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Paediatric Emergency Medicine — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine reads, and what each title is for.

7Titles listed
4Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Paediatric Emergency Medicine at a glance

Resuscitation, triage and stabilisation of the acutely ill and injured child.

DisciplinePaediatric Sub-specialties
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromUsually Paediatrics. Annexure B of the current FET Information Bulletin carries the exact eligible feeder list for this course.
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Fleisher and Ludwig is the reference the department owns, read topic-wise before each posting and used to settle arguments at handover. APLS and PALS are done as courses and their manuals are re-read for algorithms, since resuscitation sequences are examined precisely. The Harriet Lane Handbook lives in the coat pocket for dosing and gets replaced every couple of years. Rosen's covers the adult-overlap material, toxicology, trauma and procedural sedation, that PEM fellows are still examined on, and the IAP emergencies volume carries the Indian case mix of dengue shock, envenomation, drowning and organophosphate poisoning.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Fleisher and Ludwig's Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicinecore readingKathy N. Shaw, Richard G. Bachur (eds.) · Wolters KluwerThe department reference, read symptom-by-symptom before postings and used for the procedures and resuscitation chapters.
  2. APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resourcecore readingAmerican Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Emergency PhysiciansThe course manual whose assessment sequences and algorithms are expected to be reproduced exactly in the exit viva.
  3. The Harriet Lane Handbookcore readingThe Johns Hopkins Hospital · Elsevier · 24th editionThe pocket book kept on shift for drug doses, infusion rates and normal values.
  4. Principles of Pediatric and Neonatal Emergenciescore readingIndian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) · Jaypee Brothers Medical PublishersRead for the Indian presentation mix, from dengue shock and snakebite to poisoning and diarrhoeal dehydration.
  5. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical PracticereferenceRon M. Walls, Robert S. Hockberger, Marianne Gausche-Hill (eds.) · Elsevier · 10th edition (2022)Used for toxicology, trauma, airway and procedural sedation, where the adult literature is the stronger source.
  6. Nelson Textbook of PediatricsreferenceRobert M. Kliegman, Joseph W. St. Geme III, Nathan J. Blum, Robert C. Tasker, Karen M. Wilson, Abigail M. Schuh (eds.) · Elsevier · 22nd edition (2024)The fallback for the general paediatrics background behind an emergency presentation.
  7. PALS Provider Manual and AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECCreferenceAmerican Heart AssociationThe source of the resuscitation algorithms taught, tested and audited on the floor.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Frequently asked

FNB Paediatric Emergency Medicine — questions

Which books do FNB Paediatric Emergency Medicine fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Paediatric Emergency Medicine?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Paediatric Emergency Medicine from?

Usually Paediatrics. Annexure B of the current FET Information Bulletin carries the exact eligible feeder list for this course.

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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