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News

The national PAFTA winners 2022

11 May 2022

Chair of the Trainees’ Committee, Dr Laura Kelly is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s national PAFTAs, celebrating paediatric training achievements across the UK.

Volunteering opportunity

Stepping Up champions - volunteering opportunities

Closing date

30 May 2022

Our Stepping Up programme combines a regional network of doctors with learning resources to support the transition of senior trainees “stepping up” into new consultant roles. As a champion, you'll act as contact point for local members and your Head of School and TPD.

Knowledge and skills

Leadership

Paediatric training

Course

European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS) course

EPALS is an advanced course that trains healthcare professionals in the early recognition of the child in respiratory or circulatory failure and management of a cardiac arrest. EPALS provides the knowledge and skills needed to prevent further deterioration and help to save young lives.

Area of medicine

Care setting

Emergency Department

Volunteering opportunity

RCPCH START scenario generation sessions - volunteering opportunities

We invite consultants from all paediatric sub-specialities and senior trainees post-START to join our START scenario generation groups, currently run online. It's a great opportunity for your own continuing professional development and helps support the next generation of consultant paediatricians.

Continuing professional development

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

Course

How to Manage: Common Dermatological Problems (online)

19 September 2022

This is a one-day, online course focusing on the common dermatological disorders encountered by clinicians involved in the care of children.

Area of medicine

Dermatology

Course

Effective Educational Supervision - online

12 September 2022

This online course meets the General Medical Council’s requirements for educational supervisors. It explores the fundamentals of educational supervision and provides essential updates on the RCPCH Progress Curriculum and RCPCH assessments.

Knowledge and skills

Leadership

Course

How to Manage: Paediatric Sepsis (online)

07 July 2022

This one-day online course explores how to recognise and effectively manage life-threatening sepsis.

Area of medicine

Emergency medicine

Document

National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) for Paediatrics

The Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA) runs this national scheme for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England, and provides governance for the awards for the Welsh Government in Wales. Health ministers agree a limited number of new awards each year, and the select...

Fellowships, awards and prizes

Resource

Educational webinar archive

We run short, free and accessible educational updates for health professionals on topics ranging from clinical conditions to service design. The following list of webinars is presented with the most recent recording first.

Health policy

Continuing professional development

Event

National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) Conference

08 June 2022

London

We are delighted to be holding our first NNAP conference in over three years. This event will be hybrid, to enable both in-person and virtual attendance. We invite NNAP stakeholders who are interested in improving neonatal care for patients and their families to join us.

Neonatal medicine

Quality improvement