Why I decided to become...a paediatrician

ByDr Christine Walker

Published07 July 2016

A paediatric placement during GP training led Dr Christine Walker to discover where her real passion lay.

From the tiniest preterm infant to adolescents with a learning disability, I was completely hooked.

The child's illness impacts on the rest of the family, and the family's input is vital for the child.

Dr Christine Walker

Medico-legal adviser

Christine Walker undertook GP training before choosing a career in paediatrics. Her particular interests were neonatology, paediatric neurology and child development. She became a consultant in community paediatrics, leading a multi-disciplinary child development centre team and she was made a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has been a medico-legal adviser at the MDU since 2009.