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P61 The well-baby check challenge 0–6-month of age

Course summary

Well baby clinics offer parents and health care providers the opportunity to discuss infant progress, wellbeing, and concerns. The health provider must be prepared to deal with a wide range of issues including common and not so common conditions seen in babies of this age group. This course will explore a variety of presentations that are often of concern or noted during these sessions.

Who should attend?

Health care providers who conduct well baby clinics for children between 0-6 months of age. This includes registered staff such as Health Visitors and non-registered staff such as Community Nursery Nurses.

Important notes

Note: This course assumes that all attendees are familiar with developmental norms for this age group.

All course material and certificate of completion are provided.

The course runs from 10:00am- 4:30pm

Cost

Course duration Course CPD In-house Course
1 day(s) 8 hour(s) POA


In-house enquiry

Aims / objectives

Have reviewed and discussed different presentations that are within the normal spectrum for babies 0-6 months 

Be more confident in detecting presentations of concern in the areas reviewed

Be more confident in managing a variety of common well baby presentations including referring appropriately.

Be more prepared and better able to support parents with their questions and concerns. 

Course programme

  • Introductions & Precourse pictorial quiz   

Well Baby Check Challenges- assessment & management

  • Head, neck and eyes 
    • Variations of the norm: the head and neck
    • Cranial irregularities such as hydrocephaly, microcephaly or craniosynostosis
    • Torticollis, cystic hygroma
    • Ears/hearing, eyes/squint, nystagmus, red reflex
  • Neurological issues: what’s of concern and what isn’t
    • Motor: muscle tone: reflexes, spasticity, limb preference, Erb’s palsy
    • Sacral dimples to spina bifida
  • Cardio/Respiratory challenges 
    • Recessed sternum
    • Red flags- cyanosis, breathing, panting, sweating
  • Recap and questions 
  • Abdominal presentations including genitalia
    • Abdominal and umbilical masses such as granulomas and hernias
    • Conditions of the genitalia
    • Abnormalities of male genitalia such as undescended testes, hypospadias, chordee, hydrocele
    • Abnormalities of the female genitalia such as inguinal hernia
    • Ambiguous genitalia
  • MSK concerns 
    • History of familial developmental dysplasia, breech presentation, twin birth
    • Asymmetric skin creases 
    • Talipes equinovarus
  • Skin presentations to include: 
    • Cradle cap, rashes, milia, eczema, birthmarks such as café au lait, hemangiomas, congenital dermal melanocytosis.


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TBA