College registration for training

All paediatric specialty trainees who are in GMC-approved training posts are required to be registered with the RCPCH, as set out in the Gold Guide (Reference Guide for Postgraduate Specialty Training in the UK).

The College has a duty to review the progress of trainees and support where required, but also to ensure that eligible trainees can be recommended to the GMC for the consideration of award of CCT or CESR at the end of their specialty training.

  • Once you have registered with the College, trainees will be given access to the essential ePortfolio and ASSET (Online Assessments) tools.
  • It is highly recommended that those trainees who are in FTSTA or LAT posts also register with the College as these tools are useful to record progression, especially if considering applying to specialty training.
  • Both ePortfolio and ASSET are available to those doctors who are not in approved training posts (use the form towards the bottom of this page). It is important that your educational supervisor or college tutor support your application.

You must join and register with the College in order to be able to access the systems.

How to register
Concessions
What happens once the registration form has been submitted?
ePaedMSF
Further information
 

How to register 

If you have any questions about which form to send in please contact: training.enquiries@rcpch.ac.uk

If you are in an approved training post:

  1. Download and fully complete the registration and equal opportunities forms:  Approved Registration Form 2012 (MS Doc, 521KB, 4 pages)                                                   Equal Opportunites Form (PDF, 100KB, 1 page)
  2. Download and read the guidance notes before completing the registration form: Approved Guidance Notes 2012 (PDF, 46KB, 2 pages)
  3. Return completed form to the RCPCH address.

Not in an approved paediatric training post?

If you are not already a member of the College, you must become an Associate Member.

You can then register by downloading and fully completing:

  1. non-approved registration form, Non-Approved Registration Form 2012 (PDF, 326KB, 1 page) 
  2. equal opportunities form,  Equal Opportunites Form(PDF, 100KB, 1 page)

Please also download and read the guidance notes before completing the registration form: Non-Approved Guidance Notes 2012 (PDF, 46KB, 2 pages)

 

Concessions

You may be entitled to a concession for your registration fee if you fall under the following categories:

  1.  Maternity leave
  2.  Less than full time

No requests for concessions will be considered if your leave is less than six months. Please visit Member Services for information on your membership concession

 

What happens once the registration form has been submitted?

Once your form has been received and processed you will receive a confirmation email from the Registration Team. Please note that the length of time this takes depends on the amount of forms we receive. This should be within two to three weeks after we have received your application

Your ePortfolio and online assessment (ASSET) account will be created shortly after this and you will receive notification via email to your named email account.

 

ePaedMSF

The next round of ePaedMSF will start in October 2012, futher details will be available nearer the time. Please check the ePaedMSF page for further information or visit the ASSET webpage for more information regarding your online assessments.

 

Further information

Frequently Asked Questions

Download the Registration FAQs  (PDF, 4 pages, 54KB)

Useful links

Contact

Last published on 1 May 2012
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Associated Publications, Resources and Links

RCPCH Link Sites

ASSET Trainees' assessment tool

BPSU British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

CPD CPD diary for non training grades

E-Portfolio Trainees' online learning tool