Paediatric Emergency Training Day: "Diagnostics for PEM"

Paediatric Emergency Medicine training day for PEM trainees.

The day is aimed primarily at London PEM registrars (RCPCH GRID and RCEM), but any doctor or health professional with an interest in paediatric emergencies is welcome to join.

The focus of this PET day will be "Diagnostics for PEM", with a mixture of lectures, discussions and smaller group workshops. We will cover some clinical topics, some diagnostic tests and procedures, and diagnostic research studies. Expect some workshop time on critical appraisal and some hands-on USS practice. 

Programme:

8:30 – 9:00:    Registration

9:00 – 9:15:   Welcome & Introductions

9:15 – 10:15: “ECGs: When, why and what does it show?” - Julia Thomson, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology interest, Homerton University Hospital

10:15 – 11:15: “How your rapid point-of-care can be your quick fix” - Manuel Dewez, Paediatrician and Researcher, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

11:15 – 11:45: Break

11:45 – 12:45: “How to read a diagnostic study paper” - Haris Achilleos, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grid Registrar, Homerton University Hospital

12:45 – 13:00: Discussion, Q&As

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break

14:00 – 15:15: Workshop on critical appraisal of diagnostic studies - Faculty: Ruud Nijman, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grid Registrar and Academic Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College;                                     Andrew McArdle, Paediatric ID Grid Registrar and Research Fellow, Imperial College;                                        Haris Achilleos

15:15 – 15:30: Break

15:30 – 17:00: “Hocus POCUS: Intro to point-of-care US for PEM” - Ashley Matthies, Emergency Medicine Registrar (RCEM), Homerton University Hospital

                         Workshop on US-guided vascular access - Faculty: Saleel Latheef, ED Consultant, Homerton  University Hospital & Ashley Matthies

 17:00 – 17:15: Final discussion & Feedback forms

 Drinks at nearby pub!

Hospital map:

(The Education Centre is located at the back of the hospital)