Children with sickle cell disease are at increased risk of developing bacteremia and other
serious bacterial infections. Fever is a common symptom in sickle cell disease and can also …

In high-income countries, globalisation has led to changes in the disease epidemiology and
in the health challenges facing children, which means that corresponding changes in …

Background Medical students lack confidence in recognising, assessing and managing
unwell patients, particularly children. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a 1‐day novel …

Introduction Clinical exposure to paediatrics increases student interest in the specialty.
However, the paediatric placement is relatively short and usually falls towards the end of …

Although a great deal of paediatric consultations are not urgent, doctors in training spend so
much time providing service for acute conditions that they spend little time focusing on …

Aims Positive undergraduate experiences of paediatrics are key to student learning, to
building a future workforce with confidence in child health and in future recruitment to our …

Child maltreatment is a global problem that affects children in every society across the world,
with far-reaching consequences. Every year an estimated 31,000 children die from child …