Core Adult Internal Medicine Disciplines

Paediatrics

Training within paediatric medical units offers the adult medicine trainee the opportunity to understand the origins of adult diseases and to deal with components of the disease spectrum that will not routinely be encountered in adult medicine.

Clinical skills training emphasises the ability to take a detailed and comprehensive history of illness through a third person, to give consideration to genetic, family and early life influences, and the ability to assess growth and development from birth to adulthood.

Trainees will gain exposure to common acute childhood illnesses but will also gain experience in the management of chronic disabilities, including the effective use of community resources. Trainees are likely to gain the experience of dealing with adolescents with chronic illness and with acute problems related to life style and adaptation.

Paediatric training will provide experience in integration of patient management across disciplines and into the community. There is emphasis upon the ethics of treatment decisions and resource utilisation and the need for child advocacy. Teaching effective communication regarding preventive health strategies, therapeutic decisions and child advocacy issues is an important part of training.

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