Title |
Basic training requirements for health care professionals who care for children
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Published in |
European Journal of Pediatrics, April 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s00431-018-3150-x |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jernej Završnik, Tom Stiris, Lenneke Schrier, Robert Ross Russell, Stefano del Torso, Arunas Valiulis, Jean-Christophe Mercier, Károly Illy, Adamos Hadjipanayis |
Abstract |
The European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) is the paediatric section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). The UEMS is responsible for the supervision and approval of training programmes in paediatrics and in its subspecialties. This implies also that EAP has the responsibility to address the training of all professionals working with children, to ensure that their paediatric competences and skills are adequate when dealing with children. The EAP has developed syllabi for paediatricians that provide standards of practice, and criteria for the assessment of competencies in trainees and training centres across Europe. The EAP recommends that all health care professionals working with children should have an officially approved training in child health in addition to formal qualifications in their own field. Moreover, the existing paediatric workforce must maintain their knowledge and skills with relevant continuous professional development and medical education in child health. There is a need to reassess the training of all health care professionals caring for children, ensuring that it supports new models of integrated and multidisciplinary care and focuses on the needs of the child and the family. A standardised, competency-based minimum paediatric training programme/curriculum should be part in the specialty curriculums. |
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France | 2 | 8% |
Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
Thailand | 1 | 4% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | 4% |
United States | 1 | 4% |
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Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 16% |
Scientists | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 1 | 4% |
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Lecturer | 3 | 11% |
Professor | 3 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 2 | 7% |
Other | 6 | 21% |
Unknown | 7 | 25% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 11% |
Psychology | 2 | 7% |
Computer Science | 1 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 7% |
Unknown | 10 | 36% |