end of Paediatrics

Today is the last day of my paediatric rotation. After 9 weeks of fun with the children and adolescents, it is over.

Personally, I think the paediatric rotation is interesting but not as organised compared to my previous rotation, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. I'm still not sure how much I should know and what should I prepare for the coming exam. Paediatric rotation is similar to the general medicine and surgery rotation that I had last year, except instead of learning it in one whole year; this time I learned it in 9 weeks and this time the patient is smaller than adult and wear nappies .

I will list down the conditions/diseases that I have seen in my tutorials and outpatient clinics. It is totally varied from one medical student to another depending on how enthusiastic you are in getting involved in managing patients.

• Allgrove (AAA) Syndrome
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Turner Syndrome
• Tourette syndrome
• Kawasaki disease
• Undescended testes
• Hypospadia
• Apnoea episodes
• Ambiguous genitalia
• Bronchiolitis
• Asthma
• Orbital Cellulitis
• Non-accidental injury
• Febrile Convulsion
• Global Brain Ischaemia
• Meningitis (Herpes virus and Enterovirus)
• Failure to thrive
• Congenital deafness
• Cerebral palsy
• Pyloric stenosis
• Malrotation with volvulus
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Fractures
• Appendicitis
  

Few of the diseases are extremely rare and many of these diseases are common. I'm glad I had the opportunity to see wide range of diseases which will widened my clinical experience.

I might consider paediatric as one option of my future career but first, I need to pass the exam.