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RCPCH Progress+ (from summer 2023)

The General Medical Council approved our plans for a new two-level, run through specialty training programme from summer 2023, which will be flexible, fulfilling and fit-for-purpose. Our FAQs, 'principle of the month' series and other resources outline what to expect from future updates to the curriculum.

Principle 4: Patients and families are heard

RCPCH Progress+ Training principle of the month

How to effectively listen to patients and their families, and how you can facilitate the right conversations, is part of the crucial learning for January's training principle of the month: Patients and families are heard. Join Dr Lia Davies who has worked with the College's Children and Young People's Engagement team, or RCPCH &Us, to gather understanding through case studies, videos and other tools.

Principle of the month 4

Training principles explored so far...

An introduction to the 11 training principles
Principle 1: Every patient encounter is a learning opportunity
2: Complex care provides rich learning opportunities
3: Clinical reasoning skills are explicitly taught within training
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Frequently asked questions

As a current or prospective trainee, or as an educational supervisors, we understand you'll have questions about how these changes will affect you and your colleagues. Our FAQs are from conversations with clinicians around the UK.
FAQs

Good practice across UK

Trusts, deaneries and teams around the country are preparing for RCPCH Progress+. We recommend five good practice areas, and our maps show which College regions are starting to embed these.
Good practice maps

New curriculum and syllabi

You can now download the Progress+ curriculum document, which includes the Learning Outcomes and Key Capabilities all trainees will need, as well as the two syllabi for core and specialty training. For use from summer 2023.
Curriuclum and syllabi

How will Progress+ affect current trainees?

We've produced a quick guide outlining the changes based on your current training level.

Download guide as PDF

Further resources about our plans for RCPCH Progress+

Read our guide to really good training, 'Paediatrician of the Future' (Oct 2020)
Download our factsheet on the background and RCPCH plan (Dec 2019)
Listen to interview with Dr David Evans on our future plans (Sep 2020)
Watch webinar about implications for service leads (Oct 2020)
See children's ideas about the “best doctor of the future" (Oct 2020)
Our upcoming courses in Effective Educational supervision
Questions or comments? Contact us on progress-plus@rcpch.ac.uk

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