Care of the Newborn & Common Paediatric Surgical Issues (Competence)

'This course emphasizes on the general practitioner�s (GP�s) role in the care and management of common neonatal conditions and paediatric surgical conditions that present within the community, including neonatal rash, neonatal jaundice, lumps and bumps, common urogenital and umbilical complaints in children. Parental counselling techniques, including knowledge on expected weight gain, breastfeeding and other feeding techniques, fussing, sleeping habits and safe positions, stool changes, will be imparted in this course. Up-to-date knowledge on how socioeconomic status and psychoemotional health of parents may affect neonatal outcomesand a young child�s neurodevelopment will be addressed.'