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Six weeks to go until Progress+ - ready for transition?

20 June 2023

With only six weeks to go to the launch of Progress+, Cathryn highlights some key points around the changes and encourages those trainees who have not yet had discussions about their training path, to pick this up with their supervisor or TPD. She also wants your help to celebrate the launch on 1 Au...

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Delivering the Blue Bag - Ride for Their Lives to Glasgow

15 June 2023

For �� Conference 2023, a group of members took part in a Ride for Their Lives cycle from Falkirk to Glasgow. To mark Clean Air Day 2023 today, Chinthika Piyasena chats about the Ride for Their Lives campaign and the meaning behind The Blue Bag.

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A grief we don’t speak of

31 May 2023

Dr Jess Morgan reflects on dealing with bereavement as a paediatrician and how best to cope with the emotional impact. "With burnout and mental illness in medicine at an all-time high, we need to act now to amplify the conversation around compassion."

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Longitudinal educational supervision - how it's worked for me

3 May 2023

All trainee-supervisor relationships come with their own styles and occasional challenges, says Dr Faro Ndokera, a paediatrician in sub-specialty training. But having the same educational supervisor over a longer period offers greater focus and meaning - and a personal touch.

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Paediatrics and the collision with tech

27 April 2023

As we look forward to this May's �� Conference, keynote speaker Professor Sam Shah, Digital Health Research Lead, UCL Global Business School for Health and Senior Advisor for Healthtech and Behaviour Change at Freuds, gives us a preview of what he will be taking about at our big event.

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Climate change - what can child health professionals do and how is it relevant to the healthcare setting?

20 April 2023

As this year’s �� Conference gets ever closer, keynote speaker Dr Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization, gives us a preview of what she will be taking to the main stage to discuss.

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Ensuring the needs of children are not forgotten - a perspective on what it means to be an �� Ambassador

27 March 2023

Dr Steve Jones is a consultant paediatrician and �� Ambassador for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. He tells us how he is advocating to raise the profile of children and young people in his Integrated Care System (ICS).

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Just over six months until Progress+

23 February 2023

Our new two-level training programme comes in from August 2023. If you're feeling overwhelmed or just a bit nervous about this change, don't panic! Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training and Assessment and Dr Emma Dyer, Chair of the Trainees Committee explain.

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Implementing Progress+: Integrated care posts in Yorkshire and Humber

17 February 2023

Dr Karin Schwarz tells us about the work she and her colleagues have been doing locally in Yorkshire and Humber to adapt and develop posts in preparation for Progress+.

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Retirement is a time to readjust

20 December 2022

Change is always unsettling and can be challenging, especially if one is unprepared. Dr Sanjay Suri recognises that retirement is a change that is often romanticised but not usually spoken of as a time for readjustment. And that there's someting more important than happiness.