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PET1 Busia, Kenya
Friday 24th October 2025

Method of delivery: Face to face
Course Duration: 1-day
Cost: KES N/A
Reduced Cost: KES N/A

Total Course Places: 54 (11 standard places currently available; -43 reduced rate places available)
CPD Points: 6. You will be able to download a pdf of your CPD certificate following attendance at the course.
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OBJECTIVES

This is a 1-day course, which will be delivered by Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Paediatricians with expertise in epilepsy, and a specialist epilepsy nurse. The day will consist of lectures and interactive workshops.

Please download and complete the PET1 precourse workbook (see link above) before attending the course. The workbook contains essential learning material.

By the end of PET1, attendees will be able to:

Define: seizure, epilepsy, epilepsy syndrome and be able to provide a simple formulation of epilepsies
Describe the different seizure types eg absence, myoclonic, tonic clonic, tonic, atonic, focal motor and focal sensory
Give differential diagnosis for seizures, and how to distinguish epilepsy from syncopes (simple faints, reflex anoxic seizure, breath holding) and inattention (day-dreaming, pre-occupation)
Manage the first seizure event (not status epilepticus management)
Appreciate the contribution made by EEG and neuro-imaging
Describe the principles of treatment, the indication for anti-seizure medications and the well-known side effects of these drugs
Offer practical advice for parents and children with epilepsy

PROGRAMME

08.30-09.00	Registration with tea and coffee
09.00-11.40	Session 1: History and differential diagnoses
	Welcome to PET1	Whole group
	Taking the history & video opuurtunities	Whole group
	Fits & funny turns	Whole group
	Untangling...	Workshop
	Febrile seizures	Workshop
11.40-11.55	Tea and coffee break
11.55-14.15	Session 2: Seizures and syndromes
	Epileptic seizures & epilepsies	Whole group
	The EEG	Whole group
	Neuroimaging	Whole group
12.55-13.40	Lunch
	Epilepsy syndromes	Workshop
14.15-15.45	Session 3: Acute management and risks
	Epilepsy & risks	Whole group
	Epilepsy, learning & mental health	Whole group
	Meaning of & approaches to comprehensive care	Workshop
15.45-16.00	Tea and coffee break
16.00-17.30	Session 4: Treatment & co-morbidities
	Acute presentations	Whole group
	Medical treatment	Whole group
	Wrapping up!	Whole group
17.30	Close

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

PET1 has been developed to improve practice within childhood epilepsies. It is suitable for all health professionals providing primary or secondary level care for children with paroxysmal episodes including:

Consultant Paediatricians and trainees
Consultants in Neurodisability and trainees
Consultant Community Paediatricians
Consultants in Emergency Medicine and trainees
Nurses in paediatrics and emergency medicine
Neurophysiologists and EEG technicians

It is recommended those planning to undertake PET2 and PET3 should first complete PET1.

If you are not currently a practising clinician or you hold a different job role to those listed above, please contact a member of the Short Course Team on +44 (0)1204 526002 or email us at shortcourses@bpna.org.uk to discuss if you should attend this course.

MAPPING TO GENERAL PAEDIATRIC COMPETENCIES

Mapping of Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET1) competencies to RCPCH Paediatric Training Curriculum (June 2025)

	Core RCPCH syllabus for Paediatric Training		Generic RCPCH Syllabus for Speciality Paediatric Training
Session	Core Learning Outcomes	GMC Generic Professional Capabilities	Core Learning Outcomes	GMC Generic Professional Capabilities
02 - Taking the history and video opportunities (whole group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
	4	GPC 2, 3
03 - Fits and funny turns' (whole group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
03 - Fits and funny turns' (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
04 - Untangling (small group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
04 - Untangling (small group)	4	GPC 2, 3
05 - Febrile seizures (small group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
05 - Febrile seizures (small group)	4	GPC 2, 3
06 - Epileptic seizures and epilepsies (whole group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
06 - Epileptic seizures and epilepsies (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
07 - The EEG (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
08 - Neuroimaging (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
09 - Epilepsy syndromes (small group)	2	GPC 1, 2	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
09 - Epilepsy syndromes (small group)	4	GPC 2, 3
10 - Epilepsy and risks (whole group)	5	GPC 2, 4
	7	GPC 2, 6, 7
	11	GPC 2, 5, 6, 9
11 - Epilepsy, learning and mental health (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
11 - Epilepsy, learning and mental health (whole group)	11	GPC 2, 5, 6, 9
12 - Meaning of and approaches to comprehensive care (small group)	2	GPC 1, 2
	6	GPC 2, 5
	7	GPC 2, 6, 7
13 - Acute presentations (whole group)	3	GPC 1, 2, 3	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
13 - Acute presentations (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3
14 - Medical treatments (whole group)	4	GPC 2, 3	4	GPC 2, 3, 5, 8
14 - Medical treatments (whole group)	6	GPC 2, 5