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Objectives Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) were first described by Felitti in 1998 which documented the link between childhood abuse and household dysfunction and long term morbidity and mortality.1 Only in more recent years has this been integrated into wider education (for example level 3 safeguarding2 and RCPCH national curriculum, in part due to the success of Dr Nadine Burke-Harris' book 'The Deepest Well'.4 A regional survey of North West paediatric trainees in 2021 found that the awareness of ACEs within the trainee cohort was only 46%, with only 6% having awareness of any trauma informed principles, 94% of them highlighted that they felt they needed more training on ACEs.6 7 This highlighted the need for further education of trainees about ACEs and the impact of them on our clinical practice. Methods In 2022 a regional teaching programme was developed to enhance understanding of ACEs and trauma informed care (TIC). This was included as part of the ST1–3 14(4):245–58. ELFH. Safeguarding Children- Level 3. 2021; https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/391100 RCPCH Level 2 Generic Syllabus. 1.1. 2018 cited 2023 Aug 1. https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/ProgressPlus-core-syllabus-2023.pdf Burke Harris N. The Deepest Well. Pan Macmillan; 2018. Netherton R. A non-academic trainee experience of paediatric research. RCPCH. 2022 cited 2023 Aug 2. https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/news/non-academic-trainee-experience-paediatric-research Netherton R, Presky J. Adverse childhood experiences- what do paediatric trainee's actually know? Arch Dis Child. 2022;107(Suppl 2):A265.1-A265. GMVRU. Navigator Project. 2021 cited 2023 Jul 20. https://gmvru.co.uk/initiative/navigator-project/
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