Paediatrics and Child Health – Northern Ireland Medical & Dental Training Agency

Paediatrics and Child Health is the medical specialty relating to the care of babies, children and young people. It is a diverse, stimulating and rewarding specialty requiring close involvement with children and their families.

Paediatricians generally work with the acute services of general hospitals, the tertiary sub-specialist services of large Children’s Hospitals or Community Child Health services covering large geographical areas.

Hospital based services include in-patient wards, out-patient clinics, day-care/ambulatory units, paediatric and neonatal intensive care units and a range of tertiary sub-specialties similar to those found in adult medicine.

Community child health services include audiology, education medicine, services for children with cognitive disability, physical disability or behavioural problems, social paediatrics and oversight of child health surveillance.

Common to all areas of paediatrics is the need to work within multi-disciplinary teams in dealing with the ever-growing number of children with chronic and complex disorders.

There are close working relationships with colleagues in other medical specialties such as Paediatric Surgery, Radiology and Child Psychiatry and Allied Health Professionals such as physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, dieticians, pharmacists and specialist nurses.

Paediatrics is for you if you enjoy:

working with children, young people and their families
the intellectual challenges of managing complex cases
working in an informal and ever-changing environment
working as part of a multi-professional team
the social and ethical aspects of health care
the role of being an advocate for your patients
The attributes of a good paediatrician are:
being a good communicator with children and their families
having good diagnostic and clinical skills
having a good sense of humour
emotional resilience, patience and sensitivity

(Adapted from the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health website)

Paediatrics Training Prospectus

Paediatric Academic Calendar
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Induction Pack

View the Paediatric Community Induction Pack

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Courses

Regional Training Days

Paediatric Teaching Programme 2021-22
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MRCPCH Revision Course

This course usually runs twice a year around January and November and is spread over 6-10 days in various locations throughout Northern Ireland.

Further details of dates to follow.

If you have any queries please contact: Paediatrics.nimdta@hscni.net or Telephone: 028 9536 0309

Child Protection Study Day

This is usually held around October every year trainees at ST4 and above only at Antrim Area Hospital. Maximum intake is 15 trainees.