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Advocacy is an essential skill in the practice of paediatrics, where much of the work covers aspects of health as well as disease and where cross-agency work is common. Educationally, advocacy is best taught using a competency based approach and the key knowledge, skills and attitudes are defined. Central to the knowledge field is the evidence base for advocacy, and the UN Convention on the Bights of the Child. It is desirable for advocacy skills to be learned through experiential learning and examples are offered including letter writing campaigns, an advocacy journal club and keeping a diary of cases seen in the clinic. Means are suggested for including advocacy training in the core teaching of paediatricians, through a combination of theoretical teaching and practical experience. It will be necessary also to include advocacy topics in examinations, if there is to be genuine prioritisation of this area of practice.
Author(s): Waterston T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition
Year: 2009
Volume: 94
Issue: 1
Pages: 24-28
ISSN (print): 1743-0585
ISSN (electronic): 1743-0593
Publisher: BMJ Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.141762
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.141762
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