Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)

• Take an appropriate history from a child, adolescent or parent in emergency, ward or surgical settings;
• Conduct effective physical examinations (e.g. gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiovascular, developmental, haematological, rheumatological, renal and respiratory systems);
• Articulate and defend differential diagnoses;
• Order appropriate investigations;
• Interpret and appropriately communicate results;
• Propose and articulate an appropriate management plan including appropriate medication;
• Be able to communicate prognoses of common childhood conditions;
• Explain and apply the aetiology of common childhood conditions with which children and adolescents present to RCH, including: asthma; febrile convulsions; failure to thrive/growth delay; developmental delay; cerebral palsy; infections in childhood; dehydration; anaemia;
• Communicate effectively with children, adolescents, parents and health professional colleagues;
• Demonstrate in practice an appreciation of their role as advocate for children;
• Demonstrate in practice the importance of immunisation and other preventative health practice;
• Demonstrate in practice, an appreciation of the complexity of the management of social factors for children with chronic illness;
• Recognise and respond appropriately to a seriously ill child;
• Observe and describe appropriate practice of paediatric procedures; and
• Integrate the principles of evidence based medicine into clinical practice and contribute to the evidence based medicine literature.

Core Subjects