New Course Launch: Practical Paediatrics

Published on March 25, 2025

The Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne, in collaboration with The Education Hub Royal Children’s Hospital, has launched the "Practical Paediatrics Course"! This course is intended for General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners and Junior Medical Doctors seeking practical, interactive training in managing paediatric presentations. 

This self-paced course, created with insights from 30+ paediatric specialists, includes 41 essential topics spread across eight tutorials to cover key areas of paediatric care in bite-sized, easy-to-remember learnings. 

The course is RACGP accredited for 56 CPD hours across all three categories of Educational Activities, Performance Review and Measuring Outcomes, with three years of access to course materials. 

 

Learn more or enrol at: Practical Paediatrics

 

Acknowledgements 

We extend our gratitude to the content experts, learning design specialists, people with lived experience, and all others who contributed to the course creation. 

 

Thank you to our course development team: 

Professor Amy Gray 

Lichin Lim 

Ashley Garcia 

Shari Stewart 

Dr Carolyn Van Heerden 

Sean Porashemi 

Dr Claire Mahoney 

Dr Tash Thomson 

Emre Acar 

Dr Wonie Uahwatanasakul 

 

And to the content experts, that range from clinicians, researchers and educators: 

Dr Alison Boast 

Dr Paulina Alhucema 

Dr Amanda Stock 

Dr Rachael MacLeod 

Dr Amanda Wilkins 

Dr Rebecca Barton 

Dr Andrew Court 

Dr Rowena Silcock 

Dr Cate Rayner 

Dr Saqib Zia Rana 

Dani Gold 

Dr Shivanthan Shanthikumar 

Dr Elise D’Abaco 

Associate Professor Susan Robertson 

Dr Freya Khan 

Dr Susie Gibb 

Dr Hiep Pham 

Toby Rheinberger 

Dr Jaya Madhura Parasuraman 

Associate Professor Valerie Sung 

Dr Laura Marco 

Dr Yonathan Kok 

Dr Melinda Morpeth 

Nicholas Spice 

Dr Mikhaila Lazanyi 

Emma King