The developmental case conference as a method of teaching pediatricians about child development on an inpatient service.
Teaching pediatricians about child development on an inpatient service can pose difficult problems for the psychologist-consultant. This paper describes the evolution of a weekly case conference devoted to teaching child development to the pediatric staff on a hospital division devoted to the care of young infants. A format involving live demonstration of developmental assessment is seen as a stimulating and effective way to convey information about child development to pediatricians. A case example illustrates the advantages of this conference to facilitating pediatric observations, and early recognition of developmental problems.
D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods