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Paediatric Immunology, Allergy & Infectious diseases
Draft proposed by Dr YS Yau
Reviewed by Dr Sabrina Tsao
Essential Skills
Domain 1 Professional Values & Behaviour
Domain 2 Communication
Domain 3 Procedural Skills
Domain 4 Patient Management
Domain 5 Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
Additional desirable skills are listed in each proposal. These recommended skills are to be acquired as opportunity arises.
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Basic and Higher Training
Congenital infection and neonatal infection
- Presentation of congenital & neonatal infection
- The common pathogens and initial management
Common or serious infectious in children
- Infections of different organ systems (respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary tract, skin and soft tissue, central nervous system)
- Common viral infections
- Basic infection control measures
- Fever in return travellers
- Antimicrobial use – rationale of selection, side effects
Notifiable infectious disease and emerging/re-emerging infections in Hong Kong
- The local policy on the handling of notifiable disease
- Current emerging/ re-emerging infections
Tuberculosis
Knowledge of the feature of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis and initial management.
Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)
- Possible and common causes
- Rationale of investigation and management
Primary and secondary Immunodeficiency
- Conditions and medical treatments that may predispose to an immunocompromised state
- Clinical features of inborn error of immunity
- Common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised persons and precautionary measures
Food and drug allergy
- Common presentations and acute management of IgE and non-IgE mediated allergy.
- Severe cutaneous adverse reactions to drugs.
Atopic dermatitis, urticaria, angioedema and anaphylaxis
Recognizes and manages common allergic disorders.
Childhood immunization
Indications, contraindications and complication of routine childhood immunization.
Desirable skills
1. Performing and interpreting Mantoux test
2. Taking swab as diagnostic test for vesicle or bulla lesions
3. Use of adrenaline auto-injector
