PEM Teaching Sessions

Welcome to PEM teaching at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

This page provides up-to-date schedules, details upcoming events, and lets you know where each learning opportunity will be hosted. We look forward to seeing you!

Senior resident (ST4+) Learning from Single Front Door Cases and Junior Doctors Forum

Education Pod / Teams

  • Monday 29th September

  • Monday 27th October

  • Monday 24th November

  • Monday 29th December

  • Monday 26th January

FY1,FY2 and JTG Paediatric ED Teaching

Education Pod

  • Monday 15th September 9am - 10am

    • Respiratory Illness

  • Monday 20th October 1:45pm - 2:45pm

    • Spotting the Sick Child 

  • Monday 17th November 9am - 10am

    • Injuries in Children 

  • Monday 15th December 1:45pm-2:45pm

    • Safeguarding in the Children’s ED 

  • Monday 5th January 1:45pm-2:45pm

    • Eye Emergencies in the Children’s ED  

  • Monday 26th January 1:45pm-2:45pm

    • Genetic and metabolic conditions in Children 

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Senior Resident Teaching Tuesdays 1:45pm - 2:45pm

ED Undercroft Smaller Room/ Teams

PED Journal Club Schedule

    1. WHEEZE Connett, G., Harper, S., Raut, B. and James, D., 2024. Hospital discharge using salbutamol as required after acute attacks of wheeze in children: a service evaluation. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109(1), pp.2-2.

    2. POCUS Mayordomo-Colunga, J., Cortés, R.G., Bravo, M.C., Mas, R.M., Martínez, J.L.V., Valdovinos, L.R., Conlon, T.W., Nishisaki, A., Cabañas, F., Sustacha, J.Á.B. and Erroz, I.O., 2019. Point-of-care ultrasound: Is it time to include it in the paediatric specialist training programme? Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), 91(3), pp.206-e1.

    3. STEROIDS IN WHEEZE Collins, A.D. and Beigelman, A., 2014. An update on the efficacy of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of wheezing episodes in preschool children. Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease, 8(6), pp.182-190.

    4. PIC Waterfield, T., Maney, J.A., Fairley, D., Lyttle, M.D., McKenna, J.P., Roland, D., Corr, M., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Woolfall, K. and Lynn, F., 2021. Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of children with non-blanching rashes in the UK (PiC): a prospective, multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(4), pp.569-577.

    5. SNAP Pettie, J.M., Caparrotta, T.M., Hunter, R.W., Morrison, E.E., Wood, D.M., Dargan, P.I., Thanacoody, R.H., Thomas, S.H., Elamin, M.E., Francis, B. and Webb, D.J., 2019. Safety and efficacy of the SNAP 12-hour acetylcysteine regimen for the treatment of paracetamol overdose. EClinicalMedicine, 11, pp.11-17.

    6. FIDO Umana, E., Mills, C., Norman-Bruce, H., Wilson, K., Mitchell, H., McFetridge, L., Woolfall, K., Lynn, F.A., McKeeman, G., Foster, S. and Barrett, M., 2023. Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study protocol. BMJ open, 13(9), p.e075823.

    7. ECLIPSE Lyttle, M.D., Gamble, C., Messahel, S., Hickey, H., Iyer, A., Woolfall, K., Humphreys, A., Bacon, N.E., Roper, L., Babl, F.E. and Dalziel, S.R., 2017. Emergency treatment with levetiracetam or phenytoin in status epilepticus in children—the EcLiPSE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 18, pp.1-10.

    8. TXA Dewan, Y., Komolafe, E.O., Mejía-Mantilla, J.H., Perel, P., Roberts, I. and Shakur, H., 2012. CRASH-3-tranexamic acid for the treatment of significant traumatic brain injury: study protocol for an international randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Trials, 13, pp.1-14.

    9. FLUID BOLUS IN SEPSIS Chayawuttipong, T., Phungoen, P., Panitchote, A., Daewtrakulchai, P., Phunmanee, A., Patjanasoontorn, B. and Ketdao, N., 2024. Fluid bolus in suspected Sepsis patients with Hyperlactatemia (FISH): Study protocol for an open-labeled, randomized controlled trial: Fluid bolus in sepsis: RCT. Clinical Critical Care, 32, pp.e240015-e240015.

    10. ELBOW INJURIES Dann L, Edwards S, Hall D, Davis T, Roland D, Barrett M. Black and white: how good are clinicians at diagnosing elbow injuries from paediatric elbow radiographs alone? Emerg Med J. 2024 Oct 23;41(11):662-667. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2024-214047. PMID: 39181700

    11. CAP Bielicki JA, Stöhr W, Barratt S, et al. Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The CAP-IT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021;326(17):1713–1724. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17843

    12. PROLONGED FEVER. Nijman RG, Tan CD, Hagedoorn NN, Nieboer D, Herberg JA, Balode A, von Both U, Carrol ED, Eleftheriou I, Emonts M, van der Flier M, de Groot R, Kohlmaier B, Lim E, Martinón-Torres F, Pokorn M, Strle F, Tsolia M, Yeung S, Zachariasse JM, Zavadska D, Zenz W, Levin M, Vermont CL, Moll HA, Maconochie IK; PERFORM consortium. Are children with prolonged fever at a higher risk for serious illness? A prospective observational study. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Aug;108(8):632-639. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325343. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37185174.

    13. MENTAL HEALTH. Malley M, Hall M, Parry G, et al. Assessment of mental health presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a poorly standardised process. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2023; 108:591.

    14. BUCKLE FRACTURES. Perry, D., Achten, J., Knight, R. et al. 2022 Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK, Lancet, 400: 10345, 39-47.

    15. PAIN MANAGEMENT. Hartshorn S, Durnin S, Lyttle MD, Barrett M; PERUKI. Pain management in children and young adults with minor injury in emergency departments in the UK and Ireland: a PERUKI service evaluation. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2022 Mar;6(1):e001273. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001273. PMID: 36053599; PMCID: PMC8943777.

    16. PERIORBITAL CELLULITIS. Tolhurst-Cleaver M, Evans J, Waterfield T, Adamson J, Marlow R, Lyttle MD, Roland D. Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children: a survey of emergency physicians and analysis of clinical practice guidelines across the PERUKI network. Emerg Med J. 2022 Mar 9:emermed-2021-211713. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2021-211713. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35264451.

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Dr Sunny Jutla
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Lead for EM3

Tom Brown
Website Designer

Dr Jennifer Mann
PEM