| Organisation of the attachment |
| The Paediatric attachment lasts 7 weeks and is divided as follows: |
Week 1 |
Introduction to paediatrics Monday - at St Mary’s |
| At core sites Tuesday - Friday |
Week 2 & 3 |
At core sites |
Week 4 & 5 |
Residency hospital |
Week 6 & 7 |
At core sites + feedback and revision session at St Mary’s |
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| Principal sites: St Mary’s Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Useful information for St Mary's Hosp [pdf] |
| Core sites: Ealing, Hillingdon, Northwick Park (NWLH), and West Middlesex Hospitals and associated community organisations. |
| Throughout your attachment you will return to one of the principal sites on Wednesday mornings of weeks 2, 3, 6 & 7 for key lectures/seminars/feedback/revision. |
| Paediatrics is a busy acute specialty with hospital attendances peaking mid-morning and mid-evening as well as at weekends. Students will be expected to be flexible in their learning and to attend at least one or two evenings per week/weekend until late evening as part of their courses. Each hospital site will arrange rotas like this and you will need to make arrangements with fellow students to swap if you are otherwise committed. |
Immunisations: You must ensure your immunisations including Hepatitis B are up-to-date, with confirmation from the Occupational Health Department, before you start the paediatric course. |
CRB check: This no longer applies but all students must complete a satisfactory self-declaration form well in advance of the start of their attachment |
| Assessment |
| Appraisals: During your paediatric placement, there are three appraisals to be completed - two at your core site: mid-course and end of course; and one at your residency attachment. |
| Clinical Skills (formative) Assessment: During the firm, each student will have a minimum of three in-course clinical assessments (Mini-CEX) . These are (1) history taking; (2) clinical examination and (3) case-based discussion. These should be signed off by a consultant or tutor at their core site. These assessments are designed to provide clinical teacher and peer feedback of your skills over the course and you are encouraged to complete several of each of these and submit your final coloured sheets at the end of the course as instructed in your portfolio. |
| The ethics and law case-based discussion is designed to stimulate ethical and legal reflection and discussion on a clinical case encountered by the student at their core site. The case-based discussion provides an opportunity for systematic assessment and structured feedback of a clinical case. |
The final (summative) exam takes place at the end of the academic year and consists of a written paper and a PACES examination. |