RACP DWE Paediatrics study plan
RACP DWE Paediatrics · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Paediatrics & Child Health
Map the full Paediatrics & Child Health syllabus into a one-page topic checklist and rate your confidence on each item
Build a spaced-repetition deck covering core neonatal physiology, growth parameters and developmental milestones
Draft a personal formula sheet for paediatric weight-based dosing, fluid maintenance and normal vital-sign ranges by age
Your checkpoint
A dated topic checklist with confidence ratings plus a working 150-card spaced-repetition deck
Paediatrics & Child Health
Work through neonatal medicine systematically: jaundice, sepsis, respiratory distress and prematurity complications
Practise interpreting newborn screening, growth charts and hearing screening results
Write concise structured summaries linking each neonatal presentation to its first-line investigation and management
Your checkpoint
Ten one-page neonatal condition summaries each ending in a three-step management plan
Paediatrics & Child Health
Cover the major paediatric respiratory and cardiovascular presentations, including asthma, bronchiolitis, croup and congenital heart disease
Distinguish cyanotic from acyanotic congenital lesions and rehearse the duct-dependent circulation approach
Complete 60 single-best-answer questions on these systems under timed conditions and log every error by cause
Your checkpoint
An error log of 60 timed questions with a cause category assigned to each incorrect answer
Paediatrics & Child Health
Work through paediatric gastroenterology, nutrition, failure to thrive and fluid/electrolyte disorders
Rehearse growth-chart interpretation and the assessment of dehydration severity
Teach two of the week's topics aloud from memory and record the gaps you notice
Your checkpoint
A two-page fluid, electrolyte and nutrition reference sheet plus a recorded five-minute verbal explanation of dehydration assessment
Paediatrics & Child Health
Cover paediatric neurology, development and behaviour: seizures, developmental delay, autism spectrum presentation and ADHD
Practise developmental surveillance and milestone-based referral thresholds
Apply safeguarding principles to ambiguous presentation scenarios and justify escalation decisions
Your checkpoint
A milestone-by-age referral table plus five written safeguarding case formulations with escalation reasoning
Paediatrics & Child Health
Cover paediatric infectious disease, immunisation schedules and antimicrobial stewardship
Work through paediatric endocrinology and renal topics, including diabetes, thyroid disease and urinary tract infection
Complete 80 mixed single-best-answer questions and re-test every item previously missed
Your checkpoint
A re-test score on previously missed items with a written note on each remaining weak area
Paediatrics & Child Health
Sit two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions
Review every mock error and classify it as knowledge, interpretation or time-management failure
Rehearse structured written and communication-style answers against marking criteria
Your checkpoint
A mock-exam performance report with error categories quantified and a prioritised revision list
Paediatrics & Child Health
Revise only the highest-yield weak areas identified in the mock report
Re-run the spaced-repetition deck to fluency and retire mastered cards
Rehearse examination-day timing, question triage and stress-management routines
Complete one final half-length timed paper to confirm readiness
Your checkpoint
A final readiness summary showing deck mastery, mock scores and a confirmed exam-day timing plan
Milestones
Week 2: Topic checklist fully populated with confidence ratings and the neonatal summary set complete
Week 4: At least half the syllabus covered with an error log showing errors trending down across two question blocks
Week 6: Full syllabus covered once and re-test score on previously missed items above 70 percent
Week 7: Both full-length mocks completed within time with error categories quantified
Week 8: Spaced-repetition deck at least 90 percent mastered and final timed paper score consistent with a pass