This event will be part of the 2013 programme of How to Manage events, a series of one-day training events from RCPCH for senior trainees, SSASGs and newly qualified consultants.
How to Manage Paediatric Nutrition brings together a multi-professional team to deliver an exciting case-study based programme with interactive workshops.
This one-day course explores the principles of nutritional assessment of the sick child and management of nutritional problems in a range of clinical settings including:
A recognised and respected authority on child health, the College is committed to working with our Members to respond to consultations on children and young people's health. These consultations will shape the way that children's healthcare is delivered in future.
A report from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark has claimed that one child in 20 whose mother took valproate-based anti-epileptic drugs while pregnant suffered from a form of autism.
The researchers said pregnant women could be putting their children at risk by taking the drugs without being warned of the dangers.
The study of nearly 700,000 children born in Denmark between 1996 and 2006 looked at a link between the drug and children born diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger’s syndrome.
The Healthy School Child Programme (HSCP) will be an interactive, evidence-based e-learning resource covering the mental and physical wellbeing of children aged 5-11.
Scientists writing in the BMJ say that concentrated bouts of activity improved self-control in children, teenagers and adults aged up to 35 years old.
This may be because working out increases blood and oxygen flow to the pre-frontal cortex of the brain.
This area is responsible for 'executive' functions and is particularly important for children and teens as it plays a vital role in concentration and learning.
Playing action video games can help dyslexic children to improve their reading skills, and is more effective than some traditional teaching methods, according to an Italian study.
After just 12 hours of gameplay, dyslexic children were able to read an additional 0.39 syllables per second than they could previously – an improvement that would take them more a year to develop naturally.
The MindEd Core Content programme will be an interactive, evidence-based e-learning resource, providing educational advice and training to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people.
This page exists to provide Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor (SAS) Committee members with access to papers for the next meeting of the RCPCH SAS Committee.
This page is in the secure section of the College website and is only accessible to members of the RCPCH SAS Committee. Members are asked to treat this page and all its contents as confidential at all times.
The BPSU welcomes applications from clinicians and researchers who wish to carry out national surveillance on rare childhood diseases.
The BPSU provides access to over 3,400 paediatricians and lessens the burden on those clinicians of requests for information from numerous different sources. The BPSU Executive also `provides expertise and support to prospective researchers to ensure that research methodologies are effective and appropriate.
A recognised and respected authority on child health, the College is committed to working with our Members to respond to consultations on children and young people's health. These consultations will shape the way that children's healthcare is delivered in future.