Course description

The fourth year core Paediatrics and Child Health rotation is a clinical immersion during which students are integrated within the hospital, observe clinical work and participate under supervision. The rotation begins with a half-day videoconferenced orientation program to introduce paediatrics, in particular the clinical approach to children, child development and newborn transition. In addition, students attend twice weekly didactic sessions (e.g. videoconferenced lectures) and access the paediatric online interactive education (POLIE) modules complemented by weekly tutorials (POLIE face-to-face tutorials) which consolidate learning. Students engage in clinical work in various settings, including the emergency department, consultant ward rounds, daily junior staff ward rounds, outpatient clinics, subspecialist clinics, community paediatric visits, newborn nursery and post-natal wards. Students will gain clinical experience in neonatology, emergency medicine, general paediatrics, adolescent medicine, surgery, community paediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, radiology and the specialties of ENT and ophthalmology. The timetable and delivery mode of the teaching will depend on whether the student is on rotation in a metropolitan hospital (Mater Children's Hospital, Royal Children's Hospital, Wesley Hospital), a non-metropolitan hospital (Redlands, Ipswich, Caboolture, Redcliffe, Nambour), a regional hospital (Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Toowoomba), or an international clinical school (Brunei, IMU, Ochsner Clinic). More complete details are available on the Paediatrics & Child Health Blackboard site. The rotation grade is based on a satisfactory clinical participation assessment, three work-based (mini-CEX) assessments and an examination in the last week of the rotation, which includes multi-choice questions (MCQ) and two objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) style stations. The Year 4 OSCE also includes paediatric stations.

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