Course Description
The SCHN: Essential Paediatrics program is designed to provide healthcare professionals with the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver effective care for children and young people in their care. The program covers essential paediatric presentations and issues commonly presented in primary care and is aimed at the general practitioner who see children in a clinical or emergency setting.
It is suitable for General Practitioners, Junior Medical Doctors, Registrars, Physicians and Nurse Practitioners.
If you're looking for post-graduate education, check out the Graduate Diploma in Child Health course here.
- Study duration:
12 month access to content
- Study mode:
Online, self-paced
- Program fee:
AU $3,950
- Completed learners
will be eligible to access the ongoing subscription.
- Register interest:
What’s included?
- Access to 12 modules of paediatric content
- A Certificate of Completion for each module completed
- Access to live webinars
- 12-month membership to online discussion group
Learning outcomes
The program content is divided into 12 modules which reflect a journey of learning in paediatric education covering all sub-specialty areas from neonates to adolescents. Upon completion of the program, participants can expect to:
Assessment
Assess a child using paediatric history and examination techniques including a developmental assessment, recognise ‘Red Flags’ presentations.
Investigation
Organise and interpret necessary investigations to assist with reaching a diagnosis in a timely manner whilst avoiding unnecessary costly and painful procedures.
Management
Implement evidenced-based management plans for common paediatric presentations.
Advocacy
Advocate for all patients and families for improved health outcomes in all children, including those at risk, by providing timely interventions and safety netting.
Learning modules
The SCHN: Essential Paediatrics program is comprised of 12 modules of study. Each module contains recorded lectures, resources, weblinks and a knowledge-checking quiz. End of module quizzes will comprise of single best answer questions, to test the application of knowledge gained from the module. Feedback will be presented for correct and incorrect responses, and participants will have multiple attempts.
When all module components are completed, participants will be awarded with a Certificate of Completion, for their continuing professional development records and self-submission
Topics
- 10 hours
- Detect, evaluate, and assess common newborn and infant presentations.
- Manage common newborn and infant disorder with evidenced-based practice.
- Resuscitate and escalate care for acutely unwell infants.
- Advocate for all patients and families for improved health outcomes in all children, including those at risk, by providing timely interventions and safety netting.
- 10 hours
- Recognise and assess common congenital abnormalities.
- Arrange appropriate investigations and recognise when specialist input is required.
- Implement age-appropriate management, both short and long-term conditions, including prevention strategies to maximise health outcomes.
- 12 hours
- Recognise, assess, children presenting with common developmental and behavioural issues.
- Manage children with common developmental and behavioural issues.
- Advocate for children and families, including at risk populations, with timely, and appropriate, interventions strategies.
- 10 hours
- Recognise and assess common respiratory and ENT presentations.
- Implement age-appropriate management, both short and long-term conditions, including prevention strategies to maximise health outcomes.
- Advocate for children and families, including at risk populations.
- 10 hours
- recognise and investigate common disorders and presentations.
- formulate appropriate differential diagnoses and suitable management plans.
- minimise patient harms by implementing best practice guidelines.
- 8 hours
- differentiate complex disorders and presentations.
- interpret common investigations.
- develop short and long-term management strategies.
- 8 hours
- recognise and assess common and complex presentations.
- formulate appropriate differential diagnoses and suitable management plans.
- provide long-term patient surveillance and family support.
- 8 hours
- systematically evaluate acute surgical and medical emergency presentations.
- resuscitate and escalate care for acutely unwell children.
- order emergency investigations and result interpretation.
- 10 hours
- detect, evaluate, and assess common adolescent issues.
- formulate differential diagnoses and develop age-appropriate management strategies.
- advocate and promote health and wellbeing.
- 10 hours
- detect, evaluate, and assess common adolescent issues.
- formulate differential diagnoses and develop age-appropriate management strategies.
- advocate and promote health and wellbeing.
- 12 hours
- detect, evaluate, and assess common adolescent issues.
- formulate differential diagnoses and develop age-appropriate management strategies.
- advocate and promote health and wellbeing.
- 11 hours
- detect, evaluate, and assess common adolescent issues.
- formulate differential diagnoses and develop age-appropriate management strategies.
- advocate and promote health and wellbeing.
Fee Information
The program fee for 2024 is
AU$3950
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50% in-house discount for SCHN Employees
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Funded placement opportunities for low-income countries
Register your interest
Brief us on your study plans we'll be in touch to share the curriculum and personalised advice to help you get the most out of this program.
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