+91 83905 50836pedgihep@yahoo.com
Ushakaal Building, Nr Dhantoli Police Station

Dhantoli, Nagpur - 440012

10.30 AM - 9:00 PM

Monday to Saturday

Master Class

Basic Certificate Course in Pediatric Hepatology (CPH)

Duration – 1 year

Eligibility – MBBS (& above) working in Government /private/corporate sectors.

Course structure:  Module dependent

Course In-charge :- Dr. Yogesh Waikar

Entrance Req.:- no

Exit Exam: – yes

Course Fees:

Credit points + Exit exam + Research + Log book

→ Clearance and certification

Responsibilities :-

  1. Log book maintenance – Academic Lecture series to which we ascribe credit points. Completion of 12 modules in 12 months.
  2. Local in Hopsital – based Research work on Pediatric hepatology.( 6 months) OR literature review on a topic in pediatric Hepatology.

 

COURSE Director & Faculty:

Dr.Yogesh Waikar: Course director, Pediatric Gastroenterologist.

Additional faculty: 9

Total Faculty: 10

Starts: March 2014

Advantage OF CPH : –

Evidence based exposure to pediatric Hepatology.Evidence based exposure to Neonatal Hepatology.Exposure to management of Metabolic liver disease.Exposure to management of Neonatal cholestasis.Exposure to allied specializations. Pediatric Hepato-pathology.Pediatric Hepato-Nuclear medicine.Pediatric Hepato-imaging.Exposure to Liver Transplant: Academic.Research project leading exposure to statistics.Exposure to Endoscopy (upper GI) related procedure.

Eligible for fellowship program/Advanced course in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology in future.

Pediatric Hepatology basics-1 – Orientation to Pediatric HBP system.

  1. Introduction to the course.(PG)
  2. Clinical Pediatric Hepatobiliary Anatomy.(A)
  3. Embryology of Hepatobiliary sciences.(A)
  4. Clinical Pediatric Hepatobiliary Physiology(P)
  5. Clinical biochemistry related to Liver.(B)
  6. Congenital diseases of liver(PG)

This module would include basic sciences related to pediatric liver .It would cover Clinical Anatomy and imaging correlation in liver ,updated Liver percentile charts. Clinico-physiological correlation in Pediatric liver diseases.

  1. Pediatric Hepatobiliary Pharmacology
  • Commonly used drugs. (PHAR)
  • Drug induced Hepatitis & Liver Failure. (PHAR/P)
  1. Clinical examination in Pediatric Liver disease.(PG)
  2. Interpretation of LFTs /Liver signs.(PG/P)
  3. Interpretation of Pancreatic & biliary function test.(P)
  4. Common cases in Pediatric Hepatology.(P)
  • What is Neonatal cholestasis?(P)
  • Investigating neonatal cholestasis.(PG)
  • Approach to Neonatal liver failure(PG)
  • Neonatal Nutrition. (P/N)
  • Neonatal Biliary transport defect (PG)
  • Analysis of Pediatric Pancreatic disorders
  1. a) Acute Pancreatitis in PICU (PI)
  2. b) Chronic pancreatitis (PG)
  • Analysis of Pediatric Biliary disorders.
  1. a) Gall stones & Cholecystitis (PG)
  2. b) CBD stones management (PG/G)
  • Disorder of bilirubin metabolism.
  1. Criggler-Najjar Syndrome, Gilbert Syndrome Dubin-Johnson, Rotar syndrome.(P)

Pediatric  Hepatology basic -3.

  1. Pediatric Hepatobiliary Pathology. (PATH)
  2. a) Liver biopsy basics: from Pathologist & clinician perspective (PATH)
  3. b) Interpretation of liver diseases by histopathology in pediatric age group.
  4. Approach to Recurrent Hepatitis. (P)
  5. Autoimmune Hepatitis. (PG/G)
  6. Wilson’s disease. (PG/G)
  7. Approach to treatable chronic Hepatitis. (PG/G)

Metabolic disorders of liver.

  • Approach to IEM.(P)
  • Approach to Hepatomegaly (PG)
  • Approach to hepatosplenomegaly(PG)
  • Approach to carbohydrate metabolism ,Amino-acid metabolism defect, Lipid storage disorder(PG/P/N)Parenteral nutrition associated liver disease covered

Pediatric  Hepatology basic -4

  • Approach to Acute liver failure.(PI)
  • Approach to End Stage Liver Disease.(PG)
  • Approach to Acute on chronic liver failure.(PG/PI)

Pediatric  Hepatology basic -5

  • Systemic conditions affecting liver.(P)
  • Nuclear medicine in Hepatology (NM)
  • Pediatric liver tumors.(O)
  • Liver transplant :Academic approach (PG)

Pediatric  Hepatology basic -6

  • Management post surgical liver : protocol (PS)
  • Portal Hypertension.(PG)
  • Management of upper GI bleed in children.(PG)

 Pediatric  Hepatology basic -7

  • Approach to chronic Hepatitis B in children.(PG)
  • Approach to chronic Hepatitis C children.(PG)
  • Mixed infection in children.(P)
  • Liver abscess.(P)

Module 11:- Procedures in Pediatric Hepatology. (PG)

Module 12:- Literature review and recent ADVANCES in Pediatric Hepatology. (PG)