Short course: Practical Paediatrics

What you will learn

The Practical Paediatrics Course is designed for General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners and Junior Medical Doctors, seeking practical, interactive training to manage paediatric presentations.

• 41 essential topics across 8 tutorials, covering key areas of paediatric care in bite-sized, easy-to-remember sections.
• Expert-led insights from 30+ paediatric specialists and people with lived experience, delivering evidence-based guidance and practical tips you can apply.
• Flexible learning at your pace, complete topics in any order to tailor your learning to your practice needs and schedule.

This course is RACGP accredited for 56 CPD hours across all 3 categories of Educational Activities, Reviewing Performance and Measuring Outcomes with access to course materials for 3 years.

Learning outcome: Identify when to worry about infant feeding, growth and behaviour

• Infant feeding
• Feeding difficulties
• Growth and when to worry
• The crying infant
• Growing heads

Learning outcome: Identify the key milestones, red flags and initial management strategies for developmental and behavioural problems

• Normal development
• Red flags for developmental problems
• Motor delay
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder

Learning outcome: Describe the assessment and management of a child with fever, both acute and prolonged

• Foundations of fever
• Finding a focus for fever
• Approach to a child with prolonged fever
• Fever and rash
• When to worry about fever

Learning outcome: Describe the assessment, investigation and management of common problems managed in the community

• Sore throat
• Sore ear
• Constipation
• Daytime urinary incontinence
• Enuresis
• Period pain
• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Anaemia
• Iron deficiency

Learning outcome: Identify a seriously unwell child and describe initial management of sepsis, anaphylaxis and fluid resuscitation

• Resuscitation
• Sepsis
• Collapsed neonate
• Fluid management
• Anaphylaxis

Learning outcome: Describe the different causes and management of cough and difficulty breathing in children

• Prolonged cough
• Croup
• Bronchiolitis
• Pneumonia
• Asthma

Learning outcome: Develop an approach to recognising common childhood skin conditions and apply appropriate management plans

• Urticaria
• Eczema
• Infantile haemangioma
• Skin infections

Learning outcome: Develop a framework for assessing and communicating with children, adolescents and carers, and sensitively investigating and managing patients at risk

• HEEADSSS screen
• Medically unexplained symptoms
• Family violence
• Non-accidental injury