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CLINICAL SKILLS | CPD TRAINING
CPD Hours
16 Hours
Duration
2 Days
Dates (choose one)
14 Sep 2026 – 15 Sep 2026
12 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Time
09:15 – 16:30
Platform
Online via Zoom
Suitable For
Nurses & ANPs
CPD Funding can be used for this course
Overview
For nurses, doctors and allied professionals working in a primary care setting who need to develop and enhance their head to toe assessment skills of a presenting child (not neonates).
The 2-day programme will cover common presentations, why children are different and the process of exclusion in making diagnosis as children often present with non-specific symptoms with both serious and non-serious illness.
Content
- Different parameters for ages
- Recognition of a sick child
- Paediatric history taking
- Introduction to paediatric physical assessment
- Examination of the lungs
- Cardiovascular assessment
- Abdominal examination
- Neurological examination
- ENT examination & emergencies
- Eye examination
- Putting it altogether
- Non-accidental injury guidelines
- Acute pain in children
Aims & Outcomes
- To discuss the format for physical examination and history taking.
- To explain the skills needed and knowledge underpinning physical examination.
- To demonstrate beginner level skills in the examination of 4 main systems of respiratory, cardiovascular, abdominal and neurological examination.