Paediatric Health Essentials: Understanding Common Childhood Illnesses

Empower yourself to recognise, treat, and prevent common childhood illnesses

On this two-week course, you’ll gain crucial insights into paediatric health – specifically on the most common illnesses affecting children.

Through practical examples and expert guidance, you’ll learn to classify common paediatric conditions and recognise their signs and symptoms.

Whether you’re a parent, guardian, or health practitioner, this course will equip you with evidence-based treatment options and preventive measures to protect children’s health.

Explore childhood respiratory conditions: fever, cough, and asthma

You’ll start by exploring fever, cough, cold and childhood asthma, where you’ll learn to recognise symptoms.

You’ll unpack your role as a caregiver in understanding some of the treatment options for these common respiratory conditions in children.

Diagnose and treat the ear infections and conjunctivitis

Next, you’ll learn to diagnose and treat Otitis Media, a prevalent childhood ear infection. This will help you provide timely and effective care.

Then you’ll learn to identify and manage conjunctivitis. You’ll discover its causes, recognise its symptoms, and explore various treatment methods to manage this common eye condition proactively, limiting its impact and spread.

Learn to detect Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

Expand your expertise by learning how to detect and approach HFMD with confidence.

By learning to identify its symptoms and investigating treatment options, you’ll be prepared to handle this viral infection effectively.

Implement optimal hygiene and medication safety for paediatric health

Finally, you’ll discover preventive strategies and secure medication handling to ensure a hygienic care environment.

By adopting these practices, you will significantly enhance the safety and health of children in your care.

This course is designed for parents and anyone from any background interested in learning about paediatric health, managing common childhood illnesses at home and knowing when to seek help.

This course is designed for parents and anyone from any background interested in learning about paediatric health, managing common childhood illnesses at home and knowing when to seek help.

• Understand and classify the different types of common paediatric illnesses.
• Recognise and describe the signs and symptoms associated with various paediatric illnesses.
• Gain knowledge on treatment options available empowering parents to make informed decision for children's health.