QuickREF for 2024 MOCA-Peds Learning Objectives

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1. Advise on internet safety.
2. Distinguish findings associated with physical abuse from those of accidental or nontraumatic causes.
3. Evaluate a child with polyuria.
4. Evaluate and manage a child or adolescent with an anxiety disorder.
5. Evaluate and manage a child with a corneal abrasion or eye injury.
6. Evaluate and manage a neonate with ambiguous genitalia.
7. Evaluate and manage a neonate with hypoglycemia.
8. Evaluate and manage a patient with chronic diarrhea.
9. Evaluate and manage chronic cough.
10. Evaluate and manage pelvic pain in an adolescent girl.
11. Evaluate suicide risk in an adolescent and manage appropriately.
12. Evaluate the developmental status of children from 15 to 18 months of age.
13. Evaluate the developmental status of infants from birth to 6 months of age.
14. Evaluation and manage acetaminophen overdose.
15. Identify and manage a child with scoliosis.
16. Know how to prevent and manage infections from animal bites.
17. Manage a child during an episode of anaphylaxis.
18. Manage a child with otitis media.
19. Manage the care of LGBTQIA+ youth.
20. Plan the evaluation and management of a child with hyperkalemia.
21. Provide anticipatory guidance regarding injury prevention in athletes.
22. Recognize and manage the child with an acute drug ingestion/overdose (other than acetaminophen).
23. Recognize causes of neutropenia in children.
24. Recognize neuroendocrine causes of obesity and distinguish from other etiologies.
25. Recognize the clinical manifestations and complications of inflammatory bowel disease.
26. Recognize the genetic syndromes that may present as a learning disability.
27. Recognize the role of root cause analysis on managing an adverse patient outcome.
28. Understand and apply infection control measures (contact, droplet, airborne).
29. Understand and apply the steps of neonatal resuscitation.
30. Understand ethical principles that uphold professionalism.
31. Understand how witnessing violence affects children.
32. Understand the appropriate use and interpretation of pulmonary function testing in children.
33. Understand the clinical manifestations, evaluation,  and initial management of coarctation of the aorta.
34. Understand the dermatologic manifestations of systemic diseases.
35. Understand the diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents.
36. Recognize the features associated with various congenital infections and evaluate appropriately.
37. Understand the differential diagnosis and evaluation of anemia in children and adolescents.
38. Understand the differential diagnosis and evaluation of arthritis in children.
39. Understand the differential diagnosis and evaluation of progressive muscle weakness in children.
40. Understand the differential diagnosis and initial evaluation of an abdominal mass in a child.
41. Understand the differential diagnosis, evaluation, and management of a patient presenting with sleep disorder/difficulty.
42. Understand the evaluation and management of different types of nevi (congenital/acquired).
43. Understand the evaluation and management of temper tantrums or aggressive behavior in young children.
44. Understand the evaluation and management of urticaria.
45. Understand the presentation and evaluation of a patient with a cardiomyopathy.

Featured readings:

Gorelik M, Chung SA, Ardalan K, Binstadt BA, Friedman K, Hayward K, Imundo LF, Lapidus SK, Kim S, Son MB, Sule S, Tremoulet AH, Van Mater H, Yildirim-Toruner C, Langford CA, Maz M, Abril A, Guyatt G, Archer AM, Conn DL, Full KA, Grayson PC, Ibarra MF, Merkel PA, Rhee RL, Seo P, Stone JH, Sundel RP, Vitobaldi OI, Warner A, Byram K, Dua AB, Husainat N, James KE, Kalot M, Lin YC, Springer JM, Turgunbaev M, Villa-Forte A, Turner AS, Mustafa RA. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Kawasaki Disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Apr;74(4):538-548. doi: 10.1002/acr.24838. Epub 2022 Mar 7. PMID
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35257507/

Kemper AR, Newman TB, Slaughter JL, Maisels MJ, Watchko JF, Downs SM, Grout RW, Bundy DG, Stark AR, Bogen DL, Holmes AV, Feldman-Winter LB, Bhutani VK, Brown SR, Maradiaga Panayotti GM, Okechukwu K, Rappo PD, Russell TL. Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation. Pediatrics. 2022 Sep 1;150(3):e2022058859. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-058859. PMID: 35927462.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35927462/

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