| Paediatric Respiratory Training Programme |
| The Respiratory Service runs a heavy outpatient service as well as handles respiratory consults from neonatology, surgical and other paediatric disciplines. The ambulatory clinics include general respiratory clinics as well as specialised clinics for high risk asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and sleep.
The facilities available include a pulmonary function laboratory, a bronchoscopy service and a sleep laboratory. The bronchoscopy service does about 20 - 30 flexible bronchoscopes a year. The sleep laboratory consists of a 2-bedded facility doing 6 - 8 studies a week.
Teaching will include weekly Respiratory Grand Rounds as well as fortnightly respiratory lectures and journal club. | | |
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| Objectives |
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The trainee must acquire an understanding of: |
- Normal lung physiology through the respiratory lectures.
- Clinical assessment of lung function from a rotation through the pulmonary function laboratory.
- Clinically relevant laboratory assessment of lung structure and function.
- Radiographic assessments
- Nuclear medicine scans
- Bronchoscopy
- Clinical and laboratory approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases that are seen in the paediatric age group (congenital, acquired infective and non-infective disorders) through the ambulatory clinics and the consult service.
- Clinical and laboratory approach to the diagnosis of sleep-related disorders that are seen in the paediatric age group through the sleep clinics.
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| One Year Posting |
| Fellows are expected to participate actively in teaching, presentations and research. |
- Will run 2 - 3 sessions per week of the ambulatory clinics consisting of the general respiratory referral clinics, high risk asthma clinic, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and the sleep clinic. They will be supervised by a respiratory consultant.
- Will be rostered to run the respiratory consult service.
- 1 month rotation to the pulmonary function laboratory.
- 2 months attachment to the High Dependency Ward.
- Observed or assisted in flexible bronchoscopies.
- Observed or assisted in an overnight polysomnogram.
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| At the end of one year, the trainee should be able to manage acute and chronic respiratory problems with some confidence. They should have an understanding of pulmonary function tests and their interpretation. They should have observed or performed flexible bronchoscopies and have a general understanding of polysomnography and sleep-related disorders. | | |
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| 6 Months Posting |
- Will run 2 - 3 sessions per week of the ambulatory clinics consisting of the general respiratory referral clinics, high risk asthma clinic, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and the sleep clinic. They will be supervised by a respiratory consultant.
- Will be rostered to run the respiratory consult service.
- 1 month rotation to the pulmonary function laboratory.
- 2 months attachment to the High Dependency Ward.
- Observe flexible bronchoscopies.
- Observe an overnight polysomnogram.
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| At the end of 6 months, the trainee should be able to manage acute and chronic respiratory problems with some confidence. They should have an understanding of pulmonary function tests and their interpretation. They should have observed flexible bronchoscopies and overnight polysomnograms. | | |
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| 3 Months Posting |
- Will run 2 sessions per week of the ambulatory clinics consisting of the general respiratory referral clinics and high risk asthma clinics. They will be supervised by a respiratory consultant.
- Will be rostered to run the respiratory consult service.
- 2 week rotation to the pulmonary function laboratory.
- 1 month attachment to the High Dependency Ward.
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| At the end of 3 months, the trainee should be able to manage acute and chronic respiratory problems with an emphasis on asthma. | | |
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| For enquiries, please email: nur@kkh.com.sg |
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