Continuing Education
Education Calendar - Training 2008
For information on training for staff at The Children's Hospital at Westmead please see the attached Education Calendar 
Practical Paediatrics for GPs - A 2 Day Conference
When: Saturday 2nd: 8.30 AM - 5.00 PM, Sunday 3rd: 9.00 AM - 3.30 PM, August 2008
Where: Lorimer Dods Lecture Theatre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
The Paediatric Postgraduate Weekend for General Practitioners is a two day course for general practitioners held every year. The conference includes a wide variety of topics to update knowledge and skills in paediatrics for the general practitioner. The focus is to highlight current advances in research and practice and to cover changes in the management of paediatric problems.
The conference has been designed for maximum participation and interaction with participants. There is an emphasis on small group practical and case study sessions.
For more details contact the Education Centre on (02) 9845 2091 or via e-mail edcent@chw.edu.au
Click here for the registration brochure.
Adolescent nursing... science or art?
When: Wednesday 10th September 2008
Where: Lorimer Dods Lecture Theatre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Click here for more information.
Paediatric Update - A 3 Day Conference
When: Thursday 20th - Saturday 22nd November, 2008
Where: Lorimer Dods Lecture Theatre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
The update aims to focus on clinical issues that are relevant to your everyday practise. There will also be an opportunity to catch up with colleagues over dinner on Friday evening. For more details contact the Education Centre on (02) 9845 2091 or via e-mail edcent@chw.edu.au
Click here for the letter to delegates.
Diploma in Child Health
The Diploma in Child Health (DCH) was developed in 1992 in order to meet the demands of the medical community and the resident staff of the Hospital for a course in primary care paediatrics. The course provides resident staff with a focus for learning and formal recognition of a short period of paediatric training. The Diploma is also suitable for doctors in general practice or training in other areas of medicine who wish to improve their paediatric knowledge. The course is open to medical practitioners registered or registrable in Australia who have 6 months experience in clinical paediatric medicine or its equivalent. Community or general practice paediatrics is considered as experience (see enquiry information through the above link). It is also open to GP registrars who are concurrently doing their hospital paediatric term. The experience may be concurrent with the course as a junior medical officer on the staff of The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
DCH has been offered in Hong Kong as a distance education site for the first time in 2005. There are specific criteria for admission to the DCH course in Hong Kong. For further information contact DipCH@chw.edu.au
University Research and Education
The University of Sydney
Discipline of Paediatrics and
Child Health is involved with:
- teaching medical students;
- supervising postgraduate research students;
- working cooperatively with the Hospital in the development of research activities;
- postgraduate training and education.
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