EDUCATION

NEONATAL RESUSCITATION

· Resuscitation is carried out according to the American Academy of Paediatrics 2007 guidelines.

· The Neonatal Resuscitation Programme is a 2 day workshop that is held in the hospital four times a year.

· ALL registrars are expected to attend at least once.

WEEKLY PROGRAMME

In addition to bedside and other informal teaching activities in the NCC, regular neonatal - perinatal educational sessions are held in the department.

	Meeting	Venue
Monday 12:30 – 1300	X ray	Radiology dept.
Tuesday 9:00- 10:00 12:30 – 13:30	Registrar Teaching Series Dept of O & G meeting Fetal – Maternal OR Term baby admissions to NCC (alternate  weeks)	Edmond Collins lecture theatre 1
Wednesday 9:00 -10:00 14:15 – 15:00 15:00 – 16:00	Neonatal Ground Rounds Neonatal meeting Mortality and Morbidity meeting (last Wednesday of month) Journal Club	Tubby Davis Room Tubby Davis Room
Thursday 07:30 – 08:00	Dept of O & G meeting Perinatal mortality meeting (1^st Thurs of month)	Edmond Collins lecture theatre 1
Friday 09:00 – 12:00	Neonatal Monitoring Clinic	Level 3 - Clinic 9

Morning rounds

· Each day there are ward rounds at 08:00am and at 16:00 or 17:00pm with the Neonatologist.  These are both ‘working’ and ’educational’ rounds.

Neonatal meeting

· These sessions are combined sessions for neonatal nurses and medical staff. A series of topics will be prepared by the registrars and fellow. These are often case presentations of a clinical problem and the relevant literature search; morbidity and mortality; ethical discussions; audits.

· This is an opportunity to develop presentation and teaching skills and registrars are encouraged to explore a variety of methods to make the session as educational as possible.

· We encourage all teaching to be saved on a shared computer network site for future reference and for those registrars who have not been able to attend the teaching session.

Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Meeting

This meeting is held on the last Wednesday of the month. It reviews the any deaths or major morbidity from the previous month and problems are discussed in depth.

Journal club

This is held weekly on Wednesday. It involves the critical appraisal of current literature. Initially the neonatologists will facilitate the sessions and then each of the registrars will run a session. A paper with the critical appraisal worksheet is allocated to all.

Registrar teaching

This is done by the neonatologists and it is teaching that is relevant to needs of the registrars. If you have any specific requests, speak to the consultant directly.

Competency assessments and log book

At the beginning of your term at RNSH NCC registrars are asked to complete a competency self assessment form in various areas of neonatal practice. This is to give us an idea of your needs and requirements and how best to achieve these whilst you are here. A review of these objectives will be arranged mid – term and at the end of your term.

Study facilities

· The NCC has some neonatal reference books. You are most welcome to use them, however, books must not be taken out of the Department.

· Computers with internet access are available in the registrar’s office and in NCC.

· The RNSH library (Douglas Piper Library) is located on Level 2 of the Northern Clinical School Building (opposite Vindin House).