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Learning Together

Are you interested in working across traditional boundaries? Do you want to achieve some of your leadership and integrated care RCPCH Progress objectives? If YES, then Learning Together clinics are for you!   Learning Together is an exciting interdisciplinary training model between paediatrics and GP trainees. A paediatric trainee (ST5+) pairs with a GP ST3 and they run a series of focused child health joint clinics within primary care. More information can be found at: www.learningtogether.org.uk   How can you get…

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Learning together

Are you interested in working across traditional boundaries? Do you want to achieve some of your leadership and integrated care RCPCH Progress objectives? If YES, then Learning Together clinics are for you!   Learning Together is an exciting interdisciplinary training model between paediatrics and GP trainees. A paediatric trainee (ST5+) pairs with a GP ST3 and they run a series of focused child health joint clinics within primary care. More information can be found at: www.learningtogether.org.uk   How can you…

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PICH 18/19 Learning Seminar July 2019

Thanks Hannah Zhu for these notes from our final seminar of the academic year:   Red Thread – integrated care with youth workers, ED, police, social care We need to take a public health approach to youth violence! Youth workers going to emergency departments to work with young people aged 10-24 who are victims of violence. Youth Violence is: –          Prevalent: 300,000 ED admissions caused by violence every year –          Expensive –          Contagious –          Damaging –          Unequal: associated with poverty –          Treatable: evidence shows violence can…

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PICH 18/19 Learning seminar June 2019

We had a really interesting session on Wednesday 5th June. In the 6pm mentoring session two of this year’s participants took us on their PICH journeys so far. First of all we heard from Cate Luce, talking about supporting parents on the neonatal unit, building shared guidelines and exploring reasons parents bring newborn babies to the ED. Then Hannah Opstad told us about her SOCKS project teaching primary school children about cyber bullying and online safety. Soon to be rolled…

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PICH 18/19 Learning Seminar March 6th

You are warmly invited to our next seminar in the Programme for Integrated Child Health series. The evening will focus on exploring the learning and development of the Children and Young People’s Partnership. A holistic, population based, data driven programme seeking to show through evaluation how to create an ICS (integrated care system) for children. The session will be led by Claire Lemer, who combines working as a general paediatric consultant with service transformation roles focused on improving the interface…

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