The winners from each category are presented with their PAFTA in an awards ceremony at the RCPCH Conference.
Submissions to the national PAFTA is now open and will close on 6 January 2024, 17:00.
About
The PAFTA process has two parts:
- The regional PAFTA process is run by deaneries/schools and anyone from that region can nominate someone for any of the categories available in their region. Please contact your deanery/school if you would like to nominate someone for the regional PAFTA.
- The national PAFTA process is run by RCPCH and accepts applications of regional winners only. These applications are accepted exclusively from Heads of Schools and Trainees Committee Regional Representatives.
Each deanery across the UK may submit one regional winner in each of the three award categories: Junior Trainee, Senior Trainee and Educational Supervisor.
The regional winners are entered into the national process run by the College. The submissions for regional winners are scored by two panels in the national judging process: National Panel and RCPCH &Us Panel.
The 16 Regional Deaneries/Schools
- East Midlands
- East of England
- Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- London
- North East, including north Cumbria
- North West: North Western
- North West: Mersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- South West: Peninsula
- South West: Severn
- Thames Valley
- Wales
- Wessex
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
Submitting to the national PAFTA
Each year Heads of Schools and the regional RCPCH Trainees Committee representatives are invited to submit their regional PAFTA winners to RCPCH for the national PAFTA. Submissions window opened on 7 October 2024 at 10:30 and will close on 6 January 2025 at 17:00. You can submit your regional winners via the link below.
For reference, you can download our full guidance and vocabulary guide at the bottom of this page. If you have any questions, please contact us on awards@rcpch.ac.uk.