As the Department of Child Health and Diseases, medical faculty students and medical specialization students (research assistants) are provided with education. In Phase III, Phase IV and Phase VI (undergraduate internship), students are introduced pediatric courses on preventive medicine, diagnosing and improving their treatment skills and practical applications are carried out. In Phase IV, students study through 10-week rotations and 8-week rotations are in practice for intern students in our department. Research assistants are admitted to the department in a number of 2-4 people per year depending on the need via the Medical Specialization Examination. Assistant training in our department is for 4 years. During this period, increasing responsibilities are assigned according to experience in different periods of education. Research assistants keep 10 shifts in the first year. During their seniority, they keep 4-6 shifts. They are expected to manage an inpatient service in their last year of training. During the academic year, certain days of the week are organized as training days. Case presentations, mortality and morbidity meetings, article presentations and seminar hours are held during the training days.
Continuing Education Program: As the Department of Child Health and Diseases, symposiums and courses are organized for pediatricians and general practitioners in Zonguldak and surrounding provinces. The meetings held so far are listed below.
- Current Vaccination Practices on Children
- Course of Advanced Life Support for Children (Chiyad Course)
- Symposium of Adult to Childhood Tuberculosis
- Symposium of Approach to Primary Immunodeficiencies
Phase III Courses
- Erythrocyte Metabolism, Enzyme Deficiencies and Spherocytosis
- Iron Deficiency and Iron Metabolism
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Introduction to Childhood Tumours
- Childhood Leukemias
- Childhood Lymphomas
- Approach to the Patient with Hepatosplenomegaly
- Child Nutrition
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Esophagus and Stomach Diseases in Child
- Fetal Circulation and Neonatal Adaptation
- Congenital Heart Diseases
- Fluid-Electrolyte Balance and Disorders
- Bronchiolitis
- Proteinuria and Nephrotic Syndrome
- Bronchial Asthma
- Childhood Thyroid Diseases
- Characteristics of Childhood Diabetes
- Puberty and Aberrations
- CNS Infections
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Evaluation of Child Growth and Development
- Rheumatic Fever
- Bilirubin Metabolism and Approach to the Patient with Jaundice
Phase IV Courses
- New-born Respiratory System Diseases
- Prematurity and its Problems, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- Birth Trauma and Asphyxia at Birth (HIE)
- Metabolic Disorders in New-borns
- New-born Jaundice
- Sepsis and Meningitis in New-borns
- Resuscitation of the New-born
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Newborn Physical Examination and Symptomatology
- Vitamin K Deficiency and Hemorrhagic Diseases of the New-born
- Diabetic Mother's Baby
- Performing and Evaluating Complete Urine Analysis
- Approach to the Child with Stridor
- Bronchiolitis
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Common Cardiac Arrhythmias in Childhood
- Childhood Liquid Electrolyte Therapy
- Giving Counselling of Immunization and Immunization
- General application
- Pertussis
- Dehydration
- Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Respiratory Insufficiency
- Sepsis and Septic Shock, Meningococcemia
- GIS System Examination and Symptomatology
- Healthy Diet in Children
- Approach to Abdominal Pain
- Approach to a Child with Vomiting
- Functional Constipation in Child
- Malnutrition and Avitaminosis
- General application
- Acute Hepatitis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Approach to a Child with Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Malabsorption
- Respiratory System Examination and Symptomatology
- Approach to a Coughing Child
- Childhood Vasculitis
- Anaphylaxis
- Urticaria - Angioedema
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Asthma
- Primary Immunodeficiencies
- Cellular Immunodeficiencies
- Humoral Immunodeficiencies
- General Application
- Allergic Reactions and Allergic Rhinitis
- Guillian-Barre Syndrome
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
- Approach to the Child with Lymphadenopathy
- Evaluation of Peripheral Spread
- Approach to a Child with Anemia
- Aplastic Anemias
- Bone Marrow Evaluation
- Leukemias
- Lymphoma
- Approach to the Patient with Abdominal-Mediastinal Mass
- Childhood Solid Tumors
- Wilms Tumor
- General Application
- Neuroblastoma
- Examination of Peripheral Lymph Glands
- Neurological Examination and Nervous System Symptomatology
- Circulatory System Examination and Symptomatology
- Rash Infectious Diseases
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Diphtheria
- Pneumonias
- Acute Kidney Disease
- Vitamin D Deficiency and Rickets in Child
- Hematuria and Nephritic Syndrome
- Proteinuria and Nephrotic Syndrome
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Central Nervous System Infections
- General application
- Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications
- Mumps
- Approach to Congenital Metabolic Diseases and Neonatal and Childhood Metabolic Diseases
- Congenital Heart Diseases
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Adrenocortical Insufficiency
- Heart Failure and Treatment
- Poisonings and Acute Decontamination Principles
- History Taking in Childhood
- Acute Gastroenteritis
- Follow-up and Screenings of a Well Child
- Approach to a Child with Fever
- Head and Neck Examination and Symptomatology
- Acute Rheumatic Fever
- Intrauterine Infections
- Neonatal Convulsions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Epilepsy
- Febrile Convulsion
- Attendance Vigil
- Growth and its Evaluation
- Cystic fibrosis
- Approach to a Child with Bleeding Disorders and Bleeding
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Hemolytic Anemias, Hemoglobinopathies
- Hypoglycemia