Activities in Basic Training

General Paediatrics

Cardiology

Knowledge

• cardiac anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
• the fetal circulation and haemodynamic changes after birth
• clinical manifestations of congenital and acquired heart disease
• the principles of management of congenital and acquired heart disease.

Skills

• history and physical examination skills
• record and interpret an electrocardiogram in all age groups
• interpretation of radiology, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterisation data.

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