A paediatric logbook: Millstone or milestone?

Ridha Akhtar; Elise Yl Neo; Jenny McDonald; Stephen S S Teo

doi:10.1111/jpc.15121

A paediatric logbook: Millstone or milestone?

J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Oct;56(10):1500-1503. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15121. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Authors

Ridha Akhtar¹, Elise Yl Neo², Jenny McDonald^{3

4}, Stephen S S Teo^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Austalia, Australia.
² Paediatrics Department, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Medical Education Unit, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Paediatrics and Child Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Paediatrics Department, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Emergency Department, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 32914908
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15121

Abstract

Logbooks are ubiquitous in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Here, two alumni who are in the early phase of their career, reflect on their experience in their undergraduate paediatric term and how this was shaped by their mandatory paediatric logbook.

MeSH terms

Child
Education, Medical*
Humans