Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School
Associate Dean and Douglas Burrow Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Overview
The Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health is a leader in medical education and medical education research.
Located at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, the Discipline is a department of the Sydney Medical School at The University of Sydney. Its large team of teachers, tutors and examiners - comprising medical, nursing and allied health staff both within and external to the hospital – plays a significant role in providing a high quality education and training environment to the more than 350 medical students who undertake their paediatric rotation at The Children's Hospital at Westmead each year.
The Discipline's activities include investigating evidence-based methods of information delivery to students and medical professionals; participating in curriculum development for medical students; coordinating placements for elective students and junior medical staff; the local management and coordination of postgraduate students and their supervisors, and the online delivery of a Masters in Medicine (Paediatrics) course.
The Discipline offers clinical and research staff the opportunity to apply for conjoint and clinical titles and provides valuable teaching and professional development opportunities. Members of the Discipline are in the unique position of being able to address questions raised in the clinical setting through high quality research. The Discipline has also created a vibrant and productive environment capable of attracting new research groups.
There has been an increase in the number of clinicians participating in research, teaching and education, and the number of clinical and conjoint appointments within the Discipline has almost tripled over the last few years. There are now 250 hospital staff with a formal affiliation with the Discipline from a large range of clinical and research departments.
In the last year academic members of the Discipline were investigators on successful grants worth over $3.15 million and published 188 articles in high quality paediatric journals.
