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BOOK REVIEW

UG Textbook of Pediatrics nutshell.” What makes this book particularly interesting


and useful is the linking of the cognitive to its practical
Piyush Gupta, Nidhi Bedi
application through the numerous case studies of prob-
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
lems frequently encountered in pediatric practice. The
Pages: 1123; Price: 1195/-
section on Social Pediatrics covers all the current national
programs that target children and adolescents, the IMNCI
approach, what the student ought to do when visiting a
rural health center, and the role of the physician in the
community. The multi-colored book has color coding to
highlight headings, boxes, tables, figures, flow diagrams,
There have been many pediatric textbooks published for treatment, revision points and suggested reading. The
undergraduate medical students in this country, each of numerous colorful diagrams are easy to follow and com-
which has their own style and approach. But what makes prehend. The colored flow diagrams would allow the
this multi-authored book (contributed by more than 60 student to initiate standardized treatment for the most
pediatric teachers) edited by an eminent pediatric acade- common and critical conditions amongst children. All
mician and medical educationist is that it has been written these make the book attractive and readable for the
with its focus being the new competency-based medical student. The book provides the most recent treatment
education (CBME) curriculum for undergraduate medical protocols, a ready reference to drug therapy, growth
training introduced in 2019. charts, and pediatric laboratory values.
The 32 chapters in this book cover 35 pediatric topics This is a book that all undergraduate medical students
in the CBME curricula (spanning 399 core pediatric and would find most useful while they work through their
additional integrated competencies). The ‘competency pediatric training and prepare for their examinations. The
index’ provided at the start of the book linking the indivi- faculty too would find this book an aide-memoir while
dual competencies to the chapter and page in the book planning their teaching sessions for the undergraduate
would make it easy for the student and the faculty to navi- medical students.
gate through the book.
SIDDARTH RAMJI
Each chapter begins with a listing of the applicable Former Director-Professor (Pediatrics)
competencies, has a text that is simple and easy to read, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
and a summation at the end of the chapter titled “In a siddarthramji@gmail.com

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 416 VOLUME 60__MAY 15, 2023

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