DFTB’s Primary Care Paediatrics online course covers key primary care or first contact presentations and is aimed at all generalist clinicians who see children in primary care, urgent treatment centres or the ED.
It will be especially suitable for GPs, GP Registrars, ACPs, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Associates.
Part 1 is Acute Presentations. Sessions include: asthma, sore throats, earache, acute abdomen, the limping child, safeguarding, self harm, rashes.
Part 2 is more Developmental Presentations. Sessions include: the eight-week check, period problems, principles of trauma informed care, feeding problems, acne, continence, and many more relevant hot topics.
There are also panel discussions and Q+As.
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ACUTE PRESENTATIONS
RESPIRATORY
- Do I need to do anything about this child’s wheeze? (Kat Priddis)
- How can I make sure children with asthma get the best care? (Archana Chacko)
- Is this just earache or could it be serious ear pathology? (Eric Levi)
- Sore throats: Do any of them need antibiotics? (Edward Snelson)
SAFEGUARDING
- Level 3 Safeguarding hot topics (James Booth)
- Panel 1
COMMUNICATING CLEARLY
- How do I make sure the young person is included in their healthcare? (Liz Herrieven)
- Connecting with adolescents in distress (Ana Waddington)
- Panel 2
TO REFER OR NOT TO REFER (PART 1)
- Quiz: How well do you know your acute rashes? (Becky Platt)
- Which murmurs need to be referred? (Anna McCorquodale)
- Which child with headaches have serious pathology? (Shaarna Shanmugavadivel)
- When is acute tummy ache not an acute abdomen? (Craig McBride)
TO REFER OR NOT TO REFER (PART 2)
- Fever (Kat Priddis)
- Why is this child limping? (Nandini Choudhury)
- Panel 3
DEVELOPMENTAL PRESENTATIONS
BABIES
- How to do a slick, efficient 8 week check and what not to miss. (Naren Senthil Nathan)
- Why is this baby ‘just not right’? (Becky Platt)
TEENAGERS
- Periods in adolescents: what is normal and what is abnormal? (Tara George)
- Acne – is this ever ‘just’ teenage spots? (Mark Graham)
- Quiz: How well do you know your developmental milestones?
TRICKIER CONVERSATIONS
- How do I ensure the children of vaccine-hesitant families get the best care I can give? (Ed Pooley)
- What is trauma-informed care and why do I need to know about it? (Sarah Todd)
- Panel 1
TRICKY TUMMIES
- Approaching feeding problems in children (Vicky Thomas)
- Common continence issues and how to solve them (Paula Drummond)
SHARED CARE & HANDOVER
- How do I assess a child when the parents are worried they have autism or ADHD? (Anna Lund)
- Why does transition matter when looking after adolescents? (Henry Goldstein)
- Panel 2
Ana Waddington – Emergency Department Nurse
Vicky Thomas – Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Sarah Todd – General Practitioner
Liz Herrieven – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
Jasmine Antoine – Neonatologist
Naren Senthil Nathan – General Practitioner
Craig McBride – Paediatric Surgeon
Shaarna Shanmugavadivel – Consultant Paediatrician
Mark Graham – General Practitioner
Tara George – General Practitioner
Nandini Choudhury – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
Eric Levi – Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon
Ed Pooley – General Practitioner and Communication Teacher
Paula Drummond – Consultant Paediatrician
James Booth – General Practitioner and Named Doctor for Safeguarding
Becky Platt – Advanced Clinical Practitioner in PEM
Anna Lund – Consultant in CAMHS
Archana Chacko – Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Anna McCorquodale – Paediatric Cardiologist
Kat Priddis – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
Edward Snelson – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
Henry Goldstein – General Paediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Fellow
Dani Hall – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
Tessa Davis – Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant
