MODULE 2

WEEK 2

Puberty & Thyroid Gland Disorders

Objectives: 1.  Understand the effects of puberty on growth

                        2.  Understand the normal physiology of puberty

                       3.  Able to identify patients with precocious puberty

                   4.  Able to differentiate between central and peripheral causes of precocious puberty

 Diabetes Mellitus

Objectives   1.Insulin types and activity

                   2. The principles of DKA management

Thyroid

Objectives: 1. Understand the biologic effects of thyroid hormones

                  2. Understand the physiology of HPT axis

                  3. Able to distinguish between primary and secondary hypothyroidism

                  4. Understand the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of Graves disease

Required reading:

WATCH VIDEO LECTURE : PUBERTY AND THYROID DISORDERS