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genetics-dysmorphology-and-metabolism
34
acute-care-resuscitation-and-toxicology
31
investigations-procedures-and-technology
34
gastroenterology-hepatology-and-nutrition
40
preventive-and-community-paediatrics
37
neurology-neurodisability-and-neuromuscular
40
child-safety-and-social-paediatrics
32
nephrology-urology-fluids-and-electrolytes
34
paediatric-dermatology
21
endocrinology-diabetes-and-growth
32
ent-hearing-and-oral-health
21
mental-behavioural-and-psychosomatic
26
rheumatology-musculoskeletal-and-sports
31
pain-palliative-and-end-of-life-care
13
cardiology
35
respiratory-sleep-and-airway
35
adolescent-and-young-adult-medicine
28
growth-development-and-behaviour
34
clinical-pharmacology-and-therapeutics
22
rural-remote-and-contextual-paediatrics
14
clinical-assessment-and-reasoning
26
allergy-and-immunology
25
haematology-oncology-and-transfusion
33
infectious-diseases
39
fetal-neonatal-and-perinatal
58
professional-practice-and-evidence
35
ophthalmology
17
01
genetics-dysmorphology-and-metabolism
34 entries
22q11.2 deletion syndrome — formative SAQs
Acute metabolic decompensation: recognition and stabilisation
Amino-acid disorders including phenylketonuria and MSUD — formative SAQs
Chromosomal microarray, exome and genome sequencing — formative SAQs
Dietary, cofactor and emergency management of metabolic disease
Disorders of metal metabolism: Wilson and Menkes disease — formative SAQs
Down syndrome — formative SAQs
Dysmorphology examination and syndrome recognition — formative SAQs
Ethical issues in genomic diagnosis and cascade testing
Fatty-acid oxidation disorders — formative SAQs
Fragile X syndrome — formative SAQs
Genetic deafness and blindness syndromes — formative SAQs
Genetic history, pedigree construction and inheritance patterns — formative SAQs
Genomic testing, variant interpretation, and counselling — formative SAQs
Glycogen-storage and carbohydrate metabolism disorders — formative SAQs
Hypoglycaemia due to inherited metabolic disease — formative SAQs
Inborn errors presenting with neurological regression — formative SAQs
Klinefelter syndrome and sex chromosome aneuploidy — formative SAQs
Lysosomal storage disorders — formative SAQs
Marfan syndrome and heritable connective-tissue disorders — formative SAQs
Mitochondrial disease
Mucopolysaccharidoses and oligosaccharidoses — formative SAQs
Neurofibromatosis type 1 and type 2 — formative SAQs
Noonan syndrome and RASopathies — formative SAQs
Organic acidaemias — formative SAQs
Peroxisomal disorders — formative SAQs
Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes — formative SAQs
Prenatal diagnosis and reproductive genetics — formative SAQs
Skeletal dysplasias — formative SAQs
Syndromic craniosynostosis and craniofacial disorders — formative SAQs
Tuberous sclerosis complex — formative SAQs
Turner syndrome — formative SAQs
Urea cycle disorders and hyperammonaemia — formative SAQs
Williams syndrome — formative SAQs
02
acute-care-resuscitation-and-toxicology
31 entries
ABCDE assessment and stabilisation of the acutely ill child — formative SAQs
Airway assessment and basic airway management: SAQ
Altered conscious state in children — formative SAQs
Burns assessment, resuscitation and safeguarding — formative SAQs
Button-battery and magnet ingestion — formative SAQs
Cardiogenic and obstructive shock: SAQ
Cardiorespiratory arrest and post-arrest care — formative SAQs
Cardiotoxic and psychotropic medication poisoning — formative SAQs
Care after death, unexpected child death and family support — formative SAQs
Difficult paediatric airway and emergency front-of-neck access — formative SAQs
Envenomation and marine bites — formative SAQs
Fluid bolus therapy and vasoactive support — formative SAQs
Heat illness, hypothermia and environmental emergencies — formative SAQs
Humane restraint and behavioural support in emergency care — formative SAQs
Hydrocarbon, caustic and household chemical exposure — formative SAQs
Hypovolaemic and haemorrhagic shock — formative SAQs
Initial stabilisation of major paediatric head injury — formative SAQs
Iron, salicylate and toxic alcohol poisoning — formative SAQs
Major trauma and paediatric trauma systems — formative SAQs
Mechanical ventilation principles in children — formative SAQs
Oesophageal and gastrointestinal foreign-body ingestion — formative SAQs
Opioid, sedative and recreational-drug toxicity — formative SAQs
Oxygen, high-flow and non-invasive respiratory support — formative SAQs
Paediatric basic and advanced life support — formative SAQs
Paracetamol poisoning — formative SAQs
Poisoned child: structured assessment and decontamination — formative SAQs
Rapid sequence intubation in children — formative SAQs
Retrieval, transport and interfacility stabilisation — formative SAQs
Septic shock resuscitation and vasoactive support — formative SAQs
Shock in children: physiology and classification — formative SAQs
Submersion injury and hypothermia — formative SAQs
03
investigations-procedures-and-technology
34 entries
Abdominal radiograph and acute imaging decisions — formative SAQs
Abscess drainage and minor procedures — formative SAQs
Airway suction, oxygen devices and nebuliser technique: SAQ
Artificial intelligence and clinical decision support in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Audiology and hearing-test interpretation — formative SAQs
Bag-mask ventilation and basic airway adjuncts: SAQ
Blood gas, electrolyte and acid-base interpretation — formative SAQs
Bone-marrow aspiration and biopsy principles — formative SAQs
Central venous and arterial access in children — formative SAQs
Chest decompression and intercostal drain insertion — formative SAQs
Chest radiograph interpretation in children — formative SAQs
Defibrillation, cardioversion and transcutaneous pacing — formative SAQs
Developmental, cognitive and behavioural assessment tools — formative SAQs
Echocardiography fundamentals for general paediatricians — formative SAQs
Electrocardiogram acquisition and interpretation in children — formative SAQs
Endotracheal intubation and emergency airway equipment — formative SAQs
Gastrostomy, tracheostomy and central-line troubleshooting — formative SAQs
Genetic and metabolic test selection — formative SAQs
Intraosseous access — formative SAQs
Joint aspiration — formative SAQs
Lumbar puncture in infants and children — formative SAQs
Medical devices, digital health and remote monitoring — formative SAQs
Nasogastric tube insertion and verification — formative SAQs
Neuroimaging selection and radiation-aware practice — formative SAQs
Paediatric ultrasound and point of care ultrasound — formative SAQs
Paediatric venepuncture and peripheral intravenous access — formative SAQs
Point-of-care glucose, ketone and urinalysis testing — formative SAQs
Procedural consent, preparation and child-life support — formative SAQs
Procedural pain: topical anaesthesia, preparation, distraction and non-pharmacological support — formative SAQs
Radiation protection and imaging stewardship — formative SAQs
Safe paediatric procedural sedation — formative SAQs
Simple laceration repair and wound management — formative SAQs
Suprapubic aspiration and urinary catheterisation: SAQ
Umbilical venous and arterial catheterisation — formative SAQs
04
gastroenterology-hepatology-and-nutrition
40 entries
Abdominal wall and umbilical disorders — formative SAQs
Acute abdominal pain in children: SAQ
Acute gastroenteritis and infectious diarrhoea — formative SAQs
Acute liver failure: SAQ
Acute vomiting in infants and children: SAQ
Appendicitis and surgical abdomen — formative SAQs
Ascites and peritoneal disease: SAQ
Bilious vomiting and intestinal obstruction — formative SAQs
Breastfeeding medicine and lactation support — formative SAQs
Chronic and recurrent abdominal pain: SAQ
Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and portal hypertension: SAQ
Coeliac disease — formative SAQs
Constipation and faecal incontinence: SAQ
Dysphagia and oesophageal disorders — formative SAQs
Enteral feeding tubes and home enteral nutrition — formative SAQs
Feeding assessment and paediatric dysphagia — formative SAQs
Food protein-induced enterocolitis and enteropathy — formative SAQs
Formula feeding and complementary feeding — formative SAQs
Functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome: SAQ
Gastro-oesophageal reflux and reflux disease — short-answer question
Gastrointestinal bleeding — formative SAQs
Hirschsprung disease — formative SAQs
Inflammatory bowel disease: SAQ
Intussusception — formative SAQs
Liver transplantation in children: SAQ
Malnutrition: nutritional rehabilitation and monitoring — formative SAQs
Malrotation and volvulus — formative SAQs
Micronutrient deficiencies — formative SAQs
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children — formative SAQs
Normal nutritional requirements across childhood: SAQ
Nutritional management of chronic disease — formative SAQs
Oesophagitis, caustic ingestion and oesophageal injury — formative SAQs
Paediatric feeding disorder: nutritional and gastrointestinal management — formative SAQs
Pancreatitis and pancreatic disorders — formative SAQs
Parenteral nutrition and refeeding syndrome — formative SAQs
Peptic disease and Helicobacter pylori — formative SAQs
Persistent and chronic diarrhoea — formative SAQs
Polyps and inherited gastrointestinal cancer syndromes: SAQ
Short-bowel syndrome and intestinal failure — formative SAQs
Viral, autoimmune and metabolic hepatitis — formative SAQs
05
preventive-and-community-paediatrics
37 entries
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health — formative SAQs
Adolescent preventive health care — formative SAQs
Air pollution, tobacco smoke and vaping — formative SAQs
Cardiovascular risk screening in childhood — formative SAQs
Catch-up immunisation and uncertain vaccination history — formative SAQs
Childcare attendance, exclusion and infection prevention — formative SAQs
Childhood injury prevention and anticipatory guidance — formative SAQs
Climate change, heat and child health — formative SAQs
Community needs assessment and child-health advocacy — formative SAQs
Developmental and behavioural screening — formative SAQs
Drowning prevention and water safety — formative SAQs
Environmental health and children's exposure risks — formative SAQs
Global child health and sustainable paediatric care — formative SAQs
Housing insecurity, food insecurity and child health — formative SAQs
Immunisation principles and national schedule comparison — formative SAQs
Indigenous child health and culturally safe care — formative SAQs
Infant health supervision 3–6 months — formative SAQs
Infant health supervision 6–12 months — formative SAQs
Infant health supervision birth to 3 months — formative SAQs
Lead exposure and poisoning prevention — formative SAQs
Māori child health, Te Tiriti and culturally safe care — formative SAQs
Newborn bloodspot screening for inherited metabolic disease and follow-up — formative SAQs
Newborn hearing screening — formative SAQs
Newborn preventive care and screening — formative SAQs
Passenger, bicycle, pedestrian and firearm safety — formative SAQs
Population health, epidemiology and prevention in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Preschool health supervision — formative SAQs
Preventive paediatrics and the well-child visit — formative SAQs
Rural, regional and remote child-health inequities — formative SAQs
Safe sleep and sudden unexpected death prevention — formative SAQs
School health and school-based care — formative SAQs
School-age health supervision — formative SAQs
Screening test principles in children — formative SAQs
Sun protection and skin cancer prevention — formative SAQs
Toddler health supervision: 1 to 3 years — formative SAQs
Vaccine contraindications, precautions and adverse events — formative SAQs
Vaccine hesitancy and risk communication — formative SAQs
06
neurology-neurodisability-and-neuromuscular
40 entries
Absence, focal and generalised epilepsies — formative SAQs
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and demyelinating disease — formative SAQs
Acute neuromuscular respiratory failure: SAQ
Antiseizure medicines: selection, adverse effects and monitoring — formative SAQs
Ataxia in children: SAQ
Autoimmune encephalitis: SAQ
Brain death, death by neurological criteria and organ donation: SAQ
Cerebral vascular malformations: SAQ
Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury — formative SAQs
Congenital myopathies and muscular dystrophies: SAQ
Developmental regression and neurodegeneration — formative SAQs
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy: SAQ
Epilepsy syndromes by age — formative SAQs
Febrile seizures: SAQ
First seizure and seizure mimics — formative SAQs
Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute flaccid paralysis: SAQ
Headache and migraine in children: SAQ
Hydrocephalus and shunt emergencies: SAQ
Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury: SAQ
Infantile spasms and developmental epileptic encephalopathy — formative SAQs
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: SAQ
Movement disorders, dystonia and chorea: SAQ
Myasthenia gravis and neuromuscular junction disorders: SAQ
Neural tube defects and spinal dysraphism: SAQ
Neurodegenerative and leukodystrophy disorders — formative SAQs
Neurogenetic conditions and precision diagnosis: SAQ
Neurological examination across childhood — formative SAQs
Neurorehabilitation and acquired brain injury: SAQ
Non-epileptic events and functional seizures — formative SAQs
Paediatric stroke and cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: SAQ
Pain, feeding and respiratory care in severe neurodisability: SAQ
Peripheral neuropathies: SAQ
Secondary headache and raised intracranial pressure — formative SAQs
Sleep disorders with neurological disease: SAQ
Spasticity, dystonia and tone management: SAQ
Spinal cord compression and transverse myelitis — formative SAQs
Spinal muscular atrophy: SAQ
Status epilepticus: SAQ
Tics and Tourette syndrome: SAQ
Transition and advance care planning in neurodisability: SAQ
07
child-safety-and-social-paediatrics
32 entries
Abusive head trauma — formative SAQs
Caregiver-fabricated or induced illness — formative SAQs
Child maltreatment recognition and response — formative SAQs
Child sexual abuse and assault assessment — formative SAQs
Children in out-of-home care and foster care — formative SAQs
Expert reports and court evidence in child protection — formative SAQs
Female genital mutilation or cutting — formative SAQs
Homelessness and housing instability — formative SAQs
Inflicted abdominal and thoracic injury — formative SAQs
Inflicted burns and scalds — formative SAQs
Inflicted fractures and other non-accidental musculoskeletal injury — formative SAQs
Intimate partner violence and its impact on children — formative SAQs
Intra-oral injury and occult trauma — formative SAQs
Kinship care, adoption and permanency health assessments — formative SAQs
Mandatory reporting and jurisdictional child-protection frameworks — formative SAQs
Medical neglect and refusal of care — formative SAQs
Multidisciplinary child-protection case conference — formative SAQs
Neglect and supervisory neglect — formative SAQs
Online sexual exploitation and image-based abuse — formative SAQs
Perplexing presentations and diagnostic uncertainty — formative SAQs
Photodocumentation and medicolegal evidence — formative SAQs
Physical abuse: bruising and sentinel injuries — formative SAQs
Poisoning as maltreatment — formative SAQs
Poverty, food insecurity and social prescribing — formative SAQs
Prevention of child maltreatment and family support — formative SAQs
Psychological and emotional abuse — formative SAQs
Refugee, asylum-seeking and newly arrived children — formative SAQs
Sexually transmitted infections and child sexual abuse — formative SAQs
Strangulation, suffocation and asphyxial injury — formative SAQs
Trafficking, exploitation and forced marriage — formative SAQs
Trauma-informed examination and forensic documentation — formative SAQs
Youth justice and detained young people — formative SAQs
08
nephrology-urology-fluids-and-electrolytes
34 entries
Acid-base disorders in children — formative SAQs
Acute kidney injury: SAQ
Acute nephritic syndrome and glomerulonephritis — formative SAQs
Antenatal hydronephrosis and postnatal evaluation: SAQ
Calcium, magnesium and phosphate disorders — formative SAQs
Chronic kidney disease and progression: SAQ
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract: SAQ
Dehydration and oral or intravenous rehydration: SAQ
Fluid maintenance and deficit replacement — formative SAQs
Haematuria: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome: SAQ
Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia — formative SAQs
Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia — formative SAQs
Hypospadias, cryptorchidism and common male genital disorders: SAQ
IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis nephritis: SAQ
Inherited tubulopathies: SAQ
Kidney replacement therapy and dialysis in children: SAQ
Kidney transplantation in children: SAQ
Lupus nephritis and systemic disease: SAQ
Nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis — formative SAQs
Neurogenic bladder and dysfunctional voiding: SAQ
Nocturnal enuresis — formative SAQs
Oedema and nephrotic syndrome — formative SAQs
Oliguria, anuria and urinary obstruction: SAQ
Polycystic kidney disease and inherited nephropathies: SAQ
Polyuria and polydipsia — formative SAQs
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis: SAQ
Posterior urethral valves: SAQ
Proteinuria: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Renal tubular acidosis — formative SAQs
Scrotal pain and testicular torsion: SAQ
Urinalysis, renal function and paediatric kidney assessment — formative SAQs
Vesicoureteric reflux: SAQ
Vulvovaginal and common prepubertal gynaecological disorders: SAQ
09
paediatric-dermatology
21 entries
Acne vulgaris in adolescents — formative SAQs
Alopecia and hair disorders in children — formative SAQs
Approach to rash in infants and children — formative SAQs
Congenital melanocytic naevi and pigmentary birthmarks — formative SAQs
Contact dermatitis — formative SAQs
Drug eruptions including DRESS and AGEP — formative SAQs
Epidermolysis bullosa and inherited blistering disorders — short-answer questions
Genodermatoses and neurocutaneous skin findings — formative SAQs
Impetigo and bacterial skin infection — formative SAQs
Molluscum contagiosum and viral warts — short-answer questions
Nail disorders in children — formative SAQs
Nappy dermatitis — formative SAQs
Neonatal pustular and vesiculobullous eruptions — formative SAQs
Petechiae, purpura and vasculitic rashes — formative SAQs
Psoriasis in children — formative SAQs
Scabies, lice and infestations — short-answer questions
Seborrhoeic dermatitis and cradle cap — formative SAQs
Skin manifestations of systemic disease — formative SAQs
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis — formative SAQs
Tinea and fungal skin infection — formative SAQs
Vascular birthmarks and infantile haemangioma — formative SAQs
10
endocrinology-diabetes-and-growth
32 entries
Acquired hypothyroidism and Hashimoto thyroiditis — formative SAQs
Adrenal insufficiency and adrenal crisis — formative SAQs
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia — formative SAQs
Congenital hypothyroidism — formative SAQs
Constitutional delay and familial short stature — formative SAQs
Cushing syndrome in children — formative SAQs
Delayed puberty and hypogonadism in adolescents — formative SAQs
Diabetes insipidus and polyuria-polydipsia — formative SAQs
Diabetic ketoacidosis — formative SAQs
Disorders of sex development — formative SAQs
Endocrine emergencies: integrated approach — formative SAQs
Endocrine late effects of cancer treatment — formative SAQs
Growth hormone deficiency and excess — formative SAQs
Hypercalcaemia and hyperparathyroidism — formative SAQs
Hyperthyroidism and Graves disease — formative SAQs
Hypocalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism — formative SAQs
Hypoglycaemia in diabetes — formative SAQs
Hypopituitarism and pituitary lesions — formative SAQs
Lipid disorders and familial hypercholesterolaemia — formative SAQs
Monogenic diabetes and neonatal diabetes — formative SAQs
Obesity: assessment, complications and treatment — formative SAQs
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures in children — formative SAQs
Phaeochromocytoma and endocrine hypertension — formative SAQs
Precocious puberty — formative SAQs
Rickets and metabolic bone disease — formative SAQs
Short stature and poor linear growth — formative SAQs
SIADH and disorders of water balance — formative SAQs
Tall stature and overgrowth syndromes — formative SAQs
Thyroid nodules, goitre and thyroid cancer — formative SAQs
Type 1 diabetes: diagnosis and initial management — formative SAQs
Type 1 diabetes: insulin therapy, technology and ambulatory care — formative SAQs
Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in youth — formative SAQs
11
ent-hearing-and-oral-health
21 entries
Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis — formative SAQs
Acute otitis media — formative SAQs
Ankyloglossia and infant feeding — formative SAQs
Cleft lip and palate — formative SAQs
Congenital ear anomalies and microtia — formative SAQs
Dental caries and oral-health prevention — formative SAQs
Dental trauma and avulsed teeth — formative SAQs
Drooling, dysphagia and upper-aerodigestive disorders — formative SAQs
Epistaxis in children — formative SAQs
Facial swelling and odontogenic infection — formative SAQs
Hearing assessment and childhood hearing loss — formative SAQs
Mastoiditis and otogenic complications — formative SAQs
Nasal foreign body and button-battery injury — formative SAQs
Neck masses in children — formative SAQs
Oral manifestations of systemic disease — formative SAQs
Oral ulcers and mucosal disease — formative SAQs
Otitis externa — formative SAQs
Otitis media with effusion and grommet decisions — formative SAQs
Pharyngitis, tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess and deep neck infection — formative SAQs
Salivary gland disorders — formative SAQs
Tinnitus, vertigo and balance disorders in children: SAQ
12
mental-behavioural-and-psychosomatic
26 entries
Acute behavioural disturbance and agitation — formative SAQs
Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Attachment disorders and relational trauma — formative SAQs
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder — formative SAQs
Child and adolescent suicide and self-harm assessment — formative SAQs
Children of parents with mental illness or substance use — formative SAQs
Chronic fatigue and post-viral fatigue syndromes — formative SAQs
Collaborative care with child and adolescent mental-health services — formative SAQs
Conduct disorder and antisocial behaviour — formative SAQs
Delirium in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Depressive disorders in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder — formative SAQs
Early-onset psychosis and mania — formative SAQs
Emergency mental-health assessment and disposition — formative SAQs
Family assessment and family interventions — formative SAQs
Functional neurological symptoms in children — formative SAQs
Grief, bereavement and adjustment disorder in children — formative SAQs
Mental state examination in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children — formative SAQs
Pica and rumination disorder — formative SAQs
Post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma responses — formative SAQs
Psychological impact of chronic illness and disability — formative SAQs
Psychopharmacology and psychotropic medicines in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Selective mutism — formative SAQs
Somatic symptom and related disorders — formative SAQs
Substance intoxication, withdrawal and use disorders in youth — formative SAQs
13
rheumatology-musculoskeletal-and-sports
31 entries
Acute monoarthritis and septic arthritis — formative SAQs
ANCA-associated and other childhood vasculitides: SAQ
Angular, rotational and gait variants — formative SAQs
Back pain in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Bone pain and malignancy red flags — formative SAQs
Clubfoot and congenital limb anomalies: SAQ
Common paediatric fractures and growth-plate injury — formative SAQs
Concussion and return to learn or play — formative SAQs
Developmental dysplasia of the hip — formative SAQs
Heat illness, exertional collapse and sudden death prevention — formative SAQs
IgA vasculitis: SAQ
Juvenile dermatomyositis — formative SAQs
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: SAQ
Musculoskeletal examination and the limping child — formative SAQs
Nursemaid's elbow and common upper-limb injury — formative SAQs
Osteomyelitis and discitis — formative SAQs
Pain amplification, juvenile fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome: SAQ
Performance-enhancing substances in young athletes — formative SAQs
Periodic fever and autoinflammatory syndromes — formative SAQs
Perthes disease — formative SAQs
Pre-participation sports evaluation — formative SAQs
Primary immunodeficiency with rheumatic manifestations — formative SAQs
Reactive arthritis and post-infectious inflammatory syndromes: SAQ
Relative energy deficiency in sport and athlete nutrition — formative SAQs
Scleroderma, mixed connective-tissue disease and overlap syndromes: SAQ
Scoliosis and spinal deformity — formative SAQs
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis — formative SAQs
Sports injury prevention and overuse injuries — formative SAQs
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and macrophage activation syndrome: SAQ
Systemic lupus erythematosus: SAQ
Transient synovitis and the irritable hip — formative SAQs
14
pain-palliative-and-end-of-life-care
13 entries
Acute nociceptive pain management — formative SAQs
Care in the last days of life — formative SAQs
Chronic primary and secondary pain in children: SAQ
Grief, bereavement and sibling support — formative SAQs
Neuropathic pain in children: SAQ
Opioid stewardship and complex analgesia — formative SAQs
Organ and tissue donation in children — formative SAQs
Paediatric palliative care principles and referral — formative SAQs
Pain assessment across developmental and cognitive abilities — formative SAQs
Palliative care in cancer — formative SAQs
Palliative care in neurodisability and genetic disease — formative SAQs
Symptom control in serious paediatric illness — formative SAQs
Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment — formative SAQs
15
cardiology
35 entries
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease — formative SAQs
Adult congenital heart disease transition — formative SAQs
Aortic and pulmonary stenosis — formative SAQs
Atrial septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return — formative SAQs
Atrioventricular septal defect — short-answer question
Bradyarrhythmias, heart block and pacing — formative SAQs
Cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist devices — formative SAQs
Cardiogenic shock and mechanical circulatory support — formative SAQs
Cardiomyopathies in children — formative SAQs
Cardiovascular examination and murmur assessment — formative SAQs
Coarctation and interrupted aortic arch — formative SAQs
Congenital coronary anomalies and ALCAPA — formative SAQs
Cyanotic newborn and critical congenital heart disease screening — formative SAQs
Duct-dependent congenital heart disease: SAQ
Ebstein anomaly and tricuspid valve disease — formative SAQs
Exercise evaluation and sports participation in heart disease — formative SAQs
Heart failure in infants and children — formative SAQs
Hypertension in children — formative SAQs
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome — formative SAQs
Infective endocarditis — formative SAQs
Innocent murmurs and normal paediatric cardiovascular variants — formative SAQs
Kawasaki disease and coronary complications — formative SAQs
Long-QT syndrome and channelopathies — formative SAQs
Myocarditis and pericarditis — formative SAQs
Patent ductus arteriosus — formative SAQs
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome — formative SAQs
Pulmonary hypertension in children — formative SAQs
Supraventricular tachycardia — formative SAQs
Syncope and orthostatic intolerance — formative SAQs
Tetralogy of Fallot — formative SAQs
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection — formative SAQs
Transposition of the great arteries — formative SAQs
Truncus arteriosus and single-ventricle physiology — formative SAQs
Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death — formative SAQs
Ventricular septal defect — formative SAQs
16
respiratory-sleep-and-airway
35 entries
Acute severe and life-threatening asthma — formative SAQs
Aspiration, swallowing dysfunction and chronic lung injury — formative SAQs
Asthma diagnosis and long-term control — formative SAQs
Behavioural insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders — formative SAQs
Bronchiectasis in children — short-answer question
Bronchiolitis and viral lower respiratory tract infection — formative SAQs
Central sleep apnoea and hypoventilation syndromes — formative SAQs
Chronic cough in children — short-answer question
Community-acquired pneumonia — formative SAQs
Congenital lung and airway malformations — short-answer question
Croup — formative SAQs
Cystic fibrosis: diagnosis and screening — formative SAQs
Cystic fibrosis: pulmonary and multidisciplinary management — formative SAQs
Epiglottitis and bacterial tracheitis: SAQ
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction — formative SAQs
Foreign-body aspiration — formative SAQs
Interstitial lung disease in children — short-answer question
Laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia and vocal-cord dysfunction: SAQ
Narcolepsy and hypersomnolence — formative SAQs
Neuromuscular respiratory failure and airway clearance — formative SAQs
Non-invasive ventilation and home respiratory support — formative SAQs
Obstructive sleep apnoea in children — formative SAQs
Oxygen therapy and home oxygen in children — formative SAQs
Paediatric sleep investigations: polysomnography, sleep-study interpretation and MSLT — formative SAQs
Pleural effusion and empyema — formative SAQs
Pneumothorax and air-leak syndromes — formative SAQs
Primary ciliary dyskinesia — formative SAQs
Pulmonary haemorrhage and haemoptysis — short-answer question
Recurrent pneumonia in children — short-answer question
Recurrent wheeze in preschool children — formative SAQs
Respiratory distress and failure in children — formative SAQs
Respiratory manifestations of systemic disease — short-answer question
Spirometry and paediatric pulmonary-function testing — formative SAQs
Tracheostomy care and emergencies: SAQ
Upper-airway obstruction and stridor — formative SAQs
17
adolescent-and-young-adult-medicine
28 entries
Adolescent chronic pain and functional symptoms — formative SAQs
Adolescent consent for research and sensitive services — formative SAQs
Adolescent consultation, HEEADSSS and confidentiality — formative SAQs
Adolescent health care for young people in out-of-home care — formative SAQs
Adolescent health in rural and remote settings — formative SAQs
Adolescent pregnancy and parenting — formative SAQs
Adolescent risk assessment and harm minimisation — formative SAQs
Adolescent sexual health and contraception — formative SAQs
Adolescent substance-use screening, brief intervention and harm reduction — formative SAQs
Chronic disease self-management in young people — formative SAQs
Consent and confidential care for adolescents — formative SAQs
Digital media, gaming and cyberbullying — formative SAQs
Dysmenorrhoea and heavy menstrual bleeding — formative SAQs
Eating disorders: recognition and medical instability — formative SAQs
Eating disorders: refeeding and multidisciplinary care — formative SAQs
Gender diversity and gender-affirming paediatric care — formative SAQs
Medication adherence and treatment fatigue — formative SAQs
Menstrual disorders in adolescents — formative SAQs
Normal puberty and adolescent development — formative SAQs
Obesity and body-image concerns in adolescents — formative SAQs
Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents — formative SAQs
School refusal, bullying and social exclusion — formative SAQs
Sexual orientation, identity and inclusive care — formative SAQs
Sexually transmitted infection screening and management — formative SAQs
Sleep, fatigue and circadian disorders in adolescents — formative SAQs
Tobacco, vaping and nicotine dependence — formative SAQs
Transition readiness and transfer from paediatric to adult health services — formative SAQs
Youth violence, risky behaviour and injury prevention — formative SAQs
18
growth-development-and-behaviour
34 entries
Adolescent transition for neurodevelopmental disability — formative SAQs
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder — formative SAQs
Augmentative communication, assistive technology and adaptive equipment — formative SAQs
Autism spectrum disorder — formative SAQs
Behavioural assessment and functional analysis — formative SAQs
Behavioural management of defiance and oppositional behaviours — formative SAQs
Cerebral palsy early recognition and classification — formative SAQs
Cerebral palsy surveillance and multidisciplinary management — formative SAQs
Children with developmental disability in acute care — formative SAQs
Children with disability in school and community settings — formative SAQs
Developmental assessment: history, examination and standardised tools — formative SAQs
Developmental coordination disorder — formative SAQs
Developmental delay: global diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Developmental regression — formative SAQs
Early intervention and developmental care planning — formative SAQs
Family-centred developmental care and goal setting — formative SAQs
Feeding problems, food refusal and selective eating — formative SAQs
General movements and HINE — formative SAQs
Hearing impairment and development — formative SAQs
Intellectual developmental disorder — formative SAQs
Motor delay, hypotonia and the floppy infant — formative SAQs
Neurodiversity-affirming developmental care — formative SAQs
Normal cognitive, emotional and behavioural development — formative SAQs
Normal growth from fetal life through adolescence — formative SAQs
Normal language, communication and social development — formative SAQs
Normal motor development and developmental variation — formative SAQs
School refusal and school attendance problems — formative SAQs
Sensory processing differences — formative SAQs
Social communication concerns and autism recognition — formative SAQs
Specific learning disorders — formative SAQs
Speech and language delay — formative SAQs
Temper tantrums, aggression and emotional dysregulation — formative SAQs
Toilet training and elimination behaviour — formative SAQs
Visual impairment and development — formative SAQs
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clinical-pharmacology-and-therapeutics
22 entries
Adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance — formative SAQs
Analgesics and antipyretics — formative SAQs
Cardiovascular medicines in children — formative SAQs
Chemotherapy and supportive pharmacology — formative SAQs
Complementary, alternative and traditional medicines — formative SAQs
Corticosteroid therapy and adverse effects — formative SAQs
Developmental pharmacology and age-related pharmacokinetics — formative SAQs
Drug interactions and medication reconciliation — formative SAQs
Endocrine and diabetes medicines — formative SAQs
Immunosuppressive and biologic therapies — formative SAQs
Inhaled therapies and device selection — formative SAQs
Medication adherence and formulation challenges — formative SAQs
Off-label and unlicensed medicine use — formative SAQs
Opioids and acute pain medicines — formative SAQs
Pharmacogenomics and precision therapeutics — formative SAQs
Poisoning antidotes and toxicology pharmacology — formative SAQs
Procedural sedation medicines — formative SAQs
Renal and hepatic dose adjustment in children — formative SAQs
Safe prescribing, administration and monitoring — formative SAQs
Therapeutic drug monitoring — formative SAQs
Vaccines and immunobiology — formative SAQs
Weight-based dosing, body-surface area and dose calculation — formative SAQs
20
rural-remote-and-contextual-paediatrics
14 entries
Advocacy, policy and health-service design for rural children — formative SAQs
Avoiding racism and institutional bias in child health — formative SAQs
Child protection in small and remote communities — formative SAQs
Disaster, outbreak and public-health response for children — formative SAQs
Environmental, occupational and agricultural child health — formative SAQs
Implementing culturally safe Indigenous care in rural and remote services — formative SAQs
Refugee, immigrant and humanitarian paediatrics — formative SAQs
Remote prescribing and medication access — formative SAQs
Retrieval coordination and transfer risk — formative SAQs
Rural developmental, disability and mental-health care — formative SAQs
Rural general paediatric practice and scope — formative SAQs
Rural newborn and acute paediatric care — formative SAQs
Stabilisation with limited paediatric resources — formative SAQs
Telepaediatrics and remote specialist support — formative SAQs
21
clinical-assessment-and-reasoning
26 entries
Age-specific normal vital signs and physiological ranges — formative SAQs
Care of children with medical complexity and technology dependence — formative SAQs
Clinical reasoning, problem representation and differential diagnosis — formative SAQs
Continuity of care and the paediatric medical home — formative SAQs
Developmental surveillance and milestone assessment — formative SAQs
Diagnostic test selection and Bayesian reasoning in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Failure to thrive and faltering growth: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Fatigue and lethargy in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Growth measurement, charting and interpretation — formative SAQs
Handover, referral and consultation in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Illness severity, deterioration and track-and-trigger systems — formative SAQs
Incidental findings and overdiagnosis in children — formative SAQs
Interpreting common paediatric laboratory reference ranges — formative SAQs
Lymphadenopathy and organomegaly: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Medication reconciliation and polypharmacy in children — formative SAQs
Multimorbidity and diagnostic overshadowing in children — formative SAQs
Oedema in children: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Paediatric history and age-adapted consultation — formative SAQs
Pallor in children: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Poor feeding in infants and children — formative SAQs
Recognising the seriously ill child and paediatric assessment triangle — formative SAQs
Safe disposition, escalation, referral and safety-netting — formative SAQs
Shared-care planning across primary, secondary and tertiary care — formative SAQs
Structured physical examination from newborn to adolescent — formative SAQs
Telehealth assessment and remote examination of children — formative SAQs
Weight loss in children and adolescents — formative SAQs
22
allergy-and-immunology
25 entries
Allergic disease in children: integrated approach: SAQ
Allergic rhinitis and rhinoconjunctivitis — short-answer questions
Anaphylaxis prevention, action plans and autoinjectors — formative SAQs
Anaphylaxis: recognition and emergency management — formative SAQs
Antibody deficiencies — formative SAQs
Atopic dermatitis and the atopic march — short-answer questions
Complement deficiencies — formative SAQs
Cow's-milk protein allergy — formative SAQs
Drug allergy and delabelling in children — formative SAQs
Egg, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish allergy: SAQ
Food allergy diagnosis and oral food challenge — formative SAQs
Food allergy management and prevention — formative SAQs
Immune dysregulation, lymphoproliferation and autoinflammatory disease — formative SAQs
Immunoglobulin replacement and antimicrobial prophylaxis — formative SAQs
Insect-sting hypersensitivity — formative SAQs
Latex allergy — formative SAQs
Oral allergy syndrome and pollen-food syndrome — formative SAQs
Peanut, tree-nut and seed allergy — formative SAQs
Phagocyte disorders — formative SAQs
Primary immunodeficiency: warning signs and diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Secondary immunodeficiency — formative SAQs
Serum sickness and serum-sickness-like reactions — formative SAQs
T-cell and combined immunodeficiencies — formative SAQs
Urticaria and angioedema — formative SAQs
Vaccination of immunocompromised children — formative SAQs
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haematology-oncology-and-transfusion
33 entries
Anaemia: diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Aplastic anaemia and bone-marrow failure: SAQ
Bleeding child: diagnostic approach: SAQ
Blood-component therapy in children: SAQ
Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas — formative SAQs
Brain and spinal tumours: SAQ
Cancer therapy complications and supportive care: SAQ
Childhood cancer warning signs and diagnostic pathways: SAQ
Disseminated intravascular coagulation: SAQ
Febrile neutropenia and infection in oncology: SAQ
Full blood count and blood-film interpretation in children — formative SAQs
G6PD deficiency and enzymopathies: SAQ
Germ-cell tumours: SAQ
Haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: SAQ
Haemolytic anaemia: diagnostic approach: SAQ
Hereditary spherocytosis and membrane disorders — formative SAQs
Iron deficiency anaemia — formative SAQs
Leukaemia in children: SAQ
Long-term follow-up and late effects of childhood cancer: SAQ
Lymphoma in children: SAQ
Megaloblastic and macrocytic anaemia: SAQ
Neuroblastoma: SAQ
Neutropenia and neutrophil disorders: SAQ
Pancytopenia and marrow infiltration: SAQ
Sickle cell acute complications: SAQ
Sickle cell disease: diagnosis and health maintenance: SAQ
Thalassaemia syndromes: SAQ
Thrombocytopenia and immune thrombocytopenia: SAQ
Transfusion reactions and massive transfusion: SAQ
Tumour lysis syndrome and oncologic emergencies: SAQ
Venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism and thrombophilia in children — formative SAQs
Von Willebrand disease — formative SAQs
Wilms tumour and renal malignancies: SAQ
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infectious-diseases
39 entries
Animal bites, arthropod bites and zoonoses: SAQ
Antimicrobial pharmacology, selection, dosing and stewardship in children — formative SAQs
Approach to fever by age and immune status — formative SAQs
Bacteraemia and occult bloodstream infection — formative SAQs
Brain abscess and intracranial suppuration — formative SAQs
Cellulitis, abscess and necrotising soft-tissue infection: SAQ
Common viral exanthems — formative SAQs
Congenital syphilis and perinatal sexually transmitted infections — formative SAQs
COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: SAQ
Dengue and other arboviral infections: SAQ
Device-associated and healthcare-associated infection — formative SAQs
Enteric fever and invasive bacterial enteritis — formative SAQs
Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infection — formative SAQs
Fever in the returned traveller — formative SAQs
Fungal infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised children — formative SAQs
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease and enterovirus infection — formative SAQs
Hepatitis A, B, C and E in children — formative SAQs
Herpes simplex infection in children — formative SAQs
HIV exposure and infection in children — formative SAQs
Infection prevention, isolation and outbreak management — formative SAQs
Infections in immunocompromised children — formative SAQs
Influenza and antiviral treatment: SAQ
Malaria in children: SAQ
Measles, rubella and congenital rubella — formative SAQs
Meningitis and encephalitis: SAQ
Mumps — formative SAQs
Paediatric sepsis: diagnosis, antimicrobial treatment and source control — formative SAQs
Parasitic infections in children: SAQ
Pertussis — formative SAQs
Post-arrival infection screening — formative SAQs
Prolonged, recurrent and periodic fever — formative SAQs
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: SAQ
Travel medicine and pre-travel advice for children — formative SAQs
Tuberculosis in children — formative SAQs
Undifferentiated fever and fever without a source in infants and children — formative SAQs
Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis: SAQ
Vaccine-preventable disease outbreak response — formative SAQs
Varicella and herpes zoster — formative SAQs
Viral upper respiratory tract infection and the common cold — formative SAQs
25
fetal-neonatal-and-perinatal
58 entries
Antenatally detected kidney and urinary-tract anomalies: newborn management — formative SAQs
Antenatally diagnosed fetal conditions: paediatric planning — formative SAQs
Apnoea of prematurity — short-answer question
Bilious vomiting and neonatal intestinal obstruction — formative SAQs
Birth trauma and brachial plexus injury — formative SAQs
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and chronic neonatal lung disease
Cephalhaematoma and subgaleal haemorrhage — formative SAQs
Congenital and perinatally acquired infections: SAQ
Congenital anomalies and dysmorphic newborn assessment — formative SAQs
Congenital heart disease presenting in the newborn — formative SAQs
Conjugated jaundice and neonatal cholestasis: SAQ
Extremely preterm infant viability and periviable counselling — formative SAQs
Family-integrated developmental care in NICU
Fetal assessment, prenatal screening and counselling — formative SAQs
Fetal growth restriction and small-for-gestational-age infant — formative SAQs
Follow-up after high-risk birth and NICU discharge — formative SAQs
Gestational age assessment and preterm classification — formative SAQs
Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn — formative SAQs
Hearing loss in high-risk neonates — short-answer question
Human milk, fortification and preterm nutrition
Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia — formative SAQs
Intraventricular haemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia — formative SAQs
Large-for-gestational-age infant and infants of diabetic mothers — formative SAQs
Late-preterm infant: risks and corrected-age follow-up — formative SAQs
Maternal disease, medication and substance effects on the fetus — formative SAQs
Meconium aspiration syndrome — formative SAQs
Necrotising enterocolitis and spontaneous intestinal perforation — formative SAQs
Neonatal abstinence and withdrawal syndromes — formative SAQs
Neonatal acute kidney injury — formative SAQs
Neonatal air-leak syndromes — formative SAQs
Neonatal anaemia, polycythaemia and thrombocytopenia: SAQ
Neonatal bacterial infection and sepsis: SAQ
Neonatal cyanosis and collapsed neonate — formative SAQs
Neonatal fluid, electrolyte and nutritional management — formative SAQs
Neonatal gastro-oesophageal reflux and aspiration — short-answer question
Neonatal hypothermia and thermoregulation — formative SAQs
Neonatal hypotonia and neuromuscular weakness — formative SAQs
Neonatal jaundice: unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia: SAQ
Neonatal pain assessment and procedural comfort - formative SAQs
Neonatal palliative care and end-of-life decision-making — formative SAQs
Neonatal respiratory distress — diagnostic approach — formative SAQs
Neonatal resuscitation and post-resuscitation stabilisation — formative SAQs
Neonatal seizures and encephalopathy — formative SAQs
Neonatal skin disorders and birthmarks — formative SAQs
Neonatal stroke and intracranial haemorrhage — formative SAQs
Neonatal transport and retrieval — formative SAQs
Newborn examination and screening — formative SAQs
Parenteral nutrition in neonates — formative SAQs
Patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants — formative SAQs
Perinatal infection screening and prevention — formative SAQs
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Poor feeding and feeding intolerance in the neonate — formative SAQs
Preterm infant — formative SAQs
Respiratory distress syndrome of prematurity — formative SAQs
Retinopathy of prematurity
Routine care of the healthy newborn — formative SAQs
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn — short-answer questions
Transition at birth and delayed cord clamping — formative SAQs
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professional-practice-and-evidence
35 entries
Best-interests decisions and treatment limitation — formative SAQs
Biostatistics for paediatric exams — formative SAQs
Breaking bad news and serious-illness communication — formative SAQs
Clinical epidemiology and measures of effect — formative SAQs
Clinician wellbeing, fatigue and sustainable practice — formative SAQs
Communicating risk and uncertainty to families — formative SAQs
Confidentiality with children and adolescents — formative SAQs
Conflict, complaints and difficult clinical encounters — formative SAQs
Consent, parental responsibility and mature-minor frameworks — formative SAQs
Developmentally appropriate communication — formative SAQs
Diagnostic accuracy and screening statistics — formative SAQs
Ethical allocation of resources in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal — formative SAQs
Family-centred and child-rights-based care — formative SAQs
Goals-of-care conversations and advance care planning for children — formative SAQs
Health literacy and accessible paediatric information — formative SAQs
High-value care, stewardship and avoiding low-value interventions — formative SAQs
Implementation science and translating evidence into practice — formative SAQs
Interpreting systematic reviews and clinical guidelines — formative SAQs
Leadership and interprofessional team management — formative SAQs
Medication safety and error prevention in children — formative SAQs
Medicolegal documentation and expert evidence — formative SAQs
Open disclosure and duty of candour — formative SAQs
Paediatric consultation with child, young person and family — formative SAQs
Paediatric study design and bias — formative SAQs
Patient safety, human factors and systems thinking — formative SAQs
Professional boundaries and social media — formative SAQs
Quality improvement methods in child health — formative SAQs
Recognition, reporting and analysis of adverse events — formative SAQs
Refusal of treatment and disagreement over care — formative SAQs
Research ethics and assent in paediatric research — formative SAQs
Shared decision-making and assent in children — formative SAQs
Teaching, supervision and feedback in paediatrics — formative SAQs
Trauma-informed paediatric care — formative SAQs
Working with interpreters and culturally responsive communication — formative SAQs
27
ophthalmology
17 entries
Colour vision deficiency and inherited retinal disease: SAQ
Congenital cataract and glaucoma — formative SAQs
Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction — formative SAQs
Conjunctivitis and red eye — formative SAQs
Cortical visual impairment — formative SAQs
Leukocoria and retinoblastoma: SAQ
Ocular trauma and chemical injury — formative SAQs
Ophthalmia neonatorum — formative SAQs
Ophthalmic manifestations of systemic disease: SAQ
Paediatric eye examination and red-reflex assessment — formative SAQs
Papilloedema and optic nerve disorders: SAQ
Preseptal and orbital cellulitis — formative SAQs
Refractive error in children — formative SAQs
Strabismus and ocular motility disorders — formative SAQs
Urgent ophthalmology referral and childhood vision loss: SAQ
Uveitis in children — formative SAQs
Visual development, amblyopia and vision screening in childhood — formative SAQs