The RCPCH is pleased to offer this course at a reduced rate. Please note the fees may be subject to change.
RCPCH member - Trainee as well as SAS Doctor, Nurses, AHPs: £115
RCPCH member - Consultant: £145
Non-RCPCH member: £210
Why there is a need for it?
Eating Disorders are classified as mental health disorders which can result in serious and life- threatening short and long-term medical consequences and are increasingly common in day to day paediatric practice.
How is the course filling this need?
This course provides a clinical framework for the recognition, clinical risk assessment and management of children and young people with eating disorders.
What we hope to achieve
To increase knowledge, skills and confidence in assessing and managing a child or young person with an eating disorder in outpatient and inpatient paediatric medical settings.
Learning aim of the course
This study day will help delegates develop an approach to the management of children and young people with eating disorders.
Individual learning outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Recognise a young person with an eating disorder and understand the principles of management.
- Develop a clinical approach to the assessment of sick patients under 18 with Anorexia Nervosa
- Gain a better understanding of and become more confident with the new MEED guidance
- Understand the short and long-term medical complications of starvation and weight loss in children and adolescents with restrictive eating disorders
- Describe the medical approach to safe and effective refeeding
- Recognise, avoid and treat re-feeding syndrome
- Understand the principles of Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT/AN) and develop an approach to collaborative working with the Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and young people
- Understand the psychiatric, ethical and legal aspects of managing eating disorders including application of the Mental Health Act
Who is the course for?
This course is principally aimed at Paediatricians, Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Dieticians and Senior Nursing staff involved in delivering care in medical outpatient and inpatient settings to patients under 18 years old with an eating disorder.
Course requirements
To participate in this online course, you will need access to:
- Windows or Mac Computer (laptop/desktop or tablet)
- An internet connection
- Microphone and speaker - either using the built-in microphone/speaker or a headset connected to your laptop/desktop or tablet
- Webcam - either using a built-in webcam or a separate webcam connected to your laptop/desktop or tablet.