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Environmental health counselling — communication OSCE
OSCE on environmental history, private-well and pesticide prevention, and declining unvalidated toxin panels.
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MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
Well 2-year-old on a rural property; caregivers request a detox metal panel and advice on well water and garden sprays.
Objectives
- Take a non-judgemental structured environmental history (home, water, pesticides, products). [12]
- Explain private-well testing priorities in plain language. [5]
- Give practical pesticide storage and IPM advice. [1]
- Decline unvalidated provoked metal/detox panels while offering a safer plan. [12]
References4ShowHide
- [1]Council On Environmental Health Pesticide exposure in children. Pediatrics, 2012.PMID 23184103
- [5]Woolf AD Drinking Water From Private Wells and Risks to Children. Pediatrics, 2023.PMID 36995188
- [8]Forman J Organic foods: health and environmental advantages and disadvantages. Pediatrics, 2012.PMID 23090335
- [12]Wilborne-Davis P A model for physician education and consultation in pediatric environmental health--the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) program. Pediatric clinics of North America, 2007.PMID 17306680