Part one: Gastroenterology

40 minutes

Children with GI complaints – When to worry/refer

Dr Protima Deb

Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist,
Special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

  • Non-surgical causes for abdominal pain
  • Vomiting/nausea - gastroesophageal disease
  • Acute diarrhoea and dehydration
  • Constipation
  • Rectal bleeding, weight loss - Inflammatory Bowel Disease – How not to miss it

40 minutes

Functional GI Disorders and Gastro Emergencies

Dr Protima Deb

Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist,
Special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

  • Functional GI disorders and overlap conditions – how best to manage and when to investigate (case examples)
  • GI bleeding – urgent and less urgent causes
  • Gastroenteritis – the acute management
  • Reflux and regurgitation
  • Foreign bodies in the GIT

Part two: Health promotion in paediatrics Dispelling the myth

40 minutes

Childhood Infections and fever in young children

Dr Alasdair Munro

Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, The NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility

  • Is the child sick? – The assessment
  • When is fever a problem?
  • COVID-19 in the febrile child
  • Common pitfalls in diagnosing infections
  • The child with the non-blanching rash
  • Use of inflammatory markers and investigations

30 minutes

Childhood Vaccines

Dr Alasdair Munro

Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, The NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility

  • UK vaccination schedule - Recent changes to include Heb B and HPV
  • Contraindications (eg egg allergy in MMR , live vaccines when immune suppressed etc)
  • Side effects – short and long term
  • COVID-19 vaccines

20 minutes

Allergy in children

Prof George du Toit

Professor of Paediatric Allergy, Kings College London and Evelina London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

  • Introduction to childhood allergies - the allergic march
  • What is new re: food allergy prevention?
  • What is new re: food allergy treatment?
  • When to monitor and when to refer