YOU WILL BE ALLOCATED A PLACE ON A PiLS SESSION BY VICKY.  IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE COURSE VICKY ALLOCATES YOU TO, YOU MUST LET HER KNOW ASAP SO SHE CAN LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE DATE.

WHEN VICKY LETS YOU KNOW THE DATE YOU'VE BEEN ALLOCATED TO, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT THE RELEVANT RESUS CENTRE TO BOOK YOURSELF ONTO THAT COURSE (THESE DETAILS WILL BE IN THE EMAIL VICKY SENDS)AND CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

ALL RESUS COURSES MUST BE PAID FOR UP FRONT BEFORE A PLACE CAN BE CONFIRMED. THIS CAN BE CLAIMED BACK VIA YOUR NORMAL CURRICULUM DELIVERY BUDGET (STUDY LEAVE).

ALL TRAINEES ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A RELEVANT PiLS (OR EQUIVILANT) BY THE END OF THEIR ST1 YEAR.

Resuscitation centre contacts for PiLS/PLS are:

BRADFORD           Wendy Swaine     wendy.swaine@bthft.nhs.uk

CALDERDALE       Sue Shaw          sue.shaw@cht.nhs.uk

HULL                      Neil Jennison        neil.jennison@hey.nhs.uk

LEEDS                    Grant Gibson       grant.gibson@nhs.net

SHEFFIELD                                         pgme@sheffield.ac.uk

YORK                      Elizabeth Battye  elizabeth.battye@york.nhs.uk

Lead Tutors - Paediatric Orientation Day

• Dr Stephanie How-Yaw -  Calderdale Royal Infirmary
• Dr Imran Bashir  -  Rotherham General Hospital

Teaching begins at 09:00 prompt unless stated otherwise. Please ensure you arrive in good time for registration.

If you are unable to attend any of the session allocated you must arrange a swap & let Vicky know once a swap is confirmed. Under no circumstance should you just turn up at a session.  Tutors work their programmes around the numbers given by Vicky and it may result in you being turned away from the session if your name is not on the register.

Lead Tutors - Core Clinical Teaching

• Dr Simon Frazer - Bradford Teaching Hospitals
• Dr Dr Vineeth Cheruvalli  (Days 1 & 2), Scunthorpe General Hospital
• Dr Ahmed Mohammed - (day 3)  Grimsby

Teaching begins at 09:00am prompt (unless you're notified otherwise). Please ensure you arrive in good time for registration. 

If you are unable to attend any of the session allocated you must arrange a swap & let Vicky know once a swap is confirmed. Under no circumstance should you just turn up at a session.  Tutors work their programmes around the numbers given by Vicky and it may result in you being turned away from the session if your name is not on the register.

Map of Bradford Royal Infirmary hospital site

Directions to Diana Princess of Wales hosptial

Directions to Scunthorpe General Hospital

PLEASE NOTE - Teaching starts at 09:00 prompt.  Please ensure you arrive in   plenty of time to sign the register

The overall objective of this module is to:

• understand the range of factors, biological, psychological and social which influence normal growth and puberty
• be able to assess accurately pubertal stages of development
• know the causes of short stature or slow growth and the characteristics of these conditions know when short stature needs to be investigated
• have the knowledge and skills to be able to assess and initiate management of patients presenting with respiratory problems in acute and outpatient settings
• have the knowledge and skills to be able to assess and initiate management of patients presenting with gastroenterological problems in acute and outpatient settings
• have the knowledge and skills to be able to assess and initiate management of patients presenting with nephro-urology problems in acute and outpatient settings
• know both the physical and psychological causes of voiding disorders and understand the principles of managing enuresis
• have the knowledge and skills to be able to assess and initiate management of patients presenting with infectious disease
• be able to formulate a differential diagnosis for faints and funny turns.
• have the knowledge and skills to be able to recognise, investigate and manage common skin complaints
• be able to describe accurately any rash
• know the differential diagnosis of a limp understand the appropriate investigations to differentiate the cause

Lead Tutors - Simulation Training Days

• Dr Simon Frazer (Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
• Dr Valerie Kellett (Sheffield Childrens Hospital)

Teaching begins at 09:00am prompt (unless you're notified otherwise). Please ensure you arrive in good time for registration. 

If you are unable to attend any of the session allocated you must arrange a swap & let Vicky know once a swap is confirmed. Under no circumstance should you just turn up at a session.  Tutors work their programmes around the numbers given by Vicky and it may result in you being turned away from the session if your name is not on the register.

                                             ONLY 8 Trainees per session

Map of Bradford Royal Infirmary hospital site

Sheffield Children's Hospital site map showing clinical skills centre