Proficiency Certificate Course in Mother & Child Care

These are the outcomes which the trainee must demonstrate they have met to be awarded their PMCC.

1. Professional values and behaviours and professional knowledge
2. Professional skills: Communication & counselling
3. Professional skills: Procedures
4. Professional skills: Patient management
5. Health promotion and illness prevention
6. Leadership and team working
7. Patient safety (including safe prescribing)
8. Quality improvement
9. Safeguarding
10. Education and training & research
11. Cultivate a spirit of service, self-dependence and confidence through developing competence

In addition to the above mentioned  Learning Outcomes, by the end of their training students must demonstrate that they have met the following General Paediatric Learning Outcomes:

1. Resuscitates, stabilises, and treats acutely unwell children and young people, liaising with specialist and primary care teams as necessary.
2. Assumes the role of Acute Paediatric Team Leader and liaises with the primary care
3. and other hospital and community specialist teams to effectively manage and coordinate patient flow, staffing, safety and quality in the paediatric acute assessment and
4. inpatient units.
5. Recognises, investigates, initiates and continues the management of the full range of acute and chronic health problems presenting to paediatric outpatient clinics, drawing upon the expertise of other specialists as necessary.
6. Recognises, investigates and manages safeguarding issues, including providing advice to general practitioners, other healthcare professionals and social care providers.
7. Co-ordinates and leads the care of children and young people with complex conditions, liaising with primary care and other hospital and community specialist teams.
8. Supports and communicates effectively with families when their child is extremely unwell, dying or has died.