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Practicum Script Course of Pediatrics Primary Care

International course, for Spain and Latin America, aimed at primary care pediatricians and family and community medicine specialists and general practitioners dedicated to child care in community centers and health clinics. It consists of 20 real clinical cases of pediatric patients with pathologies of great interest and prevalence in the field of primary care, such as obesity and other nutritional disorders, pubertal disorders, growth and neurodevelopmental disorders, recurrent respiratory symptoms, arterial hypertension in adolescence, etc. The course methodology is based on diagnostic or management decision making in a total of 100 controversial scenarios.

  • Opinions of international experts
  • Scientific evidence supporting decision making
  • Clinical debate between colleagues from different countries

Practicum Script Course of Pediatrics Primary Care
  • Clinical cases available in Spanish

Price:
Free

Endorsements

European Board of Medical Assessors


Instituto Practicum de Investigación Aplicada a la Educación en Ciencias de la Salud

Course endorsed by the Institute Practicum of Applied Research in Health Sciences Education.


Hospital Niño Jesús


Acreditaciones

National Health System's Commission for Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Course accredited by the National Health System’s Commission for Continuing Education in the Health Professions with 10.8 continuing medical education credits.


ACADEMIC DEGREE

Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA)

University Expert in Clinical Reasoning in Pediatrics
Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA)

Credits
20 ECTS

Upon succesful completion of the Practicum Script course


Internationally valid degree awarded by the Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA).

Participants aspiring to this degree from UDIMA in addition to the continuing medical education credits awarded by the entities that accredit th

Price:

170 €

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Requirements for enrollment

Be a specialist or advanced resident of Pediatrics or Family and Community Medicine. It is also aimed at general practitioners who are dedicated to pediatric care.

Requirements approval

For the approval of the course Practicum Script of Pediatrics and obtaining the corresponding certificate of curricular value will have to meet the following two requirements:

  • Having responded to at least 80% of the clinical cases included in the course.
  • Obtain a final grade average higher than 60%. This qualification will be based on the cumulative percentage of valid answers (matching with experts) in the exercise of hypotheses and clinical decisions. 

During your experience with the Practicum Script simulator you will have to make decisions in clinical cases corresponding to the following topics:

  • Differential diagnosis
  • Growth and development
  • Pediatric endocrinology
  • Pediatric gastroenterology
  • Pediatric infectious diseases
  • Pediatric mental health
  • Pediatric nephrology
  • Pediatric neurology
  • Pediatric nutrition
  • Pediatric pulmonology
  • Pediatric rheumatology

International Committee of Auditors

Dr. Javier Álvarez

Specialist in Pediatrics
Adjunto del Servicio de Pediatría
Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús

Madrid, Spain

Dr. bernardita bernardita

Specialist in Pediatrics

Argentina

Dr. Natalia Brites

Specialist in Pediatrics

Argentina

Dr. Alfonso Cañete

Specialist in Pediatrics
Jefe del Servicio de Pediatría
Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía

Madrid, Spain

Dr. Paula Casano

Specialist in Pediatrics
Adjunto del Servicio de Endocrinología Pediátrica
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu

Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Ignacio Díez

Specialist in Pediatrics

Spain

Dr. Jesús García

Specialist in Pediatrics
Presidente
Sociedad Española de Pediatría

Madrid, Spain

Dr. Jose Javier Korta

Specialist in Pediatrics
Jefe de la Sección de Neumonología Pediátrica
Hospital Universitario de Donostia

Guipúzcoa, Spain

Dr. Jorge Martínez

Specialist in Pediatrics
Responsable del área de Pediatría
Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús

Madrid, Spain

Dr. jose guadalupe navarro

Specialist in Pediatrics
jefe de pediatria

Mexico

Dr. Jose Angel Rodriguez

Specialist in Pediatrics

Spain

Dr. Eduardo Sánchez

Specialist in Pediatrics

Spain

Dr. Alejandro Vásquez

Specialist in Pediatrics
Jefe de servicio

Mexico

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