The Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital recently organised a week-long comprehensive Foundation Course, from Monday, August 25th to Friday August 29th 2025, the first of its kind, to welcome its new paediatric residents.
The course, dubbed the “DCH Residency Runway”, was led by three course facilitators; Prof Catherine Segbefia, the Head of department, Dr Lily Gloria Tagoe, the departmental Postgraduate training coordinator, and Dr Susan Zakariah, Paediatric emergency medicine/ critical care specialist.
The course was designed to equip residents with the essential skills for a successful residency.
The course kicked off with a session guiding residents on a roadmap to membership examinations and offering tips for success as adult learners. Residents were then taken through crucial topics including effective studying techniques, clinical documentation, history taking, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The residents also gained valuable practical experience with hands-on sessions on paediatric procedures, rapid cycle deliberate practice, and a master simulation featuring three different clinical scenarios.
The week wrapped up with a panel discussion on "surviving residency" moderated by Dr. Annie Owusu, a paediatric nephrology fellow-in-training, with panellists including paediatric residents, paediatricians, and a psychiatrist.
The final day also provided a fun and supportive end with free professional headshots and residency time capsule videos.
The feedback from the new residents was overwhelmingly positive, with many highlighting the course's practical value, the welcoming and supportive environment, the bonding opportunity it provided and the amazing food. One resident noted, "This was a million-dollar experience!”.
