Knowing your Paeds is vital. There isn’t a week dedicated to Paeds in the Auckland study timetable – be sure to cover relevant Paeds topics each week or you will miss a big chunk of the syllabus.
Fever in Children Very important
Paediatric Gastroenteritis Know your rehydration
Paediatric and Neonatal Resus Very important
Cranial Nerves More relevant to the clinicals…
CVA Thrombolysis in CVA (and increasingly, clot retrieval) is topical and popular topic for questions – know your pros / cons / inclusion and exclusion criteria / contraindications, and know the research facts
How to Read a CT Head Recognising the level that the slice is taken at will make you look good
Meningitis Know your LP criteria
Seizures Know your LP criteria
A Summary of Antibiotics I’ve never been able to remember antibiotics, and to be honest didn’t know this going into the exam…
Body Fluid Exposure Very important
Other topics that are also covered in other chapters:
Improving care in ED 