Refugee, asylum-seeking and newly arrived children

Your progress

Saved on this device.

Target exams

Red flags

• Acute febrile illness in a child from a malaria-endemic region — suspect malaria and treat as an emergency
• Suicidal ideation, self-harm or acute mental-health crisis — do not leave alone, escalate to crisis or ED
• Severe acute malnutrition, dehydration or sepsis on arrival
• Disclosed or suspected abuse, exploitation or trafficking — activate safeguarding now
• Guardianship unclear and a time-critical decision pending for an unaccompanied child — clarify before acting where possible
• Child currently held in immigration detention with deteriorating mental or physical health

Life stages

Care settings

Clinical exam formats

Board mappings

• General and Community Paediatrics
• Safeguarding and social paediatrics — health of refugee, asylum-seeking and newly arrived children
• Child protection and culturally safe, interpreter-mediated care
• Current 2026 PREP curriculum — Learning Objective 1.2.1: Communicate with a child or young person in a way which is appropriate to the position of that child within their own culture
• Current 2026 PREP curriculum — Learning Objective 1.2.2: Communicate with parents or carers
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 12: Communication with patients, families, and health professionals
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 15: Essential general paediatrics
• Community Child Health — refugee and asylum-seeking child health, catch-up preventive care, trauma-informed screening and advocacy
• Clinical Applications
• Safeguarding, social paediatrics and the health of newly arrived and refugee children
• Long Cases
• Short Cases
• Communication stations
• 1. Professional values and behaviours: Ethical practice, safeguarding and culturally competent care
• 8. Safeguarding and social paediatrics
• 2. Lifelong learning and professional development: health of refugee and asylum-seeking children
• General Paediatrics: Delivers trauma-informed, interpreter-mediated health care to refugee and newly arrived children, clarifies guardianship and consent, and coordinates a catch-up preventive and mental-health pathway
• Foundation of Practice (FOP)
• Applied Knowledge in Practice (AKP)
• Safeguarding, social paediatrics and the health of refugee and migrant children
• Communication
• History
• Clinical
• Development
• General Pediatrics Content Outline — Domain 1: Preventive Pediatrics/Well-Child Care
• General Pediatrics Content Outline — Domain 4: Issues unique to the immigrant and refugee child
• General Pediatrics Content Outline — Domain 8: Child Abuse and Neglect
• General Pediatrics EPA 1: Providing culturally effective, trauma-informed care including care for immigrant, refugee and newly arrived children
• Patient Care 1: History and Physical Examination
• Patient Care 5: Patient Management
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills 1: Patient- and Family-Centered Communication
• Professionalism 1: Professional Behavior and Ethical Principles
• Systems-Based Practice 3: System Navigation for Patient Centered Care – Coordination of Care
• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Health Advocate
• Pediatrics: Core EPA — Coordinating care and information sharing for patients with psychosocial complexity, including refugee and newly arrived children