MRCPCH Clinical Examination A PRACTICAL GUIDE

The Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom have a unique history of assessing the postgraduate medical trainee in a fair and rigorous manner. The RCPCH continues to provide a robust and scrupulously fair system of postgraduate assessment in paediatrics that leads in the end to a hallmark of quality for the candidate who successfully qualifies for his MRCPCH. Obtaining the MRCPCH is an important landmark in the career trajectory of many paediatricians. MRCPCH is essentially an examination for the paediatric trainees in UK. However, over the years it has become one of the most prestigious paediatric examinations with high international reputation. There has been a need for systematic step-by-step guidance for postgraduate trainees in paediatrics aspiring for the MRCPCH. There is also a need for this guidance to be carefully tailored to the needs of postgraduate trainees in paediatrics. The book provides excellent practical advice in easy to understand language to assist the reader not only in passing the examination but also in being a good paediatrician. Anil Garg FRCPCH, FRCPI, DCH, Dip. Educ. PG Cert. Medical Careers is Consultant Paediatrician, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Brighton Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; and Associate Clinical Professor, American University of Caribbean, St. Marteen. Neonatology and cardiology are his special expertise. He is a senior examiner for the RCPCH for MRCPCH and DCH and was Principal Regional Examiner for South East Thames region, England. He is currently working with Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Deanery to improve MRCPCH teaching in the region. A very keen educator, he has developed and presented novel teaching and monitoring techniques at national and international meetings. He has noted the difficulties that the trainees face in the clinical part of MRCPCH examination and has developed successful study material to improve clinical skills. Siba Prosad Paul MRCPCH is a specialty trainee in pediatrics at Severn Deanery. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the UK and internationally. He has effectively taught many candidates for the new format of the MRCPCH examination, especially dealing with the difficulties it presents. He is interested in medical education and pediatric gastroenterology.