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Paediatrics and Child Health curriculum

Clinical assessment and communication

The child in society

Genetics

Fetal health

The newborn

Nutrition

Growth

Child survival strategies

Paediatric HIV

Other infections

Hazards and injuries

Emergency paediatrics

Airways and lungs

Heart

Gastrointestinal disease

Urinary tract and testes

Blood disorders

Oncology

Metabolic problems

Endocrinology

Skin

Bones and joints

Nervous system and muscles

Sight, hearing, speech and learning

Emotions and behaviour

References & further reading

National Council for Higher Education. Minimum Standards for Courses of Study in Medicine and Surgery — Undergraduate Programmes (2007), section 8.13. Reading-list editions are recorded as listed; consult your tutors or library for current editions.

NCHE reading list — 2007 benchmark
  1. Essential Paediatrics by David Hull and Derek I Johnston, Churchill Livingstone, ISBN 0 443 05959 4.
  2. International Child Health Care by David Southall, Brian Coulter, Christiane Ronald and Simon Parke, BMJ Publishers ISBN 0 7279 1476-6.
  3. Paediatrics- Understanding Child Health . Tony Watwerston, HP Helms and Ward Platt, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 262564 0.
  4. Handbook on Pediatric AIDS in Africa (edited by D. Tindyebwa, Janet Kayita, P Musoke, Brian Elley, Ruth Nduati, Hoosen Coovadia, Raziya BObart, Dorothy Mbori Ngacha, Mary Pat Kieffer on behalf on ANECCA, the African Network for the Care on Children affected by AIDS).
Additional reading preserved from the earlier directory
  1. Hanson & Boyd (1996). Family Health Care Nursing: F.A. Davis Company.
  2. Suraj, G. (2004). The Short Textbook of Pediatrics. (10th Ed.). New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers.
  3. World Health Organization (1995). Management of Childhood Illnesses: Kampala: Oscar
  4. Wong, DL. (1999). Clinical Manual of Paediatric Nursing. 5th ed. St Louis: Mosby
  5. Pillitteri, A. (2009) Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Lippincott.
  6. Hockenberry, MJ & Wilson, D (2006) Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children: Mosby.
  7. Merenstein, GB & Gardner, SL, (2006) Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, Saunders.
  8. Hanson & Boyd (1996). Family Health Care Nursing: Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
  9. American Academy of Paediatrics (2000). Neonatal resuscitation: Academy of Pediatrics.
  10. Ludder,P & Judith, M (2000). Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition: Mosby
  11. Opperman, C & Cassandra, K.A. (1998). Contemporary Paediatric Nursing. St Louis: Mosby.
  12. Suraj, G. (2004). The Short Textbook of Pediatrics. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers.
  13. Wong, DL. (1999). Whaley & Wong's Nursing care of infants and children: Mosby
  14. Merenstein, GB & Gardner, SL, (2006) Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, Saunders
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