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Training and assessment

Whether you're considering a paediatric career or are in the middle of your training pathway, we're here to support you. Read our guides and updates to support your training, including the Progress+ curriculum, assessment tools and your ePortfolio, plus an introduction to your Trainees Committee.
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Your training guide

From recruitment to certification...this is your handbook. It covers your annual review of competence progression (ARCP) and the varied options for your training.
Training guide
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Your assessments

Also known as Supervised Learning Events, these workplace-based assessments support your development and indicate possible improvements.
Assessment guide
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Your ePortfolio

With your educational supervisors, you'll use this online tool to record all learning and monitor your progress through the Progress curriculum. ePortfolio is on the risr/advance platform (formerly Kaizen).
ePortfolio guide

As you start training - key resources

Paediatric training at ST1 - guide
RCPCH membership - most new trainees should apply for Junior membership
RCPCH Progress+ - our two-level training programme and curriculum
Training Charter - what to expect from every training unit
Trainee toolkit - written by trainees for trainees
Reasonable adjustments at work good practice
Less Than Full Time training guidance
Rostering guidance for postgraduate doctors in training (England)
Trainee Committee - representing the views of all trainees
Supporting neurodivergent paediatricians

As you progress in training - key resources

Sub-specialties in training
Special interest (SPIN) modules
START (Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure)
Stepping up - transition from trainee to new consultant paediatrician
Returning to work in paediatrics
Guide to training progression
Certification
Pregnancy and parenthood - guidance for doctors

Assessment review

We are reviewing the programme of assessment within RCPCH Progress+ - to ensure that the assessments taken in the workplace and our examinations are fair, fit for purpose and sustainable. 
Assessment review - information and updates

Supporting training

We provide information for those who support training: Educational Supervisors, College Tutors, Heads of Schools, Training Programme Directors, START assessors, College Specialty Advisory Committees, Examiners/Hosts and Deaneries. 
For those who support training

Quick links

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ePortfolio (risr/advance, formerly Kaizen)
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RCPCH Learning - online learning, webinars and podcasts
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Child Protection Portal
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QI Central - quality improvement hub
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Patient Safety Portal

Latest news and blogs about training

More news about training
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Podcast
14 October 2026

Building Capacity 2: Alternative research pathways - podcast

The second episode of our podcast series from the Trainee Research Network, Building Capacity: Past, Present and Future is live. Dr Leila Ellis speaks with paediatricians about unconventional career paths and how varied a career involving research can be.
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Podcast
7 October 2026

Building Capacity 1: Routes to get involved in research - podcast

Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series from the Trainee Research Network, Building Capacity: Past, Present and Future. Across three episodes, Dr Leila Ellis speaks with paediatricians about ways to make research more accessible to trainees and highlights opportunities to get involved...