Another guest blog from @gourmetpenguin on the topic of clinical academia brings up an EXCELLENT point that’s often assumed, incorrectly. That is that to be a clinical academic, you need to be really clever. Well … I spent a weekend at the Clinical Academic Trainees conference in Sheffield in 2015. This is still quite a […]
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Guest Post: Being a Clinical Academic
Fresh from all sorts of Deep Thinking and engaging with a broad range of research, it’s time to turn back to thinking about Turning the Tide and increasing the number of paediatrician types actively doing research as a large chunk of their jobs – clinical academics. Where training systems are in place, and encouragement is […]
Guest Post: How do you decide that a child has sepsis (or not)?
ROUND TWO OF DELPHI NOW OPEN: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NDLYDFZ This Guest Post is asking for your help – your thoughts – on the identification of an Unwell Child. Please – read on and link to the survey at the end …. The introduction of Paediatric Sepsis 6 along with the recently released guidance notes has caused clinicians […]
Guest Blog: Introduction to Trans*
There has never been a time in which it is more important for healthcare professionals to be knowledgeable about LGBT (and specifically transgender) issues. This is not limited to adult medicine – many transgender individuals are aware of their feelings from a young age. What follows are a few general definitions (adapted from my post […]
Guest Blog: Computer says wheeze (less)
This guest blog from Munib Haroon takes up the challenge of turning the terror of technology to good… As I write these words there is a debate currently underway about whether machine intelligence will eclipse ours in the coming decades [for one end of this debate go see James Cameron’s The Terminator] meanwhile another debate […]
Guest Blog: Addressing Child Poverty
This Guest Blog, by Caoimhe McKenna, David Taylor-Robinson, Sophie Wickham, Benjamin Barr and Rosie Kyeremateng, addresses the highly political issue of defining child poverty, within the UK context. We would welcome any and many comments on this blog, and via our usual social media channels! (As always, the libellous and frankly spamming will be blocked, but […]
Guest Blog: The trials and tribulations of answering clinical questions
For a recent evidence based paediatrics assignment we had to answer and present a clinical question. I’m sure you are well acquainted with the process; construct your question in standard PICO format, search your secondary and primary sources, critically appraise the evidence and draw your conclusions. Having noted a trend towards starting lamotrigine rather than […]
Guest blog: “To Play or not to Play”?
Play in its most intimate of forms allows for free expression, exploration, joy, and excitement . For others it’s a welcome distraction. What makes play become a tool, a balance barometer, a universal subject, is when it is introduced or offered to a child/young person (CYP) who requires an intervention, treatment or one who is […]
@PEdSIG #RCPCH15 – “Learning on the Job”
Q: What do you get when you take 50+ paediatric trainees/trainers/medical students, 7 fantastic facilitators, 3 challenges and 6 flipcharts? A: Many solutions and a roomful of conversation… (oh, and not much space left on the flipcharts!) PEdSIG was delighted to welcome a roomful of enthusiastic delegates to the symposium “Learning on the Job: Are […]
Mentoring And Quality Improvement Strengthen Integrated Management Of Common Childhood Illness In Rural Rwanda
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (ICMI) is the leading protocol designed to decrease under 5 mortality globally (WHO) – although its potential impact is threatened by quality of care. Magge and colleagues report the outcome of a nurse mentorship programme— Mentorship and Enhanced supervision at Health Centres (MESH) in two rural districts (21 rural health […]