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Article History

Received: 25 July 2019

Accepted: 20 September 2019

First Online: 16 October 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the local ethics committee (permit no. 561/17).The ethics committee stated that written consent was not needed to be treated on the IPAPAED as both medical students and nurse trainees in the past already routinely take care of patients on regular paediatric wards under supervision of experienced nurses and doctors as this is part of their respective training. The IPAPAED ward formalizes this supervision and gives participants the chance to take on responsibility for patient care but nurses and physicians are always on the ward to ensure optimal quality of care. Verbal consent to be treated by the IPAPAED team was asked of all patients or parents and all were given the opportunity to refrain from participating in the study – but none chose to do so.

: All participants consented to their evaluation data being used anonymously.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.