Community child health
Event
Clean Air Day Event: Realising the benefits of cleaner air (UKHACC)
21 June 2018
Glasgow
Join this discussion on the air quality crisis in Scotland and Glasgow, one of the UK’s most polluted cities, the solutions for tackling it and the large health benefits that could be realised in the process.
Hosted by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, which represents many of Britain's ...
Health Foundation - Clinician Scientist Fellowships
Provides five years of funding to enable talented clinicians to pursue academic research alongside their clinical practice.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Clinician Scientist Fellowships
Provides five years of funding to enable talented clinicians to pursue academic research alongside their clinical practice.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Course
Webinar - A breath of fresh air: supporting parents and carers to protect their children from exposure to secondhand smoke
06 July 2018
This webinar will highlight the key evidence on smoking/secondhand smoke exposure and vaping/secondhand vapour exposure and explore how to deliver effective very brief advice to support parents/carers to reduce children’s exposure to secondhand smoke. Dr Laura Jones, Senior Lecturer in Applied Healt...
News
Giving Calpol® paracetamol to children
25 May 2018
There have been a number of recent media articles about the use of Calpol® paracetamol in children for treating a fever. The RCPCH urges all parents to take advice from NHS Choices and Medicines for Children when administering medicines to their children.
Course
Progressing Paediatrics: Childhood epilepsies
27 November 2018
London
The epilepsies of childhood are an enigma. They are the most frequently over-diagnosed but paradoxically, also under-diagnosed group of paroxysmal neurological disorders.
Course
DCH Clinical exam preparation
19 October 2018
London
This one-day course will allow you to become more familiar with the DCH (Diploma of Child Health) Clinical exam assessment criteria. You will gain a greater understanding of the key skills required and the pitfalls to avoid. Rather than a mock exam it focuses on exam techniques and how to prepare fo...
Document
How does PaedCCF outpatients work? A step-by-step guide
As a paediatrician, how well do you listen to parents, carers and children? The Paediatric Carers of Children Feedback (PaedCCF) tool helps you measure how well you interact with these groups during outpatients consultations, and to identify any areas that may need attention. You will need to get at...
Resource
Disability Matters eLearning
This free, flexible learning resource helps those who work, volunteer or engage with disabled children and young people (from 0 to 25 years) and their families. It covers both physical and intellectual disabilities.
Document
Covering all bases: Community child health - a paediatric workforce guide
Community Child Health (CCH) is the largest paediatric sub-specialty, focusing on the care of vulnerable children and families, children with long-term conditions and child public health. Our resources support workforce planning.