Paediatric Trauma and Emergency Medicine

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Formulate an approach to the recognition of a sick or seriously injured child, in particular the measurement and interpretation of vital signs and the use and validation of early warning scores.
• Justify differential diagnoses, appropriate investigations and evidence-based initial management for common, undifferentiated acute clinical presentations in children. 
• Critically appraise the approach to research and quality and improvement in an acute paediatric setting.
• Critically evaluate the unique ethical aspects in an acute paediatric setting.

The course runs online over 5 consecutive weeks, and you are expected to conduct approximately 7 to 10 hours of self-directed study per week, depending on your pace of learning. This consists of weekly directed tasks that you can undertake at your own pace and timing, such as watching recorded lectures, assigned reading or reflection and forum work, but also may consist of group work online. There are also planned synchronous online sessions (one per week) during the course to discuss ideas, present group, and individual work and to facilitate further learning.

Evidence of sufficient participation will be required to obtain a course certificate.

This course will benefit paediatricians, GPs, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals involved in Child Health.

As the course is a multi-professional programme, students will develop an understanding of how their own individual behaviours, and those of the teams within which they work, can have a significant influence on the quality of care delivered.

The fee covers tuition and online resources but does not cover, refreshments, travel or accommodation. 

If you have any queries regarding your booking please contact us via email or by phone: +44 (0)20 7594 6885

Detailed joining instructions will be sent to all participants 10-14 days prior to the commencement of the course. Places on these courses are limited, EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED.

A 20% administration fee will be levied for cancellations made up to two weeks prior to the start of the course.  Cancellations thereafter will be liable to the loss of the full fee.  Notice of cancellation must be given in writing by letter or fax and action will be taken to recover, from the delegates or their employers, that proportion of the fee owing at the time of cancellation. 

Imperial College London reserves the right to cancel an advertised course at short notice.  It will endeavour to provide participants with as much notice as possible, but will not accept liability for costs incurred by participants or their organisations for the cancellation of travel arrangements and/or accommodation reservations as a result of the course being cancelled or postponed.  If a course is cancelled, fees will be refunded in full. Imperial College also reserves the right to postpone or make such alterations to the content of a course as may be necessary.