The course aims to introduce the students to the scientific area of pediatrics and to teach them about the normal growth and development of newborns, infants, children, and adolescents, as well as concomitant diseases. At the end of the course, students can determine the stages of child development, know how healthy children are monitored over time, and the clinical examination and diagnosis of diseases in pediatrics. The knowledge of the pediatrician's way of thinking aims to improve communication and collaboration between the speech therapist and the pediatrician.

• Adaptation to new situations
• Application of knowledge in practice
• Decision making
• Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Independent Assignment
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

The course is developed in 13 lessons.

Content

• Introduction to Pediatric Growth/Development
• Modern pediatric care: Systematic monitoring of the health and development of infants, children and adolescents
• Developmental and behavioral disorders
• Pediatric nutrition
• First aid in pediatrics, trauma, and acute events
• Infectious diseases, vaccines
• Common infections in pediatrics, respiratory system, ENT
• Prenatal testing, newer genetic diagnostic methods – Neonatology
• Clinical genetics
• Pediatric neurology
• Elements of immunology, allergology, hematology, oncology
• Diseases of the digestive system, endocrine glands
• Pediatric dermatology, musculoskeletal diseases
• The course includes an analysis of interesting clinical cases.

A written exam will be held at the end of the semester. The exam will include short answers and/or closed-ended (e.g., multiple-choice) questions.

Books

• Ongkasuwan J., & Chiou, E. (2021). Παιδιατρική δυσφαγία (επιμ. Σ. Παπαδοπούλου). Αθήνα: Δάρδανος. Code in Eudoxos [102075766]
• Ryan, S. et al. (eds.). (2008). Βασική παιδιατρική: Με προσέγγιση στην επίλυση προβλημάτων (μτφρ. Στ. Μανταγός etal.). Πάτρα: Γκότσης. Code in Eudoxos [13255845]
• Hay, W. W. et al. (2013). Current diagnosis and treatment: Pediatrics (22nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Κliegman R. M., & Behrman, R. E. (2011). Nelson, βασική παιδιατρική. Αθήνα: Λίτσας. Code in Eudoxos [12572767]
• Read, A., & Donnai, D. (2010). Σύγχρονη κλινική γενετική. Αθήνα: Broken Hill publishers. Code in Eudoxos [13256767]
• Swaiman, K., & Phillips, J. (2017). Swaiman’s pediatric neurology (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
• Wilmott, R. W. et al. (2018). Kendig’s disorders of the respiratory tract in children (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.

https://eclass.uop.gr/courses/1248/