RACP DWE Paediatrics study guide

RACP DWE Paediatrics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

The Divisional Written Examination (DWE) is one of the examinations administered by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), listed alongside the Divisional Clinical Examination and the AFOEM Stage A Written Examination under the College's Trainees section. It sits within the Paediatrics & Child Health training pathway, one of the Basic Training programs the College advertises for trainees, and it functions as a written assessment that trainees in that pathway work towards during their training program. This page is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the RACP, and it is not an official source of examination information. Candidates must confirm all examination details directly with the College. The publicly available RACP pages retrieved for this profile did not set out the DWE's structure, item counts, duration, scoring, passing standard, fees, retake rules, or result validity. Topics on this exam: Paediatrics & Child Health. The RACP DWE Paediatrics study guide has 1 section and about 405 words.

Paediatrics & Child Health: A Structured Approach for the Written Examination

Build your revision around the developmental, physiological and epidemiological frameworks that recur across the syllabus. Understand growth and development milestones (gross motor, fine motor, language, social) with the red flags that mandate referral; immunisation schedules and contraindications; fluid and electrolyte physiology in neonates and children (higher body water, greater insensible losses, immature renal concentrating ability); neonatal transition including jaundice timing, hypoglycaemia and sepsis risk factors; and common acute presentations - bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, gastroenteritis with dehydration, febrile seizures, and the septic-appearing child. Know the age-specific normal ranges for respiratory rate, heart rate and blood pressure, and the structured ABCDE assessment of the unwell child. Understand safeguarding principles and the recognition of non-accidental injury patterns.

405 words, about 2 min

More study resources for RACP DWE Paediatrics

Practice questionsA 3-year-old child presents with fever, bilateral conjunctivitis, cracked lips, and a polymorphous rash.
FlashcardsApgar score components. Five components scored 0-2 each at 1 and 5 minutes: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability and colour.
Cheat sheetNeonatal jaundice: unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is treated by phototherapy; exchange transfusion is reserved for levels near kernicterus thresholds or rapid rise despite phototherapy.
Key termsNeonate. A baby in the first 28 days after birth, a period of rapid physiological transition and high vulnerability when many inherited and perinatal conditions first present.
Study planMap the full Paediatrics & Child Health syllabus into a one-page topic checklist and rate your confidence on each item.
Common mistakesCandidates treat the written paper as a recall test for facts and try to list everything they know, because under time pressure listing feels safer than committing to a synthesised problem representation; they have often practised by reading rather than by writing timed answers.
Exam-day guideBring the original ID document in the name used on your registration.