Response to: Final‐year pharmacy and medical students do not recognise “red flags” in childhood fever

The aim of our feverish child simulation was to identify shortcomings in university training

“…We are grateful to Akbari et al 1 and Lodhia et al 2 for their incisive comments on our paper that pointed out that final-year pharmacy and medical students did not recognise red flags for childhood fever. 3 In their letter, Akbari et al 1 asked whether simulating a consultation was an appropriate way to assess students' skills, as they are likely to underperform in a simulated setting.…”

“…We are grateful to Akbari et al 1 and Lodhia et al 2 for their incisive comments on our paper that pointed out that final‐year pharmacy and medical students did not recognise red flags for childhood fever 3 …”

“…The measures proposed by Ladhia et al 2 have the potential to improve student training. These suggestions were incorporating paediatrics into the curriculum at an early stage of medical education, exposure to real‐life emergency scenarios, including patients with red flag symptoms rather than simulated patients and video demonstrations.…”