Well Child Care
(newborn, infant, child)Circumcision
Crying / colic
Dental health
Discipline / Parenting
Growth – Head circumference, Height, Weight, Body mass index
Healthy active living
Hearing
Hypertension
Immunizations
Injury prevention
Normal development
Nutrition & Feeding
Sleep issues
Social-economic / cultural / home / environment
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Describe the use and limitations of tools to support periodic health supervision
- Describe the principles of screening tests
- Describe how cultural values influence health and health care interactions
- Take a family history to identify increased risk for inherited conditions and discuss mechanisms and patterns of inheritance
- Describe the nutritional requirements for growth and maintenance of health for infants, children and adolescents
- Describe how vaccines work and the diseases they prevent
- Summarize the benefits and contraindications of immunizations
- Describe the epidemiology of childhood injury
- Describe age-related measures to reduce injury in the pediatric population
- Identify risk factors for hearing impairment
- Describe normal dental development
- Describe the pathophysiology of and risk factors for dental carries and gingival disease
- Explain the concept of reinforcement and factors that influence learning and behavior
- Describe sleep needs for different age groups, and best practices for sleep hygiene
- List the effects of sleep deprivation
- List risk factors for and strategies that decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death
- Describe the concept of developmental surveillance
Overview & Foundational Knowledge
| Kenyon C et al. Revisiting the social history for child health. Pediatrics 2007; 120: e734-8.
Overview of the social history and the IHELP pneumonic. |
| Rourke Baby Record: Evidence-based infant/child health maintenance guide
https://www.rourkebabyrecord.ca/interactive-guide/ *This is recommended as a MUST READ resource* |
| Care of the Well Newborn
https://publications.aap.org/pediatricsinreview/article-lookup/doi/10.1542/pir.2022-005511 Eggs JA, Anderson R, Schimelpfenig MD. Care of the Well Newborn. Pediatric in Review 2022; 43(12): 676-690. |
| SIDS, BRUE and Safe Sleep Guidelines
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31477587/ Benham-Terneus M, Clemente M. Pediatrics in Review 2019; 40(9): 443-455. |
| Dental Cares: Early Intervention and the Role of the Pediatrician
https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2022-005626 Arevelo O, Miranda P, Gereige R. Pediatrics in Review 2023; 44(6): 301-310. |
| Management of Common Sleep Problems
https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.32-3-91 Bhargava S. Pediatrics in Review 2011; 32(3):91-98. |
Clinical Resources
| Growth Charts
http://www.cpeg-gcep.net/content/who-growth-charts-canada
The Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group (CPEG) believes that it is optimal to have a single set of growth charts nationally and have therefore officially endorsed the 2014 revision to the WHO growth charts for Canada with a preference for the use of set 2 (see link). |
| Public Health Agency of Canada: Immunization Schedules
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/ptimprog-progimpt/table-1-eng.php http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/ptimprog-progimpt/table-1-fra.php Immunization schedules including catch up schedules and provincial schedules, in English and French. |
| Active Kids, Health Kids
https://cps.ca/fr/active-actifs Canadian Paediatric Society Position Statement. *This is recommended as a MUST READ resource* |
| Screens time and preschool children: Promoting Health and development in a digital world
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/screen-time-and-preschool-children https://cps.ca/fr/documents/position/le-temps-decran-et-les-enfants-dage-prescolaire |
| Digital media: Promoting healthy screen use in school-aged children and adolescents |
| Effective discipline for children
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719514/pdf/pch09037.pdf https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/9/1/45/2648488 Canadian Paediatric Society Position Statement (2004, 2013) *This is recommended as a MUST READ resource* |
| Pediatric Blood Pressure Tables
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/guidelines/child_tbl.pdf Tables of normative values (percentiles) for pediatric blood pressure based on age, gender and height percentile. Mandatory resource for evaluating blood pressure in pediatric patients. |
| The Well Child Visits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPCWQ64-pc Seven-minute video on the components of the well-child visit history and physical exam. Search site for “well child visits” under “pediatrics.” |
| Calculating Calories for Infant Feeding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBNt5H9FIwc Outstanding six-minute video on calculating calories and volumes for infant formulas and breast milk. Search site for “calculating calories” under “pediatrics.” Uses both mL and ounces. |
