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Paediatric Health Essentials: Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses

Gain crucial knowledge to safeguard children’s health as you learn about common childhood illnesses.

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Paediatric Health Essentials: Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses

  • 2 weeks

  • 2 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Open level

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Empower yourself to recognise, treat, and prevent common childhood illnesses

On this two-week course, you’ll gain crucial insights into paediatric health – specifically on the most common illnesses affecting children.

Through practical examples and expert guidance, you’ll learn to classify common paediatric conditions and recognise their signs and symptoms.

Whether you’re a parent, guardian, or health practitioner, this course will equip you with evidence-based treatment options and preventive measures to protect children’s health.

Explore childhood respiratory conditions: fever, cough, and asthma

You’ll start by exploring fever, cough, cold and childhood asthma, where you’ll learn to recognise symptoms.

You’ll unpack your role as a caregiver in understanding some of the treatment options for these common respiratory conditions in children.

Diagnose and treat the ear infections and conjunctivitis

Next, you’ll learn to diagnose and treat Otitis Media, a prevalent childhood ear infection. This will help you provide timely and effective care.

Then you’ll learn to identify and manage conjunctivitis. You’ll discover its causes, recognise its symptoms, and explore various treatment methods to manage this common eye condition proactively, limiting its impact and spread.

Learn to detect Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

Expand your expertise by learning how to detect and approach HFMD with confidence.

By learning to identify its symptoms and investigating treatment options, you’ll be prepared to handle this viral infection effectively.

Implement optimal hygiene and medication safety for paediatric health

Finally, you’ll discover preventive strategies and secure medication handling to ensure a hygienic care environment.

By adopting these practices, you will significantly enhance the safety and health of children in your care.

Skip to 0 minutes and 8 seconds Welcome to Pediatric Health Essentials: Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses! Whether you’re a parent, healthcare professional, or someone passionate about children’s well-being, this course is designed to equip you with essential knowledge in pediatric health — all from a pharmacy perspective. Throughout this journey, you will gain deep insights into most common illnesses that affect children. By the end of this course, you will be able to classify these illnesses, understand their underlying causes, and most importantly, recognize the signs and symptoms that every caregiver or healthcare provider should be aware of. But we won’t stop there. We will dive into the various treatment options available, so you will not only learn how to manage these conditions, but also understand the rationale behind the treatments.

Skip to 1 minute and 3 seconds Armed with this knowledge, we will be empowered to make decisions that will directly impact a child’s health and recovery. This is more than just a learning experience. It’s a chance to truly make a difference. So I invite you to join us on this important journey. Let’s unlock the skills and insights that will allow you to confidently address common childhood illnesses, helping safeguard the health and well-being of the next generation. So, enroll now and let’s get started on making a lasting impact on children’s health together!

Syllabus

  • Week 1

    Kids’ common illnesses (Part 1)

    • Getting Started

      Welcome to the course and let's meet your educator.

    • Fever, Cough and Cold & Childhood Asthma

      As parents and caregivers, understanding our little ones' health is crucial. Ever wondered how to recognize and manage common childhood illnesses at home, and when it's time to seek professional help?

    • Otitis Media

      Otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear, which is the space behind the eardrum.

    • Weekly Wrap Up

      Let's wrap up! What have you learned so far? Let's do some reflections!

  • Week 2

    Kids’ common illnesses (Part 2)

    • Conjunctivitis

      Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, is a prevalent eye condition characterized by inflammation of the conjunctiva, the thin, transparent layer covering the white part of the eye and lining the eyelid.

    • Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

      HFMD is a viral illness that often affects young children, causing symptoms like fever, rash, and sores in the mouth.

    • Improving hygiene

      Maintaining good hygiene is crucial for the health and well-being of children. This article will cover essential aspects of paediatric hygiene, focusing on basic hygiene, oral hygiene, and teen hygiene.

    • Medication safety

      This section will cover a) Basics of medication safety: The importance of reading medication labels), b) Safety considerations for breastfeeding mothers taking medications and c) Tips for selecting appropriate OTC for children

    • Course Wrap Up

      Let's wrap up! What have you learned so far? Let's do some reflections!

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Understand and classify the different types of common paediatric illnesses.
  • Recognise and describe the signs and symptoms associated with various paediatric illnesses.
  • Gain knowledge on treatment options available empowering parents to make informed decision for children's health.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for parents and anyone from any background interested in learning about paediatric health, managing common childhood illnesses at home and knowing when to seek help.

Who will you learn with?

Wan Safwani is a registered pharmacist with experience in community settings. She also has over 10 years of experience in teaching life sciences-related courses including pharmacology.

A committed and dedicated professional with a proven ability to teach, motivate and direct students to maximum performance by encouraging a positive and energetic environment.

Dr. Nur Akmarina is a pharmacist who developed a keen interest in molecular cancer biology to specifically improve treatment outcome. She obtained her PhD from Monash University, Australia.

I am a microbiologist who study mushrooms. I am currently working as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Dr. Hui Yin is a registered pharmacist with experience in hospital and community pharmacy settings. She has been actively teaching pharmacy-related courses for over eight years.

Who developed the course?

Universiti Malaya

Universiti Malaya is the premier research university in Malaysia, committed to advancing knowledge and learning through quality research and education for the nation and for humanity.

  • Established

    1905
  • Location

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • World ranking

    Top 60Source: QS World University Rankings 2021

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