Assessment of Pediatric Residents’ and Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge about Infants’, and Toddlers’ Neurodevelopment: an Intervention Study | ||
| Ain Shams Medical Journal | ||
| Volume 76, Issue 2, June 2025, Pages 517-523 PDF (327.46 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asmj.2025.355692.1377 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa wafeeq Abdelaziz1; Reham mohamed elhossainyy Abdelbasir2; Shaymaa deifalla3; ISlam Fayez Elhadad* 4; Heba moustafa Hamza3 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2department of pediatrics ,faculty of medicine , Ain shams university | ||
| 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | ||
| 4Department of pediatrics, Ainshams university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: pediatricians are acting as a first contact for children and their families in the event of illness. These physicians also provide follow-up care, regular physical exams, and ill child evaluations. The pediatrician has the satisfaction of following a child from birth through late adolescence and is often the first adult outside of family members with whom the child establishes a social relationship. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of first year Pediatric residents and undergraduate students, who are joining pediatric round, regarding infant and toddler neurodevelopment. Methods: This interventional study involved 90 undergraduate students and 20 pediatric residents. Data were collected using pre and post-test to assess four domains of development (Gross and Fine Motor, Language and social interaction and cognitive development). Results: 110 participants completed pre and post-test. Pretest results showed that 20 residents and 90 students got a mean total pretest score [13.6 ± 2.21] and [11.61 ± 2.72] respectively. Also, post-test results showed considerable improvement for both residents and students with mean total post-test results [22.55 ± 6.99] and [16.64 ± 5.17] respectively. Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that educating pediatric residents and undergraduate students on developmental milestones showed significant, quantifiable gains in knowledge following a fertile lecture. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Developmental milestones; infants and toddlers; pretest | ||
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