1 Pap/Psc edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416053506
- ISBN-13: 978-1416053507
- Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $39.95