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C. Lifespan
C.1 Pediatrics
Content
Areas
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training, the learner will be able to: |
| Knowledge
Objectives: Medical Students |
- Identify
the nutritional, metabolic, immunologic, social, economic,
and long-term health benefits of breast-feeding.
- Describe
at least one nutritional intervention effective for preventing
each of the following pediatric diseases: dental caries,
obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
- Summarize
the short-term and long-term impacts of malnutrition on
the physical and cognitive development of infants, children,
and adolescents.
- Summarize
the recommendations for healthy nutrition of infants, children,
and adolescents by age, gender, and activity level as proposed
by relevant medical societies and governmental agencies.
- Compare
and contrast the complete nutritional needs of adolescents
of varying levels of physical activity, particularly teens
engaged in vigorous sports.
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| Knowledge
Objectives: Residents |
- Compare
and contrast the complete nutritional needs of well infants,
children, and adolescents with those who have celiac disease,
food allergies, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease,
or cystic fibrosis.
- Compare
and contrast the energy, protein, and mineral needs of premature,
low-birth weight, and normal-birth weight infants.
- Differentiate
between anorexia and bulimia as to etiology, signs, symptoms,
and nutritional treatment.
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Medical Students |
- Take
an appropriate pediatric medical history, including growth
parameters, dietary intake, level of physical activity,
and family/social history.
- Conduct
a pediatric physical examination, including anthropometrics
and evaluate the child for normal development and signs
of nutritional deficiency or excess.
- Evaluate
the length/height, weight, head circumference, and Body
Mass Index (BMI) of an infant, child, or adolescent over
time against the appropriate growth charts published by
the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Residents |
- Given
a detailed pediatric diet and medical history, evaluate
the appropriateness of the child’s diet and propose a diet
consistent with maintaining health.
- Select
laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures appropriate to
assess, support, and manage the nutrition of infants, children,
and adolescents.
- Effectively
counsel families with children to develop and maintain healthy
eating habits.
- Refer
families to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
or other pediatric nutrition counseling interventions to
support the nutritional needs of their infants and children
as appropriate.
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| Attitude
Objectives: All Learners |
- Actively
support the mother who chooses breast-feeding and refer
the mother to support programs and lactation consultants
as appropriate.
- Recognize
the need to attend to the unique behavioral, psychosocial,
and developmental characteristics of children and adolescents
in the design of nutritional interventions for these patients.
- Demonstrate
a commitment to utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach
to managing the nutrition of infants, children, and adolescents
as appropriate.
- Recognize
that childhood nutrition can have both short-term and long-term,
and sometimes irreversible, effects.
- Demonstrate
a commitment to encourage adolescents to adopt a pattern
of appropriate lifelong physical activity.
- Show
sensitivity to the unique power of social influences on
children and adolescents and to their special nutritional
needs.
- Recognize
the need to take the family context into account when managing
the nutrition of children and adolescents.
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