Dear All

Thank you for participating in the session today.

In RRR we discussed:

• Maternal drugs harmful to foetus
• Neonatal abstinence – management
• Kawasaki disease

We started with Communication for our group preparing for Feb / Mar ’24 examination.AG gave a PP presentation on What & How of Communication station and how to tackle it. We then had a scenario of newborn with Oesophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Dr A took the hotseat while Dr V was a very able Role Player. Dr B, Dr n, Dr J had the examiner hats. Dr A made a very good attempt and covered most of the necessary points. The examiners made very valid observations and Dr Shishir gave valuable feedback and tips.

The Learning points are:

• Remember 2 minutes & 30 seconds Rules
• Read the information provided very carefully
• Imagine the baby / infant and relate to him / her
• Keep ‘cool’ and look confident
• Have a Chaperone
• Be a Positive attitude doctor
• Use simple language
• Avoid medical jargon
• Try and avoid Prefix of  ‘unfortunate’, ‘Bad news’
• Just give the information
• Explain Normal first followed by Abnormality
• Passive observation is much easier than the Hotseat

Please visit www.mrcpchonline.org to add your comments or points I may have missed.

Anil Garg