Facts & figures
Global leaders in child and adolescent health
- Over 500 medical students each year
- 50 postgraduate students each year
- 100 higher degree research students
Child and adolescent health
Increasing your understanding of healthcare for children
Primarily based at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, we are part of a world-leading paediatric institution with excellence in education and research at the heart of everything we do.
Study options
Teaching and research in child and adolescent health at the Sydney Medical School is based primarily at the Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW).
CHW is one of the world's leading paediatric institutions, combining best practice clinical care, an innovative education portfolio, and nationally and internationally respected researchers within an award-winning building
Paediatric teaching occurs across the four years of the Doctor of Medicine (MD).
The major paediatric component of the course is the seven-week Stage 3 Child and Adolescent Health Specialty Block, which includes clinical placements.
We offer research degrees:
For more information, please contact:
- Associate Professor Nicholas Wood, Academic Leader (Research Education)
nicholas.wood@health.nsw.gov.au - Dr Andrew Biggin, Academic Leadder (Research Education)
andrew.biggin@health.nsw.gov.au
We offer the only fully online postgraduate degrees in paediatric medicine in Australia, allowing flexible integration of your studies with your professional and personal life.
- Graduate Certificate in Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health)
- Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health)
- Master of Medicine (Child and Adolescent Health)
Learn more about postgraduate degrees in medicine and health.
For more information on honours projects at Westmead, visit our honours page.
Please refer to our elective placements page.
Our people
- Professor Russell Dale, Head of Specialty
- Dr Hasantha Gunasekera, Academic Leader (Education)
- Associate Professor Patrina Caldwell, Academic Leader (Student Support)
- Associate Professor Nicholas Wood, Academic Leader (Postgraduate Studies)
The Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health staff is primarily located at the Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, with others located in the following clinical schools:
- Central Clinical School
- Nepean Clinical School
- Northern Clinical School
- Westmead Clinical School
- School of Rural Health (Dubbo and Orange)
Our staff across these locations are engaged in all aspects of clinical and academic activity including teaching, clinical care, advocacy and leadership, research, mentoring and supervision.
We are fortunate to be home to some of the world’s leading experts on various child and adolescent conditions, chief investigators on many research studies, Centres of Research Excellence and experienced educators and research supervisors.
