Speaker

Dr Clare Sheahan: consultant in Community Paediatrics

Blurb

When should we suspect Autism? What social factors can muddy the water? Who should we refer? How can we practically support families? What is the role of the education sector? Why are the rates of Autism increasing and what is BNSSG ICB doing to tackle the increased waiting times? Join us as Consultant Community Paediatrician Clare Sheahan tackles these questions and more.

Resources

• The Autism Assessment Service for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
• Local offer: Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire
• Bristol Autism Support
• https://www.wtt.org.uk/page/?title=NAS+Teen+Life+Programme&pid=86Teen life
• National Autistic Society
• Neon Daisy
• Parent Carer Organisation: Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire
• Paper 1: Study of England and Northern Ireland finds 8-fold increase in autism diagnosis over the last 20 years
• Paper 2: Autism phenotype vs registered diagnosis in Swedish children: prevalence trends over 10 years in general population samples
• Accurx template
• BNSSG Neurodiversity Transformation Programme

Speaker: Pippa Bowen - General Paediatric consultant BRHC with an interest in endocrinology.

General Paediatric consultant Dr Pippa Bowen brings the child with precocious or delayed puberty to life. She guides us through a methodical Primary Care assessment with underpinning explanations. We explore cases of delayed puberty, precocious puberty and premature adrenarche.

Resources

• Archives of disease in childhood - Fifteen minute consultation: Clinical pubertal assessment
• NHS: Early or delayed puberty
• BSPED patient information leaflets
• Bristol Royal Hospital for Children guidelines: Delayed puberty
• Bristol Royal Hospital for Children guidelines: Premature or precocious puberty

Speaker

Dr Dan Magnus - consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

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Want to brush up on your knowledge on your knowledge of measles and pertussis? Refresh your clinical knowledge, keep up to date and be prepared to answer any parental queries.

Paediatric Emergency Medicine consultant Dan Magnus guides us through diagnosis and management of measles and whooping cough as well as taking us back to basics with a methodical approach assessing the sick child.

Resources

• Adam Finn Ted talk: How Vaccines Really Work
• Healthier together
• Handi app