Paediatric trainees annual meeting

Learning objectives

• To learn how to perform a meticulous clinical examination of a child or young person with a suspected rheumatic or musculoskeletal disorder with particular focus on the ankle and hand joints.
• To understand the role of radiological investigations in various rheumatological conditions
• To be able to recognise the clinical presentations, consider the differential diagnoses for common orthopaedic conditions and overuse injuries
• To gain an overview of the diagnoses and management of EDS
• To recognise important differential diagnosis in haematology that may present as rheumatological disorders
• To know how to diagnose HLH and recognise the clinical features and differential diagnoses.
• To gain an overview of the pharmacological treatment of HLH
• To understand how to prepare for the last year of training, consultant application and interview and the first year as a new consultant