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Growth and development I. Normal growth. Normal development. Important milestones in growth and development. Primitive reflexes. Growth and development II. Behavioural disorders. Food fussiness. Enuresis and encopresis. Temper tantrum. Head banging. Breath holding attacks. Language delay/disorders/ communication disorders. Dyslexia, stuttering, clinical features management. Nutrition, attendance at the nutrition clinic is compulsory for instruction on the nutritional needs of normal children and those with disorders like protein- energy-malnutrition, marasmus and micronutrient deficiencies. Technical skills of anthropometry are taught and instructions on the use and value of the growth charts and on factors affecting growth and development of children are highlighted. Anthropometry. Factors 130 affecting growth and development. Failure to thrive babies and causes. Puberty, adolescence and its problem. Over nutrition and associated problems.

Resuscitation in emergencies. Ruptured ectopic gestation. Incomplete miscarriage/abortion. Septic abortion. Post coital vaginal laceration. Bartholins cyst/abscess. Post partum haemorrhage. Ruptured uterus.

Approach to the gynaecological patient in the clinic. Symptoms and clinical signs in gynaecology. History taking in gynaecology. General physical examination. Pelvic examination. Clinic based procedures. Pap smears, high vaginal swabs. Cryosurgery, transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography. Diagnostic hysteroscopy, colposcopy, hysterosalpingography.

Signs and symptoms of ocular conditions that are associated with important systemic diseases and diagnosis. Hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell disease, thyroid (graves) disease, myasthenia gravis, HIV (AIDS). Tropical ophthalmology (leprosy, trachoma, onchocerciasis). Dilated fundus examination to recognise retinal haemorrhages, exudates, retinal arteriolar narrowing (copper and silver wire), disc oedema.

Detail teaching in diagnosis and differentials of both common and uncommon otological disease, emergencies, their initial treatment and indications for referral. The required basic surgical principles of management and postoperative complications. The rehabilitation process, follow-up criteria. Acquaintance with the various preventive measures for some otological disease. Rhinology, detail teaching in diagnosis and differentials of both common rhinological disease, emergencies, their initial treatment and indications for referral. The required basic surgical principles of management and postoperative compilations. The rehabilitation process, follow-up criteria. Acquaintance with the various risk factors in the community, and knowledge of various preventive measures for some rhinological diseases. Laryngology. Head and neck, details teaching in diagnosis differentials of both common and uncommon laryngological. Head and neck disease, emergencies, their initial treatment and indications for referral. The required basic surgical principles of management and postoperative complications. The rehabilitation process, follow-up criteria, acquaintance with various risk factors in the community and knowledge of various preventive measures for some laryngological, head and neck disease.

Solid tumours I. Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma (burkitt’s and non burkitt’s). Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Retinoblastoma. Neuroblastoma. Rhabdomyosarcoma. Nephroblastoma. Epidemiology of cancer age-related incidence. Race-related incidence. Genetic factors. Chemical-related factors. Environmental factors. Clinical presentations, diagnosis and staging, treatment (chemotherapy, supportive care), prognosis, complications, late effects.

Normal anatomy of extraocular muscles and normal ocular alignment. Principles of abnormal ocular alignment (exotropia, esotropia) and the risk of amblyopia in children. Hirshberg test, principles of visual acuity testing in children, causes of leukocoria. Retinoblastoma, epidemiology, clinical features, management.

Congenital anomalies, particularly the more manageable lesions of the gut, exomphalos, gastroschisis, intestinal atresia, malrotation and mid-gut volvulus. Hirschsprung’s diseases and anorectal agenesis of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Groin and scrotal masses, hernias, hydroceles. Congenital infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, causes of jaundice such as biliary atresia, choledochal cysts. Hypospadias and exstrophy-epispadias complex. Causes of intestinal obstruction, intussusception. Other congenital malformations and their management.

Identification, description and diagnoses of museum specimens. Microscopy, histology slide- interpretation. Description and diagnoses of selected diseases. Tissue processing. Museum techniques. Post-mortem.

Identification. Description and diagnoses of museum specimens. Microscopy. Histology slide- interpretation. Description and diagnoses of selected diseases. Tissue processing. Museum techniques. Post-mortem.