Pediatrics Final Exam

Know your developmental milestones

[wreck]

Dr. Glaucomflecken - “poop”
YouTube - “From a licensed doctor”

[HarryPotterFreak]

"you know, you're right. This isn't too bad—" poor dear. I should've known those first few seconds were simply the calm before the lollipop-induced storm

[vpenguin]

Knowing the milestones is so key to passing any pediatrics question on any standardized test. For practical tests, making the kiddo laugh is the key - I had a pediatric EM attending who had a button he would press when looking into kid's ears or throats during the physical exam that would make chicken clucking noises, and he'd tell them they had chickens inside them. Worked like 75% of the time to at least make them smile. The ones that didn't were either super sick, too old, or too young.

[emewyn]

As soon as he asked the final question, I said out loud "fart sound, Fart Sound, FART SOUND"

[mads]

Developmental milestones are my jam!!! Have you played "Guess Their Age"? It's this game I play where I observe kids in their natural habit and try to guess their age based on their motor skills, cognitive abilities and general physical development. Keeps your skills sharp and super fun!

[kkzqsyg]

You forgot the part where the doc is trained to resist slapping ignorant parents across the face when they bring their kid in for a magic pill or antibiotic so they can “get better right away”

[JS-hupv]

For better or worse, we pediatricians are known for being passive-aggressive, so the transition from easy questions to what seem like impossible developmental questions is spot on.

[JBHRN]

The key to getting a 3 y/o boy to laugh... Have a fart button in you pocket!

[Auric-BraiNerd]

I actually started to try and figure out whether your examples were developmentally appropriate or not and then remembered that I'm not taking an exam and This is a comedy channel lol

[pli]

As a parent, my Spotify algorithm is also a mess because the Wiggles have entrenched themselves in there

[elizabethwang]

The fact that I laughed before he was done. I am more entertained than a 3 year old.

[philippak]

For me this video has a tinge of melancholy. I lost my dad as a kid, and he was finishing up his exams to become a pediatrician at the time.

[whynotjustmyusername]

Oh, this reminds me of my exam. The "is this developmentally adequate" was indeed a large part of it but also the: "3 year old child feeling unwell and having a fever for two days - precisely what disease and its subtype is this?" In my case I had four identical cases of that nature that supposedly all had different diseases.

[TheScotro]

Honestly all of his attempts to make the 3 year old laugh got me. I’m 38.

[smileeveryday]

My dad is a pediatrician, and from what he tells me, you are right on the money with this one! Kids are entertaining, adults are no fun :P

[jsomeone]

As soon as the doc asked the last question, I said aloud "poop". I'm 27, but I could still kill a stand up routine at a kindergarten

[kalyarn]

"Go to the fart noises! GO TO THE FART NOISES!"

[maurmi]

Was correcting my students' paediatrics exam papers today and realised that my milestones questions were just like the ones in the video😅

[Mothman_In_a_T-Pose]

Dude, any child under five: fart noises and poop jokes.
If they roll their eyes and tell you they're not a baby, lay out a dad joke, a bad riddle, or come up with a ridiculously elaborate title to call them.

[Ananvil]

The correct answer is to tell them you think they have bunnies in their ears and you need to look for them. Works 100% of the time.