Progressing Paediatrics: Emergency medicine
Provided by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
About the course
This one-day course will enhance your knowledge of our standards for children in emergency care settings, and equip you with the skills and confidence to work towards putting these standards into practice.
Overview
This course will take you though Facing the Future: Standards for children in emergency care settings and the results of the 2019 national audit. We will use a mixture of lectures and interactive workshops to discuss the current challenges in paediatric emergency medicine and how we can drive improvements.
Our expert faculty will provide tips and advice on implementing the standards into practice, exploring areas such as:
- Nursing workforce
- Mental health provision
- Urgent care
- Perspectives from district general hospitals
- Health promotion advice in ED (Emergency Department)
- Business planning and
- Major incidents
Learning outcomes
Identify the challenges in the changing landscape of paediatric emergency medicine
Implement tips and solutions to address these challenges in practice, to include areas such as: mental health provision, nursing workforce, urgent care, perspectives from district general hospitals and health promotion advice in ED
Apply the results of the 2019 national audit in driving improvements in care
Audience
- Paediatric trainees
- Consultants
- Senior therapists
- Nurse specialists
- Allied health professionals working in an urgent and emergency care setting