Useful Links for Trainees

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Links to Specialist Documents

MMC Gold Guide

http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/specialty_training_2010/gold_guide.aspx

The Gold Guide 4th Edition sets out the arrangements for specialty training from June 2010.  This edition is a consolidation of earlier versions of the Gold Guide and applies to all trainees taking up appointments in specialty training which commence on or after August 2007.  This edition supercedes previous editions.

DH Orange Guide

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4006614

This link only applies to those trainees who were appointed prior to 31st December 2006 who did not convert to run through training programme (SpR Calman Trainees)

COPMeD

http://www.copmed.org.uk/

COPMed provides a forum in which Postgraduate Deanes meet to discuss current issues, share best practice and agree a consistent and equitable approach to medical training in all deaneries across the UK

Links to Specialist Areas

Archives of Disease in Childhood

http://www.archdischild.com/

Here is the full text website for Archives of Disease in Childhood, the official journal of the RCPCH and for its sister journal Foetal & Neonatal Edition. For full access members will require their customer number, which can be located on the address label when they receive their journal.

Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (APEM)

http://www.apem.me.uk/

Australian Infant Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association

http://www.aicafmha.net.au/

BathPain Management Unit - The Adolescent Programme

http://www.bath.ac.uk/pain-management/adolescent_service.htm

BLISS - The Premature Baby Charity       

http://www.bliss.org.uk

British Association for Community Child Health 

http://www.bacch.org.uk/

British Association of General Paediatrics

http://www.bagp.org.uk/

British Association for Paediatric Nephrology

http://www.bapn.org/

British Association of Paediatric Surgeons         

http://www.baps.org.uk/

British Association of Perinatal Medicine

http://www.bapm.org

British Committee for Standards in Haematology

http://www.bcshguidelines.com

British Inherited Metabolic Disease Group

http://www.bimdg.org.uk

British National Formulary for Children

http://www.bnfc.org

British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infection Group

http://www.bpaiig.org/#4

British Paediatric Respiratory Society

http://www.bprs.co.uk/

British Paediatric Surveillance Unit         

http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/BPSU

British Society of Paediatric Radiology    

http://www.bspr.org.uk

British Society for Paediatric Dermatology

http://www.bspd.org

British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

http://www.bsped.org.uk/

British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

http://www.bspghan.org.uk/

British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology

http://www.bspar.org.uk/pages/bspar_home.asp

Child Advocacy International

http://www.childadvocacyinternational.co.uk

Child Friendly Healthcare Initiative (CFHI)

http://www.childfriendlyhealthcare.org

Children First for Health    

http://www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk/

Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group

http://www.liv.ac.uk/cfgd

Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics (CESP)            

http://www.cesp-eap.org/

Contact a Family      

http://www.cafamily.org.uk

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=DMC

Down's Syndrome Association      

http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/

Down's Syndrome Medical Interest Group

http://www.dsmig.org.uk/

European Society for Paediatric Research

http://www.espr.dk

Health for all Children

http://www.healthforallchildren.co.uk

International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units

http://www.inopsu.com

Link - All Wales Child Health Research Network            

http://www.link-wales.org.uk

National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)            

http://www.ndcs.org.uk

Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists (NPPG)    

http://www.nppg.org.uk

Paediatric Information and Education Resource

http://www.pier.shef.ac.uk

Paediatric Research Society         

http://www.paediatric-research-society.org.uk

Pediatrics     

http://intl.pediatrics.org

This is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The British Paediatric Neurology Association

http://www.bpna.org.uk/

UKNewborn Screening Programme Centre       

http://www.newbornscreening-bloodspot.org.uk/

United KingdomChildren's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG)

http://www.ukccsg.org

Your Child's Health

http://www.yourchildshealth.nhs.uk