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21-12-2006, 09:35 PM
Do's and Don'ts
Turn up!
If you are in a busy kids' hospital, where students come and go, it is easy to not turn up, but one of the most useful things that you can do on your paediatrics attachment is to spend time with sick children and their parents. Even if you spend your time in the playroom!
Talk to kids. Learn how to get information from a child and learn their language.
Handle children and babies. Practice examining them so you become confident before you go for the exams.
Attend clinics, casualty, and ward rounds and spend time on the wards getting to know a few cases well. Try to get familiar with the basics.
Find out on day one what the protocol is for clerking children in your hospital. You might have to ask the permission of the ward staff and the parents before you can examine a child. Make sure you do this, and don't let it put you off seeing kids.
Learn to change a nappy and be confident at putting baby clothes on and taking them off. This is an exam favourite.
Don't wake a baby if you don't have to, and don't hurt or upset anyone.
Remember how scary you are to a child in hospital, and bear this in mind whenever you go to see a child.
Turn up!
If you are in a busy kids' hospital, where students come and go, it is easy to not turn up, but one of the most useful things that you can do on your paediatrics attachment is to spend time with sick children and their parents. Even if you spend your time in the playroom!
Talk to kids. Learn how to get information from a child and learn their language.
Handle children and babies. Practice examining them so you become confident before you go for the exams.
Attend clinics, casualty, and ward rounds and spend time on the wards getting to know a few cases well. Try to get familiar with the basics.
Find out on day one what the protocol is for clerking children in your hospital. You might have to ask the permission of the ward staff and the parents before you can examine a child. Make sure you do this, and don't let it put you off seeing kids.
Learn to change a nappy and be confident at putting baby clothes on and taking them off. This is an exam favourite.
Don't wake a baby if you don't have to, and don't hurt or upset anyone.
Remember how scary you are to a child in hospital, and bear this in mind whenever you go to see a child.