ACORN has received an enquiry for which we are seeking assistance from the wider perioperative community.
ACORN competencies are very generalised and not specific to paeds. My hospital is a small rural hospital, doing general, ortho, gynae, urology, ENT, dentals, ophthalmology, but we only did 25 paediatric cases last year.

Lynne's staff find that they do not have the volume of paediatric cases to maintain their skills and competency in this area. Are there guidelines stating the number of cases or education required to maintain paediatric skill? I need hard evidence to put an argument to administration.

Any help would be appreciated.

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This raises a very good point re competence and in such a specialised area with
significant complictions it warrants considerable thought - paeds certainly is acknowledged as a specialty in its own right
Nan I am thinking about a standard to state anaesthetists need to remain in PAR til the child is awake and out of danger to cover this - your thoughts as standards chair?<br><br>Post edited by: bhooper, at: 2007/10/17 19:24