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General Information
Criteria
for Accreditation of a Level 3 Teaching Hospital (Australia)
A level
3 teaching hospital shall have: - at least two departments within the Division
of Paediatric Medicine that are considered academic departments on the following
criteria:
- the department is headed by a professorial or associate professorial
appointee based full time at the hospital; and
- the department is staffed
by two or more senior academic appointees;
- an established medical
student program as well as demonstrated activity in clinical and basic research
on the basis of grants and published papers;
- at least ten medical specialty
departments (Division of Paediatric Medicine) including general paediatrics, each
headed by a paediatrician with a substantial (at least half time) appointment;
- at least five registrar positions within the Division of Paediatric Medicine
occupied by basic paediatrician trainees;
- a Director of Paediatric Physician
Training (DPPT) who shall be assisted by a senior registrar nominated by the Division
of Paediatric Medicine, and an established training program aimed at basic paediatric
trainees;
- an intensive care unit with a director having a full-time
appointment. In Basic Training trainees shall have a role in the longitudinal
care of their patients who are admitted to the unit;
- availability
of a wide range of paediatric surgical services;
- an emergency department
with a director holding a substantial (at least half time) appointment. In Basic
Training trainees shall have a role in the initial management of patients admitted
under your care through the department;
- comprehensive paediatric diagnostic
laboratory and imaging facilities including CT scanning and nuclear medicine,
and staff appropriately trained in the provision of these paediatric services;
- access to and involvement in a wide range of ambulatory and community
based care facilities;
- a comprehensive and accessible medical library
appropriately equipped for paediatric training.
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