RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Managing outpatient consultations: from referral to discharge JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 200 OP 206 DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311414 VO 102 IS 4 A1 Rachael Mitchell A1 Hannah Jacob A1 Benita Morrissey A1 Chloe Macaulay A1 Kumudini Gomez A1 Caroline Fertleman YR 2017 UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/4/200.abstract AB 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 outpatient work before they become a consultant. Engaging clinicians in the managerial aspects of providing clinical care is a key to improving outcomes, and this article addresses these aspects of the outpatient consultation from referral to discharge. We aim to provide doctors in training with a tool to use during their training and their first few years as a consultant, to think about how outpatient work is organised and how it can be improved to maximise patient experience. The non-urgent consultation varies across the world; this article is aimed to be relevant to an international audience.