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Curriculum standards

Entrustable Professional Activities

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) outline the essential work tasks trainees need to be able to perform in the workplace.

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Team leadership

Lead a team of health professionals
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Supervision and teaching

Supervise and teach professional colleagues
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Quality improvement

Identify and address areas of improvement in health care delivery and value-based care

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Clinical assessment and management

Clinically assess and provide management to sick and healthy neonates
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Management of transitions in care and longitudinal care

Manage a transition of patient care between health care providers and health settings to ensure the optimal continuation of care
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Acute care

Manage the early care of acutely unwell patients before and in the neonate period

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Communication with patients

Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients
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Prescribing

Prescribe therapies tailored to patients’ needs and conditions
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Procedures

Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide aftercare for important practical procedures

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Investigations

Select, organise, and interpret investigations relevant to the care of sick and healthy infants

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Clinic management

Manage and lead outpatient services for infants
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Neonatal retrieval medicine

Managing emergency referral for possible neonatal and in utero transfers, consultation without the need for transfer, and undertaking emergency neonatal retrieval

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End-of-life care

Recognise and manage the care of patients at the end of their lives