Training
Training and Taster Days
If you’re interested in attending, or hosting, Training Days or Taster Days, please Michael Malley (APEM trainee representative): pemtraininguk@gmail.com or michaelkmalley@gmail.com
Training Days
Regional PEM training days run aiming to cover relevant topics from the level 2 paediatric curriculum and the paediatric emergency medicine curriculum.
Please see the section "News for current PEM trainees" for more details and dates of the London regional training days.
Taster Days
If you're interested in finding out more about PEM as a subspecialty why not organise a taster day and spend some time on the shop floor.
Taster Days Aims
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To develop an insight into the work of the specialty
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Promote careers reflection
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Opportunity to find out what is needed to succeed, progress or enjoy this specialty in terms of skills, attributes and behaviour
What can I do during my Paediatric Emergency Taster Day?
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Time with senior clinician(s) in the specialty, observing work, discussing careers pathways, future opportunities and work life balance issues.
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Time with current trainees (of various grades) in the specialty, observing work, discussing what life is like as a trainee in the specialty, work life balance, how their careers choices were made, current and future shift patterns, exams, curricula and entry to specialty.
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Time with key workers who support the specialty such as Emergency Nurse Practitioners
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Opportunity to participate in hands on activities under direct supervision
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Learning about triage, patient flow and departmental performance
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Observe resuscitation of trauma patients and learn about how trauma centres work
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Attend departmental teaching, radiology meetings, safeguarding meetings, simulation sessions
How To Organise a Paediatric Emergency Taster Day?
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Taster Days should be taken during study leave with local agreement or in your own time which would be a good example of your commitment to the specialty if and when you decide to apply!
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Include some out-of-hours time to ensure you get a true experience of what life in Paediatric ED is really like.
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For more information on arranging your taster days contact any of the following people:
East Midlands
Nottingham University Hospital
Dr Lynda Walton
North Royal Derby Hospital
Dr Gisela Robinson
Dr Julia Surridge
University Hospitals of Leicester
Dr Ffion Davies
Dr Samantha Jones
Samantha.J.Jones@uhl-tr.nhs.uk,
Dr Rachel Rowlands
London
Chelsea and Westminster
Dr James Ross
and Dr Ed Abrahamson
Evelina London, St Thomas' Hospital
Dr John Criddle
and Dr Anastasia Alcock
Royal London Hospital
Dr Ami Parikh
and Dr Simon Walsh
simon.walsh@bartshealth.nhs.uk
St Mary’s Hospital
Dr Rebecca Salter
rebecca.salter@imperial.nhs.uk
University Hospital Lewisham
Dr Tina Sajjanhar
Kent Surrey Sussex
Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton
Dr Emily Walton
Mersey
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Dr Julie Grice
Dr Ravi Massey
and Dr Matt Rotheram
Northern
Sunderland Royal Hospital, Great North Children’s Hospital
Dr Siri Gautam
and Dr Myra Hebert
Severn
Bristol Children’s Hospital
Dr Mark Lyttle
West Midlands
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Dr Tina Newton
Yorkshire and Humber
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Dr Sally Gibbs
and Dr Judith Gilchrist
Northern Ireland
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Dr Julieann Maney
julieann.maney@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Scotland
Royal Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow
Dr Vince Choudhery
vincent.choudhery@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh
Dr Paul Leonard