This virtual event offers a comprehensive programme focused on growth measurement in children, featuring expert presentations and practical video demonstrations. The sessions cover the importance of measuring growth, including stages of growth and the use of growth charts, both electronic and paper-based, with guidance on plotting and referral criteria. It is delivered by the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED).
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Free to attend
RCPCH has approved this activity for CPD in accordance with the current RCPCH CPD Guidelines.
Aims of the day
- Understand the rationale and evidence base for growth measurement
- Improve the accuracy of growth measurement in clinical practice
- Recognise how accurate growth measurement affects the care and management of children with growth concerns
Topic covered
- Growth measurement equipment – what to use and how to maintain
- Improving your growth measure technique
- Neonate and Infant (0-2 years) - how to accurately assess: weight, supine length, head circumference
- Why is measuring growth important?
- Older child (2-18yrs) - how to accurately assess: height, weight (baby, child), height in overweight children
- How to undertake difficult measurements including measuring a child with disability
- Electronic and paper growth charts - how to plot growth measurements, when to refer and the importance in growth assessment
- Born small for gestational age - definitions and why it is important to pick it up
- Impact and importance of identification of growth problems - cases and the patient voice
Target audience
Children's outpatient staff, paediatric endocrine nurse specialists, health visitors, school nurses, GP practice nurses and other health professionals involved in assessing growth.
For more information
Please contact the team by email: bspedwebinars@gmail.com